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XXIX. On the Cultivation of the Alpine Strawberry. In 

 a Letter to the Secretary. By John Williams, Esq. 

 C. M. H. s. 



Read September 3, 1822. 



Dear Sir, 



Th e practice of raising the Alpine Strawberry from seed 

 annually, appears to me so far inferior to the cultivation of it 

 by runners, that I send you a short account of my method. 

 The fruit of plants raised from seed comes in very well as a 

 late autumn crop, but is certainly inferior in flavour to that 

 produced from transplanted runners. 



I possess tw o seminal varieties, which are rather larger and 

 sweeter than Alpine Strawberries in general, from these I 

 take runners in August or September, and plant a bed near 

 to the garden pump or pond. By the following spring the 

 bed will be well stocked with plants, and early in the month 

 of May, when they are in full flower, I cut away all the blos- 

 soms, preserving the leaves uninjured, this is again repeated 

 at the end of the month. Towards the middle or end of 

 June more blossoms appear, and the plants afford flowers and 

 fruit, all the latter part of the summer, and till cut off by the 

 autumnal frosts. If the first blossoms were not removed, the 

 principal crop of Alpines would be ripe at the time the larger 

 Strawberries are in season, and consequently of little worth ; 

 but by this mode of culture, they come into bearing in the 



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