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STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
*ULTIVATION.—Planted in Fall, from the middle of October to middle of 
| November is the best time, as the roots are then well ripened and better 
|) able to bear transplanting than if taken up in September, when the plants 
J are still growing, and the roots soft and easily damaged by exposure. 
Strawberries may be grown on any soil that will produce corn or potatoes. A 
light clay loam, well enriched with rotten barnyard manure, is the most 
favorable soil for most varieties. As soon as the plants are received, open the 
package or box at once, and, if possible, plant the same day. If the groundis || 
not ready, or for other causes the planting has to be delayed, untie each 
bundle and heel in the plants in a shady place, or cover with damp moss and 
keep in a cool cellar until ready for planting. In the garden, plant in rows18 | 
inches apart, by 12 inches in the rows: after every third row, leave a space of 
two feet instead of 18 inches for a path. In the field, for cultivation by horses, 
the rows should be three feet apart. After the beds are marked out, make, 
with a hoe ee a trowel, a hole for each plant, large enongh to admit al! the 
roots of the plant without crowding or bending them over. Then spread the 
~ yoots in the hole and then fill up the hole to the crown of the plant, but no 
more. If the ground is very dry, it is best to plant towards evening, and to 
water the plants well. To secure healthy plants and a bountiful crop of fruit, 
the year after planting, the plants should not be allowed to bear the first 
season; the runners must be cnt off before the tips take root, and the grounds 
kept loose and free from weeds. When lasting cold weather seitsin, inthis | 
latitude about the last week in November, the plants should be covered with | 
straw or leaves, or salt hay, or any other light material, to the depth of one or 
two inches. This mulch is not removed until after the bearing of the plant. 
In the Spring, when the strawberry leaves start, open, with a pointed stick or | 
the hand, the mulch over the crown of each plant. No other careis required | 
before bearing. After the last picking the mulch is to be taken away alto- | 
gether, and the beds cultivated as during the previous season. A strawberry | 
bed managed in this way will last three to four years, so that, in order to 
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secure a full supply of berries every season, a new bed should be laid out 
every second year, 
VARIETIES. 
Neunan’s Prolific. —This is the celebrated “‘ Charleston Strawberry,” 
which created so much astonishment in the Northern markets. Its introdue- 
tion into cultivation in the Southern States has made the strawberry season in 
the Northern cities two weeks earlier than formerly—berries of this variety 
having been offered for sale in New York in the month of March. The plant 
is very prolific and hardy at the North, as well as at the South. The berries 
are of good size and quality, firm, and have every requisite necessary for a 
first-class market fruit. Price, $3 per dozen; $20 per hundred 
Per Doz. Per 50. Per 100. Per 1000. 
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