64. THE FRUIT GARDENER. [B. 2* 



ged ten feet in height each fhoot, and pro- 

 portionally ftrong > feme of which girted 

 above three inches. They grew in a mix- 

 ture of peat-earth and fandy loam of confi^ 

 derable depth. 



Rafpberries bear entirely on the fhoots 

 of laft year, which are plentifully produ- 

 ced from the root every feafon. In Win- 

 ter dreffing, the old fhoots are to be clear- 

 ed away, and alfo the major part of the 

 new, retaining three or four of the ftrongeft 

 only, otherwife the plant would become a 

 perfed: bufli next feafon. 



The moil limple, and beft mode 'of fup- 

 porting them is, by twifting the fhoots 

 loofely together, and tying the extremity 

 with a piece of fpun-yarn, or ftrands of 

 frefll matting. 



Strawberries 



Are to be planted, either in July or Au- 

 guft, or in March or April, according to 

 the forwardnefs of the feafon, in rows from 

 twenty-four to thirty inches afunder, ac- 

 cording to the kinds and quality of the 

 foil, and at from fix to eight inches in the 

 row} kept clean of weeds' at all times; the 



flraw 



