470 The Fruit Garden. [Od. 



mediately dug ; and, in digging, let fome of the earth 

 be fpread with care over the beds, obferving to lay it 

 neatly between and clofe about every plant. 



This drefling will be of vafl fervice to thefe plants, 

 and it ihould never at this feafon be omitted. 



In drefiing thefe plants, let it be obferved that the 

 plants ihould never be permitted to fpread over the whole 

 furface of the bed, but Ihould be kept as it were in fingle- 

 or dillindl bunches or heads. 



Planting Strang iern'es» 



New plantations of flrawberries may now be made 

 where wanted, and this may be done any time in the 

 month, but the fooner the better. 



Thefe plants thrive furprifingly in a loamy foil, but 

 fuch a foil is not natural in all places : however, choofe 

 a well lying fpot of the beft ground, and lay thereon 

 fome of the beft rotten dung; then let the piece be neat- 

 ly dug, and the dung be buried in a proper manner. 



Then lay the ground out in beds four feet broad, and 

 allow eighteen inches or two feet for an alley between 

 bed and bed; rake the furface fmooth, and then put in 

 the plants. 



The plants fhould be fuch as were produced laft fum- 

 mer. Choofe a parcel of the ftrongeft, and take them 

 up with good roots; trim off all firings or runners, and 

 clear away decayed leaves; trim the roots, and then 

 plant them : let four rows be planted lengthways in each 

 bed, allowing fifteen or eighteen inches between row 

 and row, and fet the plants the fame diflance from one 

 another in the rows. 



Clofe the earth well about every plant, and direftly 

 give each a little water. 



For the account of the forts, fee lafl month. 



Pruning Rafpherry Plant Si 



Prune Rafpberries. In doing this let it be obferved, 

 that all the old wood that produced the fruit lafl funi- 

 mer muft now be cut out, for thefe never bear but once; 

 therefore a lupply of young wood mufl now be left to 

 bear next year: obferve, therefore, to leave feveral of 

 the flrongeft of the laft fummer^s fhoots flanding upon 

 every root, to bear the fruit to be e.\pe(Sled next year ; 



thefe 



