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THE STRAWBERRY. 



in French gardens. 2. WJiite alpine, syn. Des Alpes a fruit blanc, &c., only 

 differs from the preceding sort in having the fruit white, and the flavour 

 somewhat more delicate. 3. Red wood, syn. Rouge commun, Des bois a fruit 

 rouge, &c., resembles the preceding in colour and flavour ; but the fruit is 

 smaller, and the plants do not bear so long in succession. 4. White wood, 

 only differs from the preceding in having the fruit white. 



1240. Selection of strawberries from the above classes in the order of their 

 ripening. — 1. Old Scarlet, first or second week in June; 2. Grove-end 

 scarlet ; 3. Keens' seedling ; 4. Roseberry ; 5. Swainstone Seedling ; 6. Old 

 pine ; 7. Black roseberry ; 8. Prolific, or conical hautbois ; 9. Large flat 

 hautbois ; 10. Myatt's British Queen ; 11. Downton ; 12. American scar- 

 let ; 13. Elton seedling ; 14. Coul late scarlet. To these are to be added, 

 15. The green strawberry ; 16. The red alpine ; and, 17. The white alpine, 

 which commence bearing in J uly, and if properly treated produce fruit till 

 they are destroyed by frost. 



1241. A selection for a small garden may consist of — ]. The Swainstone 

 seedling ; 2. Keens' seedling ; 3. Old pine ; 4. Prolific hautbois ; 5. Down- 

 ton ; 6. Coul late scarlet ; 7. Elton ; and 8. Red alpine. To these the old 

 scarlet may be added for confectionery. 



1242. A selection for a cottage garden, — Swainstone Seedling, Keens' 

 Seedling, and Red Alpine. 



1243. A selection for a confined, shady situation, or for growing in an 

 orchard shaded by standard fruit-trees. The alpines, woods, and greens. 



1244. Propagation, soil, S)'C. — All the sorts are propagated by runners, 

 but the green strawberry and the alpines are sometimes also increased by 

 division and by seeds. The runner plants are taken off when their roots are 

 two or three inches in length, which is generally the case in the last week of 

 July, or early ua August. By some they are planted where they are finally 

 to remain, which is the best mode when there is abundance of ground, and 

 a scarcity of hands ; and by others they are planted in nursery beds, a foot 

 apart every way, where they remain till the end of February or beginning 

 of March following ; and they should then be removed and planted with 

 balls, by means of a hollow trowel (fig. 29 in. p. 135). When runner plants 

 are to be transplanted without receiving any check, they are rooted in 

 pots in the manner already described (1091). The soil for all the 

 varieties, except the greens and alpines, should be a strong loam, well en- 

 riched with stable-dung ; and the best situation for all of them, is one which 

 is open and fully exposed to the sun. For the greens and alpines the soil 

 should be lighter, and if the situation is a walled border facing the east, and 

 hence somewhat shaded from the meridian and afternoon sun, the plants, 

 by being kept cooler, will tlirive with less watering. Nevertheless, alpines 

 will thrive remarkably well, and their fruit will have a higher flavour, in 

 the most exposed and sunny situation, provided they are abundantly supplied 

 with water. This is proved by the extensive plantations in the openest part 

 of the royal kitchen- garden at Versailles, where, not being able to accom- 

 plish all the watering in the mornings and evenings, it is continued over- 

 head, even during the hottest sunshine. (G. M., p. 387.) 



1245. Culture. — Though the strawberry, like most herbaceous peren- 

 nials, excepting grasses, is found chiefly in woods and waste places not 

 subjected to agriculture or the pasturage of domestic animals, yet in a state 

 of culture it is found most productive of large high-flavoured fruit, when 



