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 dunjr it, as that would encourage the plants to fend out 

 too many fuckers and runners, to have good fruit. So foon 

 as the plants have done fruiting, from which you are to 

 take your off-fets, lay out your ground in beds five feet 

 broad, with alleys one foot and a half, in order to have 

 free accefs to drefs the beds and plants, obferving to take 

 no other than fingle heads from the mothers (for runners 

 will only multiply themfelves). The Virginian kind are 

 to be planted fourteen inches diftant every way, the Haut- 

 boys two feet, and the Pine-ftrawberry at near the fame 

 diftance: they are to be fet in pits, and well watered (if 

 dry weather) and kept moderately fo, until you perceive 

 they have flruck root: keep them clear from weeds. By 

 the beginning of Oilober they will have made good roots, 

 and will fliew well this feafon; clean them again from 

 weeds and runners, laying up the earth in the alleys, two 

 inches deep, where it is to lie a fortnight, and then to be 

 fpread with a fpade between the plants, and at the fame 

 time cut off their long-fhanked leaves ; this is called 

 •winter-dreffing. In April clear them again of all weeds 

 and runners, and drefs the beds. When they are in 

 bloom, if the feafon is dry, water them plentifully, to 

 make them fet their fruit well, otherwife they will not ; 

 and be fure at this feafon to take off all runners, by which 



means you will have good crops. Thefe beds are to 



be removed every three years: and if the ground is dry 

 •when you water the Hautboy, obferve to lay fome wheat- 

 draw between the plants, to receive the bunches of 

 fruit ; this will keep the fruit dry, and the ground moifl, 

 which, whilff the plants are in bloom, and for fome time 

 after, will be of great fervice to them. 



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