Show for fon the li re rf nul nol L v strawberry ina lna fragaria Fra arfa arja V 9 like grapes strawberries aro arc resola 1 estand laxative without debilitating debilitation jf if eaten plent plentifully they have been bau mauj tau a safe preventive against ag dinst th the e 0 5 gravel gravon the tho small stones contained in str as well weli as 11 in grapes are apt to accumulate in the intestines of some individuals and give rise to the most obstinate constipation the best method of eating straw strawberries berries is with pure water and sweetened with a little sugar with milk or cream they are an agreeable but improper composition A p pleasant M I 1 amant drink is made of strawberries water and sugar which is much used as 1 a ai cooling and refreshing beverage to quench thirst they agree well with woung doung young people of a sanguine and choleric cho eho loric complexion and are not at all injurious unless taken in too great a quantity atla atia time gravely land where sage brush grows is good strawberry land TI the 1 1 strawberry plant will grow on 0 our u 1 adebie lands and on lands where there is a total absence of gravel but they will not yield a satisfactory crop of large high flavored fruit there is is something in the soil of our lower city lots which is poison to the plant making welt ift itt grow yellow and sickly where where the land laud is suitable the plan plant will twill beof beef bo of a deep pea green and polished as if lif varnished I 1 would not advise persons to buy plants for unsuitable land as they wiil will meet with disa disappointment nt amu and lose iose the price of t their r blants plants and and their labor there should be e a 1 1 s space p aee ace devoted in each city lot for the growth of the strawberry alone they will not flourish nourish under trees where the land is nov suitable I 1 know of no better and more sure plan than to remove the earth twelve inches deep the size of the bed you want and then run a drain still below that to keep the top soil free from the poison of the under and adjacent s oll which may be communicated to it from beneath and around af after ter this is done then their haul good suitable soil into the space you have removed the earth plant your bed with ga good d and proper plants cultivate with care and abtin abundance dance of the choice cholee fruit will reward your labors M MT i thomas E ellerbeck Iler iier beck beek hm has been eminent eminently ay successful in importing to alil a our mountain country nearly if not au all the celebrated varieties for por my own igei ue I 1 navo nave myself to three v varieties rie tie ties 9 namely the E xcell enta the NV albany and the thead three binds kinds have proved themselves selves to be on our bench lands abond 1 fine flavored and aad hardy 0 aff beds should be prepared now and plants obtain obtained cd as soon as ready A A a fertilizer for the strawberry green gren manure should be avoided y the best plants to secure an early and lare jare aro are the first that root from the parent plants if you plant wilsons Wil sons albany the first runners should bo be chosen from mile fine bearing parent plants if any other are taken you may IM 0 d disappointed by pla pia planting and apt att cultivating g ia barren on plants this kind juniore 4 more subject to barren plants than ahe the other hinds kinds and require me re at and card care caro care in the choice of plants you should bo be willing to pay as much agam forthe dortho fon fortso for the tho plants I 1 describe than for plants irnis taken promiscuously from an old neglected and matted bed the poof poor success that many hav have eniet met with in raising this much desired fruit I 1 has las ins arisen from froth the careless and improper plants when your land i prepared make your drills three feet apart and plant four inches apart in id uhe the arill drill with aview to cutting out every other other plant after the next years y cars ears crop in this way with proper culture cucu secure lecure to a plentiful crop nex nel next t vear year for every plant will bear more ot or teare less ess of f big fine early berries next beason season than by killing every other plant you have a standard bed of healthy plants planta eight riches inches apart in the row cheni it the h gNy oung plants are removed to the new bed they should when taken from t theearta the earth be thrown into a bucket of water th the 1 1 r roots cots should never allowed to dry they rh 0 y should be planted out of tho the water immediately after watering the ground where whore 3 they are to be set and while the soil Is asyet yet muddy they should be planted in mud mad when you have introduced the roots of the young plant into tho the newly watered soil soi pia place ce im ly over mein wein a flatfish fiat tish rock about the size of the tho palm of a mans hand bo be careful not to cover the crown of bf the plant this thih is to secure the sure rooting of every nant plant pant to servers a mulch tu keep them frani drying but and as a protection against the water washing the roots bare and the thel plants out dr 0 f their places iams iaus these little foot rocks also aiso act as fertilizers collections collect inc ins sedi sediment mint from ti tho the wager which the plant readily ampro ariates ates keep your beil bell bc d well watered during the growing seaton season and your plants ants in n a good growing condition in the fali fall fall fali when they havo have done rowing growing go through the bed with a sharp sharp knife cut not pull off the runners and with wr the hoe clean out the rooted young plants you do not desire for tor spring plant pl acting ing lug then give to each plant in tl the ae rows a double handful of good well rotted manure and the bed is i s prepared for winter in the following spring the tho soil between the rows should not bo be meddled with until after the fruth has aa been gather gathered rd the plants so planted and cared for will shoot out vigorously in leaves leave and strong bearing fruit stems you are welcome cleome to tho the above tion tiou which V ieh ich if faith falth faithfully fully followed will be to you both valuable and profitable IV |