170 THE STRAWBERRY. 



der in the rows, and keep them clean as already 

 described. When a new planting is needed, let 

 the runners extend and fill up these spaces with 

 new plants ; and then spade under by hand, or turn 

 under with a furrow, the old rows, keeping the 

 ground clean where they stood, until a new plant- 

 ing is needed. In this way, the productiveness of 

 the plantation may be preserved an indefinite num- 

 ber of years, and the overgrowth of old beds by 

 grass, and the setting out of new beds by hand, 

 are at once avoided. 



Where it is requisite to form new beds by trans- 

 planting, late in summer or very early in autumn 

 is a proper time for the work, if the weather be not 

 very dry. Watering at the time should not be 

 omitted. Early in spring is also attended with 

 success. But late in autumn is often attended 

 with failure, from the young plants being thrown 

 out or destroyed by frost ; a disaster which may be 

 in part prevented by treading the soil closely about 

 the roots before freezing, and by a covering of 

 leaves, straw or chaff. New plants, only a year 

 old, are always better than those which are older 

 and have already borne fruit. 



SELECTION OF VARIETIES. 



The Duke of Kent and Early Scarlet, are among 

 the best very early varieties; and the Roseberry, 

 Bishop's Orange, Keene's Seedling, and Hovey's 



