EicHt] STRAWBERRIES AND THEIR KIN 
vating, allowing it, after the first two or three years, 
to fill up the whole lot with canes and take care of 
itself. This plan will work very well on a long, 
narrow strip. All you have to do is to cut out 
the old canes each year and burn them; then with 
your hedge shears cut off the tops of the canes 
down to about six feet. It is, however, wiser, if 
you intend to grow the finest berries, to keep the 
plants in rows and thoroughly cultivate. 
The best varieties in my grounds, and I have 
tried and tested nearly all the new ones for the last 
thirty years, are the Eldorado and the Ancient 
Briton, with Snyder — a grand sort if the season is 
allright. Unfortunately, if the season be very dry, 
the Snyder will give very small berries, with few 
drupes. I should not undertake to grow the Sny- 
der without careful cultivation. The Eldorado is 
a strong, stiff cane, bearing enormous crops of de- 
licious fruit. The Kittatinny is a variety not easily 
to be rejected, although it kills back more or less 
each winter. It is a magnificent fruit, and has a 
habit of bearing somewhat through the autumn 
months. Most of the advertised sorts are quite 
tender and utterly worthless, excepting south of 
New York State. Asarule, do not plant a black- 
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