THE STRAWBERRY. 



Directions for transplanting. 



Transplanting Runners and Off-sets* 



ABOUT Midsummer, and in as moist wea- 

 ther as possible, with a small and close 

 three-tined fork, from young beds not more 

 than two or three years old, take a sufficient 

 quantity of the strongest and first-formed 

 young plants, by runners or off-sets, growing 

 nearest to each bearing parent plant only, 

 and with all the fibres possible ; previously 

 well watering the bed from whence they are 

 intended to be taken, if the ground be hard 

 and dry, in order that they may rise with en- 

 tire roots ; when cut off the strings close on 

 each side, and early as possible plant them 

 in nursery beds, four to six inches apart, 

 evenly throughout, and in any situation 

 shaded from mid-day sun, where the soil is 

 good to promote growth, and strengthen the 

 young plants. Immediately after planting, 

 well water them throughout, and repeat the 

 jsame in evenings, during hot and dry wea- 



