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APPENDIX D. 



Prom the • Horticulturist," August, 1851 By P, Barby, Editor. 

 THE CULTIYATION OF THE STRAWBERRY 



The discussion of tlie Stra^vbeny question, -wliich 

 has occupied the pages of agricultural and liorticaitural 

 journals so largely for a few years past, has been the 

 means, directly and indirectly, of advancing materially 

 the cultivation of that fruit. We find ample evidence 

 of this in the more abundant supply of our markets, 

 and in the production of a large number of seedling 

 varieties. Recent letters from correspondents in all 

 parts of the country, as well as the reports of late 

 exhibitions, all testify to the very general interest 

 which is felt on the subject, and the progTess that has 

 Deen made. But, after all, we are constrained to say 

 that our cultivation is yet very indifferent. The size 

 and' appearance of the great bulk of fruit offered in 

 market, convince us of this. Those who know how to 

 cultivate are in many cases slovenly, or act upon the 

 principle that good culture will not pay ; vv^hile there 

 are many who fail for want of correct information. 

 We have now before us a large number of inquiries on 

 the subject. One wants to know how to preDare the 

 soii; another, wh^.n to plant; and another, how to 

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