ALPINE STRAWBERRIES 169 
closed a good part of the time, and the seed- 
lings will grow so vigorously that they will 
bear transplanting in a few weeks to the bed 
where they are to remain and fruit. This 
method is well adapted for bringing seedling 
‘ vines into bearing in the shortest possible 
time, as they get a very strong growth the 
first year. 
The seedlings should be transplanted into 
beds of rich earth, encouraged to make stout, 
stocky plants, and to this end they should 
not be allowed to make more than one or at 
most two runners. 
The seedlings may be set in the bed where 
they are to fruit, in rows two feet apart, 
with the plants eighteen inches asunder in the 
rows. If space is limited, the rows may be 
narrowed six inches, and the plants brought 
six inches nearer each other in the rows. If 
one or two runners are allowed to grow, they 
should be made to take root close to the 
parent plant. 
The propagation of Bush Alpine is by 
division, as they do not produce runners. 
To propagate these varieties the old stools 
should be lifted early in spring and divided, 
leaving only one or two crowns to a plant. 
