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No. 3. Is the White Wood-Strawberry. They are 

 round, of a good flavour, and p'.eafant fharp talie : 

 thty begin to ripen fcon after the Virginian, and con- 

 tinue to yield ripe fruit until the middle of Septembery 

 or later : when the feafon is favourable, you may ga- 

 ther ripe fruit from them till the month of No'vember. 

 Thev afford but few fruit at a time, but produce ma- 

 ny through the feafon : their firft fruit are the fweet- 

 eil ; for as the year advances, the acid becomes more 

 copiousj and their juice more watery and infipid. 



No. 4. Is the Poloniarii or Haut-boy. It is by fome 

 people called the Burgundy-Straivbcrry. This is a lar- 

 ger iruit than any that have been yet defcribtd : it 

 is generally fhaped like No. i. of a purple colour 

 when ripe : its juice is fweet, and of a moll: deliciou? 

 vinous tsue, and charming flavour. Its fruit are raifed 

 en a high ftem above the rough leaves. When they ap- 

 proach maturity, they ftiould be tied to fticks to fup- 

 port them, for they turn heavy and fall down, and 

 are either eaten or Aimed by fnails, or both ; or they 

 are fpoiled by the foil, become mouldy, and rot. 



No. 5. Is the Chili-Straxvberry. The uncom- 

 mon fize of the fruit would recommend this Straw- 

 berry, did not the barrennefs of the plant, and indif- 

 ference of the fruit in Scotland, render it little efteem- 

 ed. 



Strawberries fhould have a rich good foil, and the 

 buHies be planted in rows two feet difiance from each 

 other : the plants may be placed at one foot dillance 

 in the rows : the ground fliould be frequently labour- 

 ed, and tiie richeft manures, luch as flieeps-dung, afhes, 

 &c. fhould be laid on the ground in autumn, after the 

 crop has been gathered, and the young plants pulled 

 up and taken off: triis ought to be dug down early the 

 following fpring. Let the ground be conflantly kept free 

 from weeds, and fuffer only one on two bufhes to 

 grow on t!ie fame fpot, keeping them always clear 

 from runners. If you incline to have large fine fruit, 

 reduce thofe that are found on the llems, to a final! 

 numi.er foon after they are fet, and pull off late 

 powers whenever tUey appear. By this management 



Hautboys; 



