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ftraw cut in Odober 3 the rows rutted on 

 each fide, left fix inches broad, and the in- 

 tervals dug a full fpade deep. A flight 

 dunging each feafon, or a good one every 

 fecond, will be fufficient to keep the land 

 in heart. 



\yhere the fituation is particularly in- 

 viting, and (which fometimes happens) the 

 culture of any other crop would be at- 

 tended with more difficulty ; ftrawberries 

 may be fuccefsfully Continued on the fame 

 {pot for many years, by reverfing the rows 

 and intervals every third feafon. 



This is attended with no manner of 

 trouble, the runners planting themfelves. 

 But when new plantations are to be made, 

 fuch runners, after having flruck root in 

 July or Auguft, are the fitteft plants for 

 this purpofe, and fliould then be tranf- 

 planted. 



It is obfervable, that ftrawberries plant- 

 ed in manner as above, that is, in rows, 

 are much more prolific of large fruit, than 

 when planted thick in beds. In fingle de- 

 tached rows, they are ftill more fo ; and 

 are with propriety run round the alleys of 

 the kitchen-garden, in the double cha- 



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