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When selecting the plants for forcing, take 

 them from healthy bearing beds in the open 

 ground, making choice of the first produced 

 runners of the year, which by nature takes root 

 in the ground at the joints ; the early runners 

 are generally of proper growth to detach for 

 planting about May or June; but this may be 

 done any time during the summer, or early in 

 autumn, but the sooner they are transplanted 

 the better; take them up with good roots, cut 

 of the runner part from the plant, and whether 

 planted in pots or beds, they ought to be placed 

 in a shady situation. 



The soil best suited for planting strawberries 

 in pots, is light loam enriched with rotten dung, 

 or any rich garden mould ; if the plants are 

 not over large, place two in a pot, watering 

 them at planting, and continue to supply them 

 with repeated and plentiful waterings in dry 

 weather. As they put forth runners, cut them 

 off to strengthen the plants for fruiting; this 

 should be done both to those plants which are 

 considered of sufficient strength for forcing the 

 first year, and also those which are retained for 



