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sions. We therefore say, emphatically, do not overfeed 

 your strawberry plantations with rich manures, for we 

 are confident the great majority of the crops in our 

 country are greatly lessened in so doing. 



It cannot be too often repeated, that if you give 

 them the best — not the richest — pure soil, very finely, 

 deeply pulverize it, and place it in the lightest, cleanest 

 condition, and keep it so; get good plants of good 

 varieties, and never let any single plants be nearer 

 than ten inches to any other, the results will surpass 

 your largest expectations. 



TKANSPLANTINa. 



This is a process to which the strawberry is most 

 sensitive. The plant will live under almost any treat- 

 ment, or any manner or time of transplanting, but Avill 

 not always yield a full supply of good fruit unless this 

 process is appropriately performed. First we speak as 

 to TIME. 



For large plantations, or for ordinary cultivators, 

 the early spring is perhaps the best season ; certainly 

 it is the time when it can be the easiest and most suc- 

 cessfully accomplished. The ground is soft and moist 

 at that time, and the weather is usually favorable. 



The next season generally recommended is the 

 month of September. Plants can then be easily ob- 



