166 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 
“While seed may be used to get a stock of 
plants started, runners are a better means of 
perpetuation after that. Sow seed in early 
spring. With the American winter as it is, 
very little is gained by autumn sowing, and 
always there is danger of mice injuring the 
plants. In either case the seed should be 
sown in a coldframe; but it may be sown 
outdoors in well-pulverized soil in April or 
May. Sow in a greenhouse in January. 
There are some varieties of Alpine straw- 
berries that have no runners; these must be 
perpetuated by dividing the plants or by 
seed. 
“Of the ‘Quatre Saisons’ type alone there 
are several varieties. In the experience of 
the grower of the strawberries referred to, 
these are the best of them at one time or 
another. They are the most reliable, and 
that is the main point. 
“One of the finest of the improved ‘Four 
Seasons’ type is, he says, the Louis Gauthier 
—now popular in France. It is large, 
whitish, and very sweet. There are some 
Alpines very rich in flavour, actually white 
rather than merely whitish, and they are 
quite as easily grown. 
