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inches apart ; then move the line eighteen inches, and plant 

 another row ; then move it three feet, and again eighteen 

 inches and so on till the ground is planted. I then go 

 over and put one male plant every six feet, between the 

 two rows. Keep them clear of weeds through the summer, 

 and let them spread as much as they will. 



&quot; In the fall dress the out-walks eighteen inches wide, 

 which will leave the beds three feet wide ; and when it sets 

 in cold, give them a light covering of straw ; rake it off in 

 the spring. You may then expect a full crop. It is best to 

 make a new bed once in two or three years.&quot; 



But plantations may be made through the summer, and 

 as late as September ; of course, the earlier in the season 

 the better established the plants will become before winter, 

 and the larger the next summer s crop. Thus, a bed 

 formed in September would bear very scantily ; while Mr. 

 Jackson s beds, formed in the spring, produced a large 

 crop the next season. 



Mr. Kenrick gives the following methods as practised by 

 market gardeners near Boston ; the first one strikes us as 

 being the most economical way of working strawberries, 

 on a large scale, that we have seen : 



&quot; In the vicinity of Boston, the following mode is often 

 adopted. The vines are usually transplanted in August. 

 The rows are formed from eighteen inches to two feet 

 asunder. The runners, during the first year, are destroyed. 

 In the second year, they are suffered to grow and fill the 

 interval, and in the autumn of that year, the whole old rows 

 are turned under with the spade, and the rows are thus 

 shifted to the middle of the space. The same process is 

 repeated every second year. 



&quot; Another mode, which maybe recommended generally, is 

 to plant the strawberries in rows thirty inches asunder, and 

 nine inches distant in the row, and suffer the vines to 

 extend to the width of eighteen inches, leaving twelve 

 inches space for an alley ; or allow eighteen inches width 



