| Show strawberry culture iii in a poor poon soil 7 of all garden fruity the highly esteemed aud and it JS is certainly worthy of its high position agthe as tile general favorite perfectly fec fee aly hardy very prolific the choicest and most hihl hihi hi highly hl y flavo flavored reI rel kinds however wel wei delicately cately Gately constituted tu ted being equally am amenable enable to the simple simpie method of culture that suffices for aho ahe sturdy or robust it might rn gilt glit reasonably reason ably i be expected that an abundances abundance 0 of f fine fruit would be the OP general rulo ruie or result and not so frequently the exception a itis it is A A variety of reasons wl might fht abt bo adduced for guch such frequent fall fail u rea ret or rather partial suc getas vetas but it yih yiu be enough for my purpose e if I 1 take tako that wll wil which i 01 I 1 t think hink is nigie more glup generally brally A applicable than any other lono igno ranco of tile the ral rai r real af re quire monts or of this plant leading to an untimely and aud I 1 fear ili in some ln in stances slovenly system of culture tp ap it it call cali bt fairly called a pym te m at all it is 14 Jilot not at all ali 11 uncommon ubil when looking at fi fine no crops cropo of i to fo hear licar such exclamations as ahl my nay soi soll soli will not produce st si ai h fruit as is this to thih abi L have on y to reply that straw berries of old oid kinds kindi ma may be cultivated dp pis estly v well weil and aud with lit ut tle tie hag map if nir nie difficulty culty ili in the poorest soil atit atu impress this as clearly and forcibly a ican fean I 1 can upon many mally who evidently would like to buc sic aeed I 1 cannot do better than state something of my own experience e the garden of which I 1 now have the caro is i a new W one gnel gnei and a very short time ago its site formed part patt of an extensive wood a remnant probably of that huge forest which for hundreds perhaps thousands of sears seana overspread so much ot of the col coi counties collumes coun iules inies ales aies orbus of sussex sex and hampshire after aftel clearing away agay the trees the soil proved to be very shallow gli ali allow and of the poorest description jt it has ever beon been my lot jot to cultivate starved antl anti exhausted by successive generations of of trees it was about as a staple for strawberry culture as could be found the portion selected for the 11 rot bed was trenched about elgi eigi eighteen iteen iii lil inches clies ciles deep taking g care not to bury the fhe surface soil but only turning tig it over and chopping it to alb pieces ces then six bix oi or eight inches of rich HA farmyard maneiro was spread over oven over it and well weli vork work cork ed in with forks the st strawberries ra were next planted and well w watered until abey they became established in their new quarters fers tah kils was waa done late in n autumn yet tin til standing the be whole of the plana survived survive il the winter and made a respectable growth next spring most of them throwing up some flower trusses which were vre promptly removed rem ovid an occasional dose doe or of liquid dismure manure was given during the suo sum summer meri mo forked into had the soil between the rows early in auz aug august list and in the f fol foi ilow allow lowing ing summer of 1872 A t full fuli crop of fine fruit was taken talce u meanwhile oter beds were made in a similar mn berand in hi the present seasor season tb the entire crop drop of fruit ll 11 has s been equal 1 in sise and abundance to any I 1 have havo had or seen in those rich loam loamy y oils boils which so many of us vainly sigh for thus thiis it till be seen tida fida that t no very i scientific appliances aces or uncommon skill were necessary to produce such sreh des desirable r abia results but only the ondi nary care and painstaking that most other crops require I 1 the only onis difference that has since been made is to plant as early in june or july as is practicable so as to have the plants sufficiently established to produce an early crop of fruit in the following season teason plants that have been forced in F pots jirred 0 a e in every respect to be preferred because they yield a full crop next season failing lucli excellent cel cei lent beds may be made by securing the earliest offsets from lienol liste I 1 plants and even when plenty of forced plants can be bu secured an nil annual bed of the young runners or offsets ets eta is very useful 1 as the fru fruit t being less shaded by the foliage than that on the older plants ripen ripens ea earlier riler filer and thus lengthens the season another important point is always to destroy exhausted b eds beds no Str strawberry awber plant will continue in full bei bli bearing reng longer than two seasons it is true that fruit may play be taken for several years 5 ears earh from flom the same pl plants ailts but sueh such truit is invariably ot of a paltry description quite guite unfit forthe for fon the desert dessert de sert to reduce thee tilee notes to the tho borhi of a few simple rules irmay it ma A ie stated that u 1 the soil must be drained stirred deeply and thoroughly 2 the plants it if forced pot put plants pints should be planted in ili julle jutie or if not as early in july a they thes can be from the old plants taking eare care that they do not from want of water either then or at any subsequent period 3 immediately after the fruit lve ife gathered give a liberal dressing of rich manure forked slightly lightly i into the surface between the rows 4 destroy the old oid beds beds beas after the second or at most the third year rear ot of planting 5 be large enough to enable you 5 always to supply happli the filiput pick picked ed fruit lor jor the tho table tabie the fhe ain aim being that e every dish pf af fule fru sifa alia ih aibe albe libo fit to compete for a prize the tile small smail freitas fru itis j alwa always s 1 ause 1 puse fui ful P ei as the tho large EX r i |
