CHAPTER IX 



BERRY-FRUITS. 



SECTION I. 



THE STRAWBERRY. 



The strawberry is a perennial plant, a 

 native both of the old and th new world. It 

 is considered by many the most delicious and 

 wholesome of all berries. 



Soil. The best soil for the plants is a deep 

 rich loam. Two feet of this soil will give 

 finer plants and larger crops of the fruit than 

 a'depth of only one foot would produce. 



Specific Manures. Slight intermixtures 

 with the soil, of super-phosphate of lime, 

 sulphate of ammonia, guano, bone-dust, 



