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STRAWBERRY. 



middle size, and nearly round ; colour scarlet ; tlie 

 pulp solid, juicy, and high-flavoured. It is an abun- 

 dant bearer ; and when planted on a sloping bank or 

 border, its natural earliness is expedited, and it is 

 consequently a welcome addition in the dessert. 



The most suitable soil is a mild, kindly loam, not 

 too much enriched with rank dung. They may be 

 either planted in single rows, or in beds three feet 

 wide, to hold three rows at one foot distance apart, 

 the outside rows being six inches from the sides. 

 The plants in the rows to be set at nine-inch distances 

 from each other. This order of planting will give 

 room enough for the enlargement of the plants, and 

 to allow of the culture and management necessary 

 for them during the three years they have to stand ; 

 for strawberry plants are not worth preserving after 

 the third year. Of course beds should be made in 

 every year to succeed those that are worn out. If 

 several such beds lie parallel to each other, alleys 

 of eighteen inches must intervene, to allow weeding, 

 stringing, watering, and gathering the fruit. 



This variety is also called the Austrian. Is this 

 the Canadian name ? If not, why should the sort 

 introduced from that country by his Royal Highness 

 not bear his name as a slight memorial, or why 

 should it be changed to that of the Austrian ? 



2. The Old Scarlet Virginian S, — This, as already 

 mentioned, is an old favourite fruit, and has been 

 as useful, whether planted in the natural ground or 

 forced, as any other sort in cultivation. The fruit 



