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hundred that you will enjoy the flavor of, one 

 by one, as they successively ripen, and as the cli- 

 max to the pleasure you will have been experi- 

 encing all the while in watching their growth and 

 ripening. As respects the latter point, great self- 

 control on your part is indispensable. I warn 

 you of this beforehand; for if, through impa- 

 tience, you gather them too soon, even so much 

 as a single day too soon, you will lose by it, I 

 assure you. Their flavor cannot do justice to its 

 own merits at any point short of the most perfect 

 maturity. Your strawberry plants will require 

 no other attention than that of taking off the run- 

 ners by which they propagate themselves. As to 

 water, they will take care of themselves, drinking 

 their fill from the supplies placed within their 

 reach in watering the other plants. You must 

 remember to renew them every two years, by 

 means of runners that you will reserve for the 



purpose. 



Grape Vine. 



Of all your fruit-bearers, the one that will 

 yield the most bounteously is the grape. For 

 some years past the vine has been a good deal 



