The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-07-30

from the same square, and they have not vet ceased to
bear.--from the which Last wear produced 1888
berries, 500 coudbe distinctly counted ON the 9th OF
April, ont ofwhch 100 gathered perfectly ripe
weighing each from scr,pes to 81 grains 1t has been
customary to collect from so upwards of 40 on n sim
gle root at single gathering.
There was IN this year three weeks difference in the
time oi Towering between the and foreign c-
ces, aud about the difference in the reune of
the i1iit The latter oil which are in the highest
state OF perfection furnish berries OF large size some
oil them weighing not less than 100 grams and they
viii, no doubt continue to bear throughout the present
month Ninety nine quarts ofthen have been collected
io2 pounds weight from the two siercA preserved in
loatsugar.
The square Which contains the native Kind only As
by 20 ,akinS IN the whole 10and OIL 0ths of
Hence 1t appears that single acre would produce the
enormous quantity of so Bushels which would serve a
large village with tis delicious fruit TOR AZ lcas; two
months AS the preceding account be considered
" some rs boueilug upon the Nellous, il Is with
great pleasure that can add the OF DIR. Samuel
boyhSin OF Niilcdgeyilie and Mr.. Thomas Ellis who
resides at the Agency, gentlemen OF thorough respecta
o VINO have been witnesses TO all the material facts
above stated
Strawberries are cultivated to their great improve
ment III many gardens the cty of Richmond and the
attention be-owed ON them is compensated bv their IL
bunc'nt produce oil superior size and favour The szc
ot some from the garden OF Mr. Moses Myers the last
SEASON. occ;'sioned them To be weighed, whose weights
eight or ten hours after they gathered were $50
~ SrsuilS tScll--l ItSe StrgwDCrlIcS
grains heavier directly from the plant, much of their
pumpness had diminished Mr. Myers planted the
roots OF hs Strawberries in November 1911 and Au-
gust 1872 some of which natives taken from thu,
fields surrounding this city. The rounl has been well
manfred, and the plants kept clear OF weeds grass &c
ana the runners about II inches distant from each 9th
er Mr.. Myers thinks distance of Is inches between
the plants, will produce better strawbcrrcs-I Novcm-
Der the roots were covered with the coarse powder of
rotten wood, which remained on them during the win
ter-Aiany otthc berries measured 5 to 81 inches in
circumference The spring of this year having been
coid anu uncommonly wet, untavorable to the
growth and good quality of Strawberries vet Mr. NV
crs had them in abundance and excellent rs TO size and
favour, in May and June.
a goose berry from the same garden, weighed last
June lS7 grams it beautifully striped with red
and was IN all respects, very superior berry.
Straw berries are universally esteemed the most de-
hcous trit, and may bc taken in large quantities more
siey than perhaps other; they grateful both
10 the palate and stomach cooling, and supposed to
ussoive the ttareous ncrustaons the teeth. Per-
sous afflicted with the govt and gravel have been re-
heved by eating them freely, and phvscia of great
celebrity informs us that he knew consumpye people
to be cured by them
The Able Spalanzani eat Strawberries with white
wine, and sugar during all the months of May and a
great part of june at dinner and supper; from which
time but by what he eat in the evening his sleep was
frequently distur'edby unpleasant acid TASTE and
acid eructatons from the Strawberries wl,;sh howe
yer did not prevent his rest, inlure his geston
From his observations and our own constant eNueri-
ence, the night nothe proper time to eat Straw
berries or other tfuf In summer or autumn
Richmond, july, 1914.