Feb.] The Fruit Garden. 79 



When you have finillied pruning, dig the ground be- 

 tween the phmts ; obferving, as you dig, to clear away- 

 all ftraggling roots, and leaving none but fuch as belong 

 to the llioots which are left to bear. See the Fruit Gar- 

 den of lall month. 



New plantations of rafpbcrries may be made this 

 month, where wanted ; let them be planted'in rows, four 

 feet afunder, and let the plants be three feet diltant from 

 each other in the rows. Seelail month, &c. 



Stra-ijuberries. 

 The plantations of ftrawberries fhould now be cleaned, 

 and have their fpring drefiing. Firll pull or cut oiF any 

 remaining firings or runners from the plants, and clear 

 ihe beds from weeds and litter of every lort ; then loofeii 

 the ground between, and about the plants, and at the 

 fame time add a little frelTi earth between the rows, and 

 dole round every plant- this will firengthen them, and 

 make the plants fiower ilrong, and produce large fruit. 



Strawberries may be planted now about the middle or 

 latter end of the month, if the plants are a little ad- 

 vanced in growth ; but the beft time is in Augufl, or the 

 beginning of September; then they will bear fruit the fum- 

 mer after : not but thofe planted now will take root freely, 

 but will not bear any fruit to fignify till the next year: 

 obferving the pioper fets for planting are the young off-fets 

 or runner plants of lafl: fummer, which mull now be pro- 

 cured from beds of old plants that are in full perfeftion 

 for bearing, taking them up with good roots, not from 

 worn-out very old itools. 



Prepare for thefe plants a piece of good ground, if 

 loamy the better, and let feme good rotten dung be dug 

 in. 



Divide the ground into beds, four feet wide, with 

 alleys at leail eighteen inches wide between them. Plant 

 the Ih-awberries of the fcarlet kinds in rows, one foot 

 three inches afunder, and allow the fame dillance betweea 

 plant and plant in the rows. 



But the large kind of ftrawberries, fuch as the haut- 

 boy. Chili, &c. fhould be planted eighteen inches dif- 

 tant every way. 



The Alpine, or proliiic ftrawberry, fliould likewife be 



planted fifteen or eighteen inches diftant tWQiy way, that 



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