( 72 ) 



but where the Fruit is desired of the largest possible size, 

 the plants must be kept distinct, and at the distance of one 

 foot asunder, and the runners should be cut off as fast as ti;ey 

 appear. By some persons it is recommended to make 

 plantations in the autumn, as before stated, and to keep them 

 divested of all runners till after the maturity of the fruit the 

 ensuing season. 



As beds of strawberries generally want renewing every 

 two or three years, it will be necessary, in forming the netv 

 beds, to select the plants in the proportion of nine bearing 

 plants to one barrel. ; and, in order to do this with certainty, 

 it will be best to mark them when in fruit. If, however, 

 your beds are not encumbered with a superfluous number of 

 barren plants, this precaution will not be indispensably ne- 

 cessary ; though it is generally requisite with the varieties 

 of Hautbois, the Red Chili, Pine Apple, and some others, 

 which are apt to produce a great proportion of barren 

 plants and even, without proper attention, beds of these, and 

 of some other kinds, will become almost totally unproduc- 

 tive. 



With respect to the varieties of the Alpine, or Monthly, 

 it is preferable to form new beds every autumn, as the run- 

 ners of the previous year produce a much greater quantity 

 of fruit than the old plants. 



I will now proceed to describe some of the varieties. 



1. Scarlet Virginian. A native of our woods ; fruit high 

 flavoured, and ripens very early. It is the parent of all the 

 strawberries of that class denominated Scarlets, of which 43 

 varieties are known. 



2. English Red Wood. This is sometimes erroneously 

 called Red Hautbois, although it is smaller in size, and in- 

 ferior in flavour. It is, however, one of our most productive 

 varieties, and not apt to have a superabundance of male 

 flowers ; and, as the fruit does not all come to maturity at 

 one time, but continues to ripen gradually for a considerable 

 period, it is a very useful family strawberry. 



3. English White Wood This is also sometimes errone- 

 ously called White Hautbois. It has precisely the same 

 qualities as No. 2, except in point of colour. 



4. English Red Hautbois This is musk flavoured, very 

 fine, and nearly twice the size of No. 2. This variety is 

 very apt to be overrun with male plants, in which case new- 

 beds ought to be made when in fruit ; in making which, 



