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berrj-plants from the seed dropped by birds. These 

 I find running into all varieties — pistillate, staminate, 

 and hermaphrodite — most of th-em worthless, but some 

 with good fruit. 



The proper time for transplanting the strawberry at 

 the South, is as soon in the fall as the weather is cool 

 and moist enough. Here, this may be continued until 

 spring. Plants are easily transported great distances 

 in the winter. I have sent them 2,000 miles with 

 safety. It will be observed by the diagram, that I 

 plant the staminate every eighth row. Some cultiva- 

 tors ifiix in the rows ; but I prefer to keep them sepa- 

 rate and distinct, as they are more easily distinguished, 

 and kept better in their places. 



Now, if the cultivator would know the secret of my 

 having strawberries six, eight, and even ten months in 

 the year, in the hot climate of Georgia and Alabama, 

 it is this : proper location, vegetable manures, shade to 

 the ground, without exhaustion, and water to the bloom 

 and fruit. 



One reason why so many fail in garden culture with 

 the strawberry is, that the beds are surrounded by trees 

 and shrubbery, which may produce one crop of fruit 

 in the spring, but rarely more than that, unless it 

 should prove a very wet season. The strawberry -bed, 

 whether in the garden or the field, should have no tree, 

 plant, or shrub near enough to it to take the moisture 



