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GROWING STRAWBERRIES AMONG RASPBERRIES, 

 BLACKBERRIES, &c. 



When these are grown in hills both ways, strawberries can be set half way between 

 each way, and kept in bills or matted rows, as before described. When the raspberries, 

 &c. , are grown in rows, strawberries can be set half way between the rows, and grown 

 in matted rows for two seasons, or until the raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries, or 

 whatever they may be, get so large as to make it impossible to work them out with 

 the strawberries between them. 



RENEWING STRAWBERRY PLANTATIONS. 



First decide on the year you wish to remove the old plants. As soon as the runners 

 have attained the length of a foot or more, select the strongest from each hill, place 

 the end of it in the center of the square formed by four hills, of which the hill to 

 which the runner in question is attached forms one of the corners. 



Fig. 22. 



As shown in Fig. 22, A is the old hill, B the new. When the end of the runner is 

 placed in position, sprinkle a little dirt on it, so that it will be more certain to take root. 

 Four, weeks from this time the runner will have formed a new plant, with from six to 

 eight leaves, and a myriad of strong, healthy roots. It is best now to sever the runner, 

 as the new plant has sufficient roots to keep it in a growing condition. Late in the 

 fall pull up, the old plants, and place them over the new ones, with a small handful of 

 dirt on each one, to keep the elements from removing them during the winter. 



VARIETIES. 



Those marked with an (H,) are perfect blossoms, or Hermaphrodite, and those with 

 a (P,) imperfect blossoms, or Pistillates; the former producing full crops by them- 

 selves, while' the latter requires every fifth, or sixth row of the former planted among 

 them as a fertilizer. Those sorts with a star prefixed succeed well grown by any sys- 

 tem and in all climates, or on any soil ; while the others require extra care and are 

 grown only in "hills" or "hill and row system." 



* Metcalf s Early, (H.) — Claimed by its originator and. original disseminator as 

 being very early, and yielding a large crop in a few days' time, thus making it a very 

 valuable acquisition as a profitable market fruit. 



* Downer's Prolific, (H.) — Yields the bulk of its crop early, when fruit sells for 

 very high prices, and, with us, one year after another, as great a bearer as any of our 

 old tried sorts, and its extreme liwrdiness makes it a very remunerative sort indeed. 

 It has received the highest number of votes in many societies, as being the most profita- 

 ble market sort, aDd this, tdo, with the Wilson's Albany as one of its competitors. In 

 rows, it yields as good crops as any sort ; but ,in Mils the crop is enormous, and fruit 

 double the size. Color light scarlet ; shape nearly round; flavor fair; size large, and 

 a certain yielder every year. Originated in Southern Kentucky, and succeeds equally 

 well in the most Northern or Southern latitude. 



* French, (H.) — Another very early sort. Better to be grown in hills, and grown 

 thus forms enormous crowns — the hills averaging a foot across the top, and conse- 

 quently yielding very large crops, all of which are picked early, in a few days' time. 



