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RASPBERRIES. 



They are diflinguifliud by their colours, which arc 

 Red, White, and Tellow. The buflies fhould be plant- 

 ed at fuch a diflance from one another, that the ground 

 may be eafily dug, or dunged between the rows; and 

 only a fingle plant fhould be permitted to fpring up from 

 a particular root. The bufh produces its wood in one 

 year to the proper height, which bears fruit the next, 

 after which it dies down near to the root ; fo 

 that there is always in fummer and autumn a young 

 fhoot of wood along with the bearing bufh. And 

 whenever the fruit are gathered, the old fnoot fhould 

 be broken ofT, or cut down near to the furface of the 

 ground, and only one of the young fhoots left for bear- 

 ing fruit the fucceeding year. By this management, and 

 keeping the ground clean between the rows, the fruit 

 will be large and good, provided the ppAntation is made 

 on a north afpe£l. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



No. I. Is the Red M^ood-Stravjberry. The fmall plants 

 of this kind are to be found in great plenty in the v/oods, 

 generally on dry ground, where they bear without any 

 culture. They thrive very well when tranfplanted into 

 the garden, and bear tolerably. They are the earliefl: 

 ripe of any of the kinds : they grow pretty large, and 

 become flat on the oppofite fides, and pointed, as they 

 approach maturity: and when they have acquired this, 

 they are of a dark red colour : their fubftance is melt- 

 ing, and their juice has an agreeable fweetnefs, joined 

 to a good deal of acidity. 



No. 2. Is the Virginian Strainberry. They are of a 

 light red colour when ripe, if they are expofed to 

 the fun ; but of a pale red or white colour, if they 

 grow in the fhade. Their fhape is nearly round, ex- 

 cept where they are joined to the foot-flalk : they are 

 large and juicy, and of a fine flavour, and delicious 

 tafte. The buflies of this kind are eafily known by 

 their large, fmooth, fliining leaves ; they are great 

 bearers, and in fuch general efteem, that they are every 

 where to be met with. 



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