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sowed as soon as ripe, and cleared of pulp ; and in 

 the following spring the seedlings raay be bedded out 

 where they are to stand for good. 



19. Red Alpine S. — This variety is said to have 

 been received from the north of Italy. It is princi- 

 pally useful as an autumn fruit ; for though they 

 begin to ripen in summer, they cannot vie with 

 others then in season, but when the best are over, 

 the Alpine is acceptable. They are usually planted 

 on a north border and let run together, doing better 

 there than in full sun. This strawberry is fre- 

 quently, because easily, raised from seed. The seed 

 is procured from the best ripened fruit in the autumn, 

 washed clear from pulp, dried, and kept dry till 

 about the middle of March, when it should be sown. 

 Soon as the seedlings are fit to handle, they should 

 be transplanted into beds, or into pots for early 

 forcing, for which purpose they answer very well. 

 Seedlings produce finer fruit than runners, more es- 

 pecially for forcing ; and in some places seed-beds 

 are annually made for the purpose. 



20. White Alpine S. — This is no doubt a sub-variety 

 of the above, but it has not the merit of bearing fruit 

 so late in the autumn. Its fruit, however, are rather 

 larger, and not quite so tart. It is propagated by 

 runners, and planted out in the same manner, and 

 on similar soil and situation as are advised for the 

 wood strawberry. 



The above twenty sorts are a selection out of many 

 others now in cultivation, and which, in the writer's 

 opinion, are variety enough for every purpose to 



