108 
H. CANNELL & SONS’ AUTUMN CATALOGUE. 
List of Strawberries and Raspberries. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
THE ABOVE ILLUSTRATION SHOWS A FIFTY-ACRE FIELD AT SWANLEY. 
We respectfully solicit your orders for the finest plants from the most 
complete and best kept collection in England. Swanley is the largest 
and best Strawberry-growing district in the world, beyond all question. 
Eight Acres grown entirely for the Runner Plants all in separate beds, at a distance of 
3 ft. from plant to plant on purpose so that every plant must be true to name. 
f llE Strawberry is one of our most important fruits, and should be better understood 
and grown ; if so, a full crop would almost be a certainty every year. The first 
and main aim should he to have 3 or 4 inches of good manure evenly spread on the soil, 
then well trenched or deeply dug, and turned over the second or even third time, 
well mixing the manure with the soil; this should be done not later than July. Then 
have fine young green plants from us, trim off all the leaves except one or two, place 
the roots as in Fig. 4, with the crown well above the soil, which tread firmly ; this done, 
well water them, should the soil be dry, every few days until they get well into growth. 
Beyond this little else is needed until just before the fruit shows colour the following 
year, when the ground should bo carefully covered with clean straw ; at all times cut 
away the runners and the crop will be large. If fine exhibition fruit is required, and 
the weather is dry, make four to six holes with a crowbar round the plants, and fill up 
with liquid manure three or four times a week, and the fruit will be much increased 
in size. The berries must be thinned and none left to come but what are wanted for 
exhibition. Keep them free from weeds and all runners as they appear. 
