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kinds he can raise with profit, for soil and locality cause more 

 differences in the strawberry than in any other fruit. In some 

 markets quantity is the main thing, but in New York fine quality 

 and size secure the largest returns ; I therefore am planting 

 chiefly the large varieties. In order to have a long strawberry 

 season, plant on a warm southern slope the Nicanor, Black 

 Defiance, Wilson, and Triomphe, or other^ early kinds. The 

 leading varieties that I have named will come in as the main crop. 

 For late fruit select a moist soil with a cool northern exposure 

 where the snow melts late, and set out President Wilder, 

 Kentucky, Jucunda and Triomphe de Gand. While the last is 

 early, it also continues late, remaining in bearing longer, if kept 

 free from runners, than any other kind with which I am ac- 

 quainted. New varieties may enable us to extend the season 

 still more. The monthly Alpines will bear till frost, and in rich 

 moist soil give consideriible fruit in the fall. 



I am more and more inclined to believe that even those vari- 

 eties that bear perfect flowers, i. e., both stamens and pistils, are 

 rendered increasingly productive by growing near each other, so 

 that the pollen, during the season of bloom, passes freely across 

 the different beds with every breeze and is carried from one blos- 

 som to another by the honey-gathering bees. While I keep my 

 beds fjir enough anart to prevent all intermixture by their running 

 together I think that I get better crops by growing several vari- 

 eties as neighbors. 



How to Plai\t. 



In the moist season of spring this is usually a simple matter, 

 and careless work succeeds And yet there is a difference 

 between plants merely li^r'ng and having them start at once into 

 vigorous growth. Sl:'\l atd care always pay, though they are not 

 always necessary. 



In the spring take a handful of plants, stretch out the roots 

 straight and shorten them by cutting off at least one-third of 

 their length. Where plants are bought, they often come tied in 



