34 THE CULTURE OF 



Goed flavoured Crops produced by having the Sun. 



It may also be remarked, that in moist 

 seasons, such shade will be found of little 

 use, crops of strawberries being general, with 

 little attention, in most situations in wet and 

 cloudy summers : but it deserves to be un- 

 derstood, that crops thus produced, having 

 the advantage of all the sun which the usual 

 time of ripening affords, will be found equal 

 to any other ; and in common, but more es- 

 pecially in warm and hot seasons, ample 

 crops of full-grown fruit may be uniformly 

 looked for; while those indiscriminately 

 planted, without regard to soil or exposure, 

 notwithstanding repeated liberal and expen- 

 sive supplies of water in dry seasons, will in 

 general, produce, at best, partial crops or di- 

 minutive fruit. 



From what has been stated on the advan- 

 tage of shady situation, some persons may, 

 with apparent reason, incline to consider 

 any common north border eligible. Such 



