290 STRAWBERRIES FOR FORCING. 



sion, they may be obtained by the following 

 rules until their natural season for ripening. 



Although I have said that strawberries may 

 be brought to perfection in all forcing depart- 

 ments, it maybe as well to remark that the forcing 

 houses are the most convenient, (including the 

 pinery, vinery, peach- house, &c.,) more so, and 

 generally more successful than by forcing them 

 in hotbeds, at the same time I intend to lay 

 down the necessary rules for their general cul- 

 ture in every department of forcing. 



DIFFERENT SORTS OF STRAWBERRIES PROPER 

 FOR FORCING. 



Par. 61. Many new varieties of strawberries 

 have been raised within the last few years which 

 have become celebrated, some for their size and 

 beauty, some for their great bearing, and some 

 have reached the character of being fine -fla- 

 voured; but being acquainted with the whole 

 of these new sorts of any note, I nevertheless 

 must give the preference for a general crop t 

 the old scarlet, being one of the earliest and 

 most successful forcers we have in cultivation, 



