CHAPTER XL 



THE STRAWBERRY. 



THIS delicious fruit, so universally esteemed, is 

 much neglected in cultivation. Failure from bad 

 management has contributed to this neglect. 



The requisites for success are, 



1. A good rich soil; 



2. Clean cultivation between the rows. 



3. A renewal by planting once in three years ; 



4. Selection of good varieties. 



Soil. Any deep rich soil, which is good for corn 

 or potatoes, will afford fine crops of strawberries. 



Clean cultivation is of the greatest consequence, 

 and by far the most economical way to procure a 

 given amount of fruit. This may be accomplished 

 with one quarter the usual expense by horse culti- 

 vation. Let the rows extend across the garden, 

 and if two feet apart, they will freely admit a horse 

 between them. 



A renewal of the planting may be effected every 

 three years, whether hand or horse cultivation is 

 employed, by the spontaneous growth of the plants, 

 as follows: Plant the rows, in the first place, from 

 two to three feet apart, and the plants a foot asun- 



