THE FORCING GAkDfcNER, B, fo 



CHAPTER X. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



THIS fruit is forced in mofi gardens 

 where there are hot-houfes of any 

 kind ; and, being generally underftood, with 

 equal fuccefs. I fhall therefore be very 

 brief in treating of it here ; the only rea- 

 fon of my doing fo at all, being to render 

 this work as complete and ufeful as poffi- 



ble. 



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Strawberries are brought to early perfec- 

 tion in the pine-ftove, vinery, peach-houfe, 

 &c. But, in my opinion, the cherry-houfe 

 is the fitteft for its production, as the cli- 

 mate there coincides more nearly with its 

 nature. As a compartment wholely for 

 its ufe, flued pits are beft adapted 3 and 

 might be advantageoufly employed, in the 



latter 



