138 STRAWBERRIES. 



Antwerp the white for eating, and the red for 

 preserves. Give the plants plenty of room, some- 

 what varying, according to the strength of the soil, 

 say four or five feet between the rows, and three 

 or four between each plant in the row. The wood 

 that bears one year must be altogether removed the 

 next; and of the shoots that spring up in the sum- 

 mer, five or six of the strongest should be selected 

 for bearing. These must be reduced to the height 

 of four or five feet, and fastened to poles. The 

 rest of the young shoots must be cleared away. 

 Let the ground be well dug in the course of the 

 winter, and manured with ashes, which seem pecu- 

 liarly appropriate to the fineness of fibre for which 

 the root of this plant is remarkable. 



Of strawberries there is an endless variety. 

 Some of the Virginia or Roseberry should be had 

 for the quality of coming early some of the haut- 

 boy sorts for superior flavour and of the Alpine, 

 if you will, for lateness. But as new sorts are con- 

 tinually introduced, and as renovation from seed is 

 a decided advantage, the best rule is to observe in 

 any garden a good variety, and obtain young plants 

 about the beginning of August. Set these in rows, 

 eighteen or twenty inches apart, and one foot dis- 

 tant in the row. By planting at this early season, 

 as the roots get established before winter, and are 

 not liable to be thrown out by the frost, you will 

 have a considerable crop the first year. Let the 

 ground be well manured before planting, and every 

 second year afterwards. In the course of five or 



