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Other fine staminate varieties for our cli- 

 mate are, the Old Scarlet (or Early Virginia 

 Scarlet ,) and the Hautbois. Another capital 

 large fruited pistillate variety is the Black 

 Prince. The Hudson's Bay is a fine, hardy, 

 rather late variety. 



For perfect-blossomed plants there are 

 none better than the jRee?-fruited and White 

 fruited Alpines. These continue in bearing 

 from June till November. A large autumn 

 crop may be secured, by cutting oft' the blos- 

 soms in the spring. 



The Red Wood and the White Wood are 

 also hardy perfect-blossomed varieties, ripen- 

 ing their fruits in July ; they are well worthy 

 of cultivation. 



The perfect-blossomed varieties, of course, 

 need no intermingling of other plants to ren- 

 der them fruitful. 



Gathering the Fruit. Gather the fruit 

 when it is not moist with dew or rain. . It may 

 be kept for a little while, by placing it in a 

 cool dry room or in an ice-box. 



Uses of the Fruit, fyc. The strawberry 

 is a dessert fruit of the first rank. It is some- 

 times used also for preserving. Boerhave 

 considered it a valuable remedy in cases of 



