304 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



The following are of 



This Season's Introduction : 



Vliilip Seedling No. i — Notes taken at Geneva (N. Y.) Experiment Station. 

 Stems unable to hold up the enormous fruits, which arc produced in large quan- 

 tities. Berries showy, scarlet, firm, good flavor. 



Beverly — The color is dark and rich ; large size. All reports are favorable 

 so far, and the variety is one of great promise. 



Muskingum — This has succeeded well everywhere; with an ordinary 

 chance it bears a heavy crop of large, fine looking berries. 



Dayton, Iowa Beauty, Beebe, Jefferson, Clark's No. 14, and one or two 

 more will be reported on in due time, if spared. 



John Little. 

 Granton, Aug. /J, i8g2. 



THE STRAWBERRY 



^V.. WM. SAUNDERS, Superintendent of the Gardens and Grounds 

 of the Agricultural Department at Washington, submitted, with 

 some other papers on horticultural subjects, the following to the 

 Secretary of Agriculture : 



The principal points involved in the successful culture of the 

 strawberry are : 



I. Prepare the ground by deep plowing and subsoiling ; apply 

 a dressing of rotted manure, equal to twenty cords per acre ; spread it over the 

 surface, and mix it with the soil by repeated disintegration with a harrow. The 

 best crops are produced on strong, loamy soils ; if somewhat clayey it will be all 

 the better, provided it is drained. 



2. Allow the plants plenty of space ; the rows thirty inches apart and th.e 

 plants about half that distance between each other in the rows. 



3. Remove all runners as they appear, and keep the surface pulverized and 

 clean. If young plants are wanted, keep a portion of the plantation for that 

 purpose. 



4. Cover the plants in winter in all localities where the thermometer may 

 run down to 10 degrees Fahrenheit ; this to be done after the first frost, using 

 straw, leaves or other similar material as a partial protection. 



5. Do not disturb the roots by any process of cultivation from the month of 

 September until after crop has been gathered the following summer. 



6. Destroy the |)lantation after it has produced its second crop, lu-w ones 

 being planted to succeed those that are abandoned. 



