IMPROVED 



Culture of 



THAT UNIVERSALLY ESTEEMED FRUIT 



THE STRAWBERRY. 



CALCULATED to prove that the mode of 

 cultivating this plant, in the several varie- 

 ties generally adopted, is ungenial, and 

 consequently erroneous ; which may be con- 

 sidered the common cause of partial pro- 

 duction, and in many instances a total mis- 

 carriage of their crops of fruit. 



Wherein is pointed out, a cheap and ra- 

 tional mode of cultivation, without liability 

 to sterile plants, decay of bloorn by drought, 

 or defalcation of fruit from scorching sun : 

 by which ample crops may be uniformly 

 obtained in almost every situation ; and, ex- 

 cept in rainy seasons, in the fullest perfec- 



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