THE STRAWBERRY. 
It consists of the leaves, crown and roots. The 
crown is the union of the roots and leaves. The 
roots penetrate the soil from five to ten inches in 
depth and in all directions. It begins to grow as 
soon as the frost leaves the ground and continues 
to do so until the bearing season. Fruiting e.x- 
hausts the plant, from which it does not recover 
until the cool, damp weather of early autumn, 
when it renews itself, by sending out new roots 
and leaves above the old ones, which with the lower 
part of the crown, die and decay. The new roots 
lay up stores in the crown for next year’s fruit, 
and if care were taken to raise the surface of the 
bed to keep pace with the upward growth of the 
crown, it might be continued from year to year. 
This is seldom practiced and the plants that are 
not deslroj'ed die inside of six years. 
CULTURE. 
The cultivation of the Strawberry is remuner- 
ative in accordance as experience has perfected its 
cultivation. Practical work teaches the most val- 
uable lessons; but any unexperienced person, of 
average intelligence, by thoughtfully pursuing and 
carefully appliying his information, can be assured 
