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not beneficially affected by the direct application of potash sorts 
alone; these are better applied in conjunction with other fertilisers. 
Transplanting—After thorough cultivation and manuring, the 
land should be made smooth by rolling, which also consolidates it. 
The time for transplanting having arrived, at the beginning of 
the rainy season, the plants should be got together. In our climate 
April will be found a good time; a small crop may then be expected 
in the spring. Strawberry plants will strike at any time, provided 
the ground is moist and warm, but autumn planting is found more 
profitable. If not planted till the spring, all the fruit buds should 
be removed as they appear, otherwise the plants become feeble and 
die. Should a large plot be planted, it is advisable to commence 
with the early sorts and proceed with the latter varieties. 
The lines for horse cultivation should be at intervals of 3ft. 
or 4ft.; for hand cultivation 2ft. will be found enough. In either 
case the distance along the rows should be from 12in. to 18in.; this 
the grower will regulate as he becomes familiar with the habits of 
growth of the varieties he plants. For horse cultivation the lines 
must not only be well stretched, but the plants should all be set on 
the same side of the line, so that as the implements run along the 
rows the soil is stirred at an even distance from the plants all along 
the drill. 
The following are the number of plants to the acre at the dis- 
tances mentioned :-— 
oft. x 1ft. .. 21,780 | 3ft. x lft, Gin. .. 9,658 
ft, x 1ft. Gin, .. 14,520 | 4ft, x lft. .. 10,900 
aft. x 2ft. .. 10,900 | 4ft. x 1ft. 3in. .. 8,712 
aft. x 1ft. ». 14,520 | 4ft. x 1ft. Gin. .. 7,260 
It is often the practice, however, to plant strawberries amongst the 
trees in young orchards, and in that case ample room should be left 
between the row nearest to the trees and the trees themselves—4ft. 
to 5ft. at least; this would reduce the number of strawberry plants 
to the acre very considerably. Growing strawberries in a young 
orchard, under such conditions must be, if the plantation has been 
well looked after, beneficial to the trees, as the ground is, after two 
or three years, left in a high state of fertility and tilth, which can- 
not but be conducive to the growth of the trees. 
If the beginner has not raised his plants himself, he should 
procure them from a careful grower, and he should be particularly 
careful that the parent plants are strong, fruitful, free from leaf 
blight and other pests; plants affected. by disease are dear at a gift. 
The rooted runners of the previous year’s growth having been lifted 
and bunched up in convenient handfuls, it is important that their 
roots are not exposed to the desiccating action of the sun and wind. 
Some place them over the moist earth with a wet bag thrown over 
them; others, after trimming off the dead leaves and young runners 
and shortening the roots one-third, place them in buckets with an 
