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quality. In fact, a very hard, firm berry, such as we 

 would select for market purposes, is seldom so highly fla- 

 vored as those which are more delicate. 



By giving an abundance of water, with liquid manure, 

 a second crop is often produced upon many of our com- 

 mon varieties. To insure a late crop, the first one must 

 not be allowed to mature, but the flowers should be re- 

 moved so soon as they appear in spring. 



Then keep off all new runners, and give plenty of water, 

 and a fine crop in August or September is almost certain. 



The Boston Pine I have found to be one of the best 

 varieties for producing a late crop when treated in this 

 manner. 



The monthly Alpines are excellent varieties for garden 

 culture, although they do not produce very large fruit. 

 Give them plenty of moisture and a rich soil, and thert. 

 will bo but few days from May to winter in which a dish 

 of Strawberries may not be gathered from a bed of mod- 

 erate size. 



The Bush Alpines are less troublesome than those that 

 produce runners. 



This class of Strawberries vary but little when grown 

 from seed, except that the fruit produced on the seedlings 

 will be considerably larger for the first two or three crops 

 than ever afterwards. 



This peculiarity of the Alpines is well known in Europe, 

 and the growers of these kinds always renew their beds 

 with seedlings, and never depend upon the runners of old 

 ones for making new beds or plantations. It is no uncom- 

 mon thing to find berries an inch in diameter on young 

 seedling plants of Alpines, while on old beds they will 

 scarcely average more than one-half of this size. 



The seeds may be saved and sown in the same manner 

 as recommended for other kinds. 



The amateur who only cultivates a few Strawberry 

 plants in his garden will appreciate the fruit he grows in 



