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which should be planted out where they are intended to fruit, in 

 August or September, or the runners may be planted thickly in a 

 nursery bed and then planted out in March. Another plan involving 

 less trouble and equally satisfactory in results is to procure seeds of 

 Alpine Strawberries and sow them in cold frames in the autumn, or 

 in heat in January, and plant out early in the spring where they are 

 to fruit, but whether grown from runners or seeds these plants are best 

 treated as annuals. A rich soil is essential, with good drainage and a 

 warm sunny position, for the plants to do themselves justice and to 

 produce fruit of the highest flavour. 



