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STRAWBERRY. 



practised by many. A little water may be 

 sprinkled over the tops after the fruit is set, 

 but not before. When this is done early in 

 the season let it be done in a morning, and 

 on those days when they are likely to have 

 a little sun ; but later in the season it may 

 be done in the evening or morning as desired. 

 The heat which the Strawberry requires is 

 about 52° for the first week, after that 60° 

 until the fruit is set, when it may be raised 

 to 63° at which it must be kept. The atten- 

 tion to the heat is not particularly required 

 as they will do with more occasionally, only 

 that such a medium is suitable to them. A 

 succession of plants may be introduced into 

 the house every two weeks. When the 

 plants have done bearing, they may be re- 

 moved out of the house, and early in the 

 season into a cooler department for a few 

 weeks, and afterwards be turned out of the 

 pots into the open ground. The tops must 

 be cut off, and the plants be well watered 

 afterwards, and they will frequently produce 

 a late crop of fruit the same summer, and 

 as plants are removed out of the house in 

 succession, Strawberries may be obtained 

 until very late in the year. A fresh supply 

 of plants must be planted off, and turned out 

 after being forced, every year. 



