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amounts without danger of over stimulating the plants. 

 Bone dust, superphosphate of lime, sulphate of ammo- 

 nia, muriate of potash, and wood ashes, may all be used 

 where the land is poor or extra stimulants are needed to 

 force the growth and increase the size of the fruit. 



HOW AND WHEK TO PLAKT. 



While it is perfectly practicable to transplant the 

 Strawberry at any and all seasons of the year except 

 when the ground is hard frozen and covered with snow 

 still there appear to be certain months during which 

 this operation may be performed with less labor and 

 more uniform success than during any other of the 

 twelve. In warm climates, as in our Southern States, 

 the best time for setting out the plants is late in the 

 autumn or at almost any time during the winter, but 

 the earlier the better, in order to secure the benefits of 

 the cool moist weather during which the plants become 

 well established and in condition for growth at the ap- 

 proach of warm weather in spring. But in cold cli- 

 mates late fall planting will,.in most instances, result in 

 a total loss, as the frosts of winter will lift the plants 

 from the soil and destroy them. The two seasons most 

 favorable for planting the Strawberry in cold climates are 

 early fall, or from the middle of August to the first week 

 in September and early in the Spring. Fall planting, 

 however, of the Strawberry is not generally practiced in 

 ths Northern States except by amateurs and with pot- 

 grown plants. But in this matter of transplanting much 

 depends upon the season ; if there is an abundance of 

 i^*in during the summer, strong, well-rooted plants may 

 be obtained in August or by the first of September, and 

 if these are set out, and the weather continues favorable, 

 they will become well established by the time cold 



