EIGHT] STRAWBERRIES AND THEIR KIN 



vating, allowing it, after the first two or three years, 

 to fill up the whole lot with canes and take care of 

 itself. This plan will work very well on a long, 

 narrow strip. All you have to do is to cut out 

 the old canes each year and burn them ; then with 

 your hedge shears cut off the tops of the canes 

 down to about six feet. It is, however, wiser, if 

 you intend to grow the finest berries, to keep the 

 plants in rows and thoroughly cultivate. 



The best varieties in my grounds, and I have 

 tried and tested nearly all the new ones for the last 

 thirty years, are the Eldorado and the Ancient 

 Briton, with Snyder — a grand sort if the season is 

 all right. Unfortunately, if the season be very dry, 

 the Snyder will give very small berries, with few 

 drupes. I should not undertake to grow the Sny- 

 der without careful cultivation. The Eldorado is 

 a strong, stiff cane, bearing enormous crops of de- 

 licious fruit. The Kittatinny is a variety not easily 

 to be rejected, although it kills back more or less 

 each winter. It is a magnificent fruit, and has a 

 habit of bearing somewhat through the autumn 

 months. Most of the advertised sorts are quite 

 tender and utterly worthless, excepting south of 

 New York State. As a rule, do not plant a black- 



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