1 66 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 



"While seed may be used to get a stock of 

 plants started, runners are a better means of 

 perpetuation after that. Sow seed in early 

 spring. With the American winter as it is, 

 very little is gained by autumn sowing, and 

 always there is danger of mice injuring the 

 plants. In either case the seed should be 

 sown in a coldframe; but it may be sown 

 outdoors in well-pulverized soil in April or 

 May. Sow in a greenhouse in January. 

 There are some varieties of Alpine straw- 

 berries that have no runners; these must be 

 perpetuated by dividing the plants or by 

 seed. 



"Of the 'Quatre Saisons ' type alone there 

 are several varieties. In the experience of 

 the grower of the strawberries referred to, 

 these are the best of them at one time or 

 another. They are the most reliable, and 

 that is the main point. 



"One of the finest of the improved *Four 

 Seasons' type is, he says, the Louis Gauthier 

 — now popular in France. It is large, 

 whitish, and very sweet. There are some 

 Alpines very rich in flavour, actually white 

 rather than merely whitish, and they are 

 quite as easily grown. 



