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weather sets in, and the following season make a much 

 better growth than if the planting was delayed until 

 spring. But favorable seasons are so uncertain that 

 autumn planting is not a general practice among those 

 who make Strawberry culture a specialty. 



When transplanting in the spring, the half-dead 



Fig. g. YOUNG STRAWBERRY PLANT. 



leaves should be removed and the roots shortened one- 

 third or one-half their length. In Fig. 8 is shown a 

 terminal plant on a runner as taken from the ground. 

 A, the runner connecting it with the parent plant. B, 

 the tip of the runner which would have extended and 

 produced another plant had it not been checked by frost. 



