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crossways of the field. Whether the ploughing is done 
by steam or horses, it will be obvious to anyone that the 
larger and more open the area, the less will be the cost 
per acre. 
Market-growers are fully alive to the importance of 
early autumn planting as followed in gardens, and where 
STRAWBERRY—SIR JOSEPH PAXTON 
labour and the water supply will permit this plan is 
followed, and results in a fine crop the following 
summer. ‘The difficulties of securing sufficient early 
rooted runners, and of supplying water to newly planted 
areas in hot dry weather are very real to the large 
grower, and so there are very many who plant at the 
end of March, when the danger of severe frosts has 
passed away. The runners are either dibbled or planted 
