482 Observations on the Cultivation of Strawberries. 



later than the other crops ; but they certainly were not quite 

 so prolific as those planted out in August. 



This year, so late as the 1st of July, I planted out several 

 runners of the Roseberry, they grew so luxuriantly, as in a 

 few days to produce other runners, and on the 7th of Sep- 

 tember I exhibited a plant to the Hampshire Horticultural 

 Society, assembled at Winchester, bearing blossoms and 

 several fruit, two of which were perfectly ripe, and of their 

 natural size. Three other plants are now growing in the 

 same bed, with above two dozen fruit upon them, but they 

 do not swell and ripen very freely, owing to the very un- 

 favourable state of the weather. From these results I am 

 inclined to believe that if the young and well rooted runners 

 of the Roseberry, W i lmot's late Scarlet, or Common Scarlet, 

 are planted out in beds in an open situation about the be- 

 ginning or middle of May, they will produce a considerable 

 quantity of fine fruit when all the other varieties have 

 ceased to bear. 



In communicating these observations, I hope they may 

 lead to some valuable discoveries ; at any rate they show 

 how large and fine crops may be obtained ; and from the 

 suggestions thrown out, the skilful cultivator may, perhaps, 

 be induced to attempt the experiment of late spring planting, 

 by which he will be able to furnish the dessert with a regular 

 succession of this delicious fruit throughout the autumnal 



months. 



2 me, dear Sir, 

 very sincerely yours, 



Thomas Garnier. 



Buhop Stoke, 

 \ 5th September, 1821. 



