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CULTURE OF THE STRAWBERRY, ETC. 
interior ones, and leaving the outermost. To have very large fruit, 
the berries should not touch each other: at the commencement of 
frost, manure fresh from the stable, and without any straw, ought to 
he placed over the roots to remain there till April, when it must be 
digged into the ground, and afterwards liquid manure should he fre- 
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quently applied till the fruiting is over; blood from animals killed 
by butchers, is the strongest and best for vines. The vine may be 
trained like Fig. 30, because the sap flows gently along the hori¬ 
zontal branches, and rapidly into the upright fruiting shoots. 
Cauliflower .—The early German and Portsmouth Cauliflowers 
ought to be sown about the 20th of August for early summer pro¬ 
duce, and the plants must be protected during frost within frames; 
or by hoops and mats, or clean straw, which should be removed in 
mild weather: the seeds must he sown again in April and May for late 
autumn produce. When the head of a cauliflower or broccoli has been 
cut, the stump with its young leaves should be left in the ground, if 
short-legged, and earthed up to its crown; hut if otherwise, it must 
be lifted and immediately replanted up to its top, in fresh and well 
manured earth, that shoots may arise from the basis of the leaves, 
and from the rings around the stem near the surface of the ground, 
to head before or at the usual time of fruiting of the mother plant. 
Early cauliflowers, cabbage, and lettuce plants, and early peas, beans, 
&c. may have icicles removed from them in like manner, as has been 
stated for the potatoe. Cauliflowers, broccolis, cabbages, kidney- 
beans, &c. should be sown and planted in drills, like celery, having 
a hank at each side eight inches high, to supply three earthings up, 
and to retain moisture, and to afford shelter from high winds. The 
ground between the rows of cauliflowers, broccolis, cabbages, peas, 
&c. ought to he digged occasionally and in dry weather, during the 
growth of the said plants, to refresh the roots, and to destroy insects, 
&c. for every moving of the earth causes insects to appear on its 
surface, to their utter destruction by birds and the gardener. As 
cauliflower and broccoli plants are apt to flower all at one time, it is 
advisable to draw up a few so as to loosen some of the roots, and in- 
