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the weather and the condition of the ground, whether wet or 

 dry. I have made plantations as early as July, and obtained 

 nearly a full crop of fruit in less than a year. Where plants 

 must be obtained from a distance, and are several days on the 

 way, the risk is greater, and more losses will occur ; but if they 

 are only to be moved from one part of the field to another, 

 there need be but few failures. If the new plants are rooted in 

 small pots a method described elsewhere they may be trans- 

 ported long distances, and set out at any time before the middle 

 of September, and will yield a partial crop the next season. 



If runner plants from the bed are to be set in the fall, which 

 may be done from August to October, a time should be chosen 

 when the ground is moist, or during a rainy season, in which 

 case very few will fail to take root and become firmly established 

 before winter. When set late, the plants will not always be- 

 come well rooted, and are liable to be thrown out by frost and 

 destroyed. 



When set in spring, let it be as early as possible, as soon as 

 the ground can be properly worked. April is preferable to any 

 other month, but they do well in May. At this season 

 April the land is cool and moist, the days are not long, and 

 there is an absence of drying winds and scorching suns. It is 

 at about this time that the plants are in a semi-dormant condi- 

 tion, and, being but half awake, they receive less shock than if 

 transplanted after vigorous growth has begun. 



Plants set as early in spring as is here recommended will give 

 a moderate quantity of fruit within three months, if the flower 

 buds are allowed to remain. But fruiting plants will not make 

 a very strong growth, and it is better to pinch off all fruit- 

 stalks, and trim off all but the centre leaves at the time of 

 transplanting. 



Where a mixture of varieties is suspected, sufficient fruit may 

 be allowed to set as a test of purity, and all spurious plants at 

 once removed. The vacancies thus caused will be filled by run- 

 ners in a few weeks, and the grower will have the satisfaction 

 of knowing that his plants are unmixed and true to name. The 

 reputation of a dealer depends upon the purity of his stock, and 

 he should make a study of foliage so as to be able to detect any 

 mixture at a glance. No two varieties have the same habits of 

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