270 HORTICrLTrRAL MANFAL. 



the Chilian class as Branclj-wino, Cumberland, Jesse, and 

 Sharpless, that form large compact plants with compara- 

 tivel}' few runners. They are planted tliree feet apart with 

 plants one foot apart in the rows. All runners are cut as 

 they appear and cultivation is kept up regularly. In 

 autumn the whole surface is mulched lightly. In the 

 spring this is left around the plants to keep the fruit clean. 

 After the second year new plants are allowed to root 

 between the old ones, which are taken out when the new 

 ones become strong. With this plan the rows are often 

 kept up for several years. The plan is found profitable 

 for the fancy market. As Puller says: " One strong stool 

 with plenty of room for its roots will give more and larger 

 fruit than twenty plants that are crowded." 



Where the one-year system is carried on commercially, 

 with high culture and manuring, it largely takes the place 

 of the hill system, with large varieties grown for those who 

 are willing to pay an extra price for a fine article. 



260. The Strawberry Under Glass. — Those who have 

 had experience know that no cultivated fruit will grow 

 under glass with as little care and expense, and fruit as 

 bountifully, as some varieties of the strawberry. The low 

 structure with the vines only two or three feet from the 

 glass gives the best results. A few years ago the system 

 of growing bright-colored and good berries in this way for 

 winter marketing at fancy prices became quite a large 

 business. But the extensive growing of the strawberry on 

 the Gulf coast and delivering them North at moderate 

 prices has about confined the work to amateur growers, 

 who derive satisfaction and pleasure, if not profit, in 

 watching the development of strawberries in winter. 



The main essentials to success are : (a) The selection of 

 perfect-flowering varieties, as the pistillate ones will need 

 hand pollination in the still air of the plant-room. 



