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CLASSIFICATION. 



experiments. Almost any one can experiment in a 

 small way ; and the person who shall produce a 

 strawberry of the size of Hovey's Seedlings or of the 

 size and prodnctiveness of McAvoy's Extra Eed, com- 

 bined with the exqnisit<3 flavor of Burr's New Pine, 

 will be a benefactor. 



Perhaps the easiest way is to select the largest ripe 

 berries of the best class of pistillates, raised in close 

 proximity to one of the best staminates, and crush 

 them in a bed of pure sand, mix them, and let the 

 seeds dry and ripen for two weeks or a month ; then 

 sow them in light soil, in a partially shaded spot in the 

 g^arden, carefully water, and in winter protect them 

 with a covering of straAv; in spring transplant them^ 

 one plant in a place two feet apart ; carefully remove 

 all runners until the plants have borne ; select the best 

 for fujrther trial, and throv^ the rest away. A better 

 way, if convenient, is to sow the seeds and sand in a 

 cold frame, preluded in a northern exposure, and 

 transplant as above directed. 



CLASSIFICATION. 



Mr. Elliott says, " Authors have classed the straw- 

 berry as Scarlets, the original type being our wild 

 strawberry ; Pines originating from the Pine or 

 Surinam strawberry ; Woods and Alpix'es from the 



