American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1826-10-13
enry Wilson, No. too, Market Street.
Volume ".
From the Ltmion .uonthiy Magazine.
STRAWBERRY.

D MA w DENhf.
The ordinary method Of proragatng the straw
berry, or what is commonly called i" making ney
BEDS is to detach and cut of the young plant
iFom the parent root, in the fall OF the year. afte
they have taken root, ard then To sci them aresh
10 beds prepared for that purpose: SO That, by be
ing detached they have the disadvantage Of taking
ROOT second time and being cut oH derive su D.
port by the string from the old root, which wouIe
supply more nourishment than the new root. Ihi.
is like weanng animal before it can take care O
itself the consequence of which practice is, that il
the season be unavorahle, one hall Of the young
plants, and sometimes the whole OF them, perish
either by the dry weather The frost. Under the
most favorable circumstances OF weather and season.
these young plants, thus ransplan,cd and severed
from the parent stock, and thereby losing the all.
vantage OF the nu'riment which is communicated
by The string, seldom produce any fruit the first
gear, very little, if any. So that il mey be stated
generally and correctly, that, under the most au.
spiclous circumstances, there is no crop the fiji 81
year, and sometimes not the second or the third
and very frequently new plantation is absolutely
and altogether necessary before the bed is in state
OF perfection: and even such new plantation, aud as
many is may be made is subjec, to the casual
ties and failures the 6Ist. ln dry season, rct-
petual watering is necessary keep the plant from
being scorched up by the sun aud watering is al
ways troublesome and nconyenient and sometimes
expensive.
Now instead Of following the old way of making
1 fresh beds by severance and transplanaiion, by
which, under the most favorable circumstances,
fruit is obtained the trs year, after such anla
tion, TO certainty, and liable 10 casualties aier-
wards; never transplant the roots at all and ye,
always get the finest, largest and greatest quantity
oil iruit, IN the highest state OF perfection, the first
year and let the weather be what il will as scorch
nely hot as 1t can be, my new beds nev'r want
waering and unless the blossom is struck with q
blight, which every one knows tho strawberry is par
culsily subject to. inever fail Of ful crop,-the
FIRST year being always the most abundant. So that.
putting all other circumstances out OF cunsider alton,
gain one year by my practice which alone is ar,
important desideratum Qhis is unquestionabie
fact, should there be no other advantago,) besides
the superiority OF fruit and have nothing 10 fear bur
the blight which it is impossible TO prevent.
| Now, my plan is simply this: taking Nature as
my guide. and prelerriog her wisdom TO that oi
man for nature evidently intended that as the young:
root shoots out from the old, and is nourshed and
supported by the stting, which pipe to con
vcy its food instead Of cutting of the young plants
and leaving them to perish to exist occctding 4.
circumstances, by their own strength, prepare the
earth intended for the beds by the side oil the
old ones and let such young plants take root oftheir
own accord. This they will do; and, aided by the
string, will do it firmly, and early in the sesson
branching of in all directions thus in the oi
the autumn, have as much ground as please tl
led with strong, healthy. luxurant COTS capable oL
standing any sun, from the shelter OF the leaves
The severity o any frost, by the strength Of The roofs
--and equal to The product OF full crop The next
year: so that my new beds, instead OF presenting
naked Garth, With few puHy, bastatsej plants,
incapable o producing any rn', the iollawing year,
-hew themselves III the highes, st5te of luxu,iance,
venture St perfection The consequence IS Obvious,
Instead Of having ruit the FIRST year, ana without
being suhec 10 She casualties before mentioned,
get he largest quantity Of !Ae finest uit yearly,
when others gel none and one mnments considera-
lion makes it evident that it must be so, from The
very nature OF the thing.
In this method, especial care. however, must be
taken disturb the roofs OF the Offsets, By weed
ing or ether means; because. this be done, very
little advantage will be derived from it, the ygnr
ard strength Of lhe plant depsnds entirely upon its
taking early root and the support that IT derives ey
The sting, from the old stock After thsreiofc,
having once taken root, il Should on no account bs
I disturbed.
But nothing can be more preposterous than the
common practice, which is, To deprive he young
plant of the benefit which il derives through the
string. And such is the superiority. even IN ap-
pearance, of these new or first years plants over
those OF ih,ee years old that took particular
tice, last winter, that whilst my rev beds Us
green as leek, The old beds looked If they were
dead The plants should never be allowed 10 remain
more than three years, but even two years il quite
enough. After three or four years, they cease 10
throw out any shoots, and then perish.
The following remark occurs in Captain kaiiers
/" Account of the CONSTRUCTION and Adjustment OF
the new standard Of Weights and Measutes;"
Brass being peculiarly liable 70 decomposition
in the atmosphere OF London, directed Mir. Bate,
the arts, employed 10 conduct the standard OF Linear
Measure, to make some experiments, In order TO
ascertain Tie nrnnu linns of lin and copper Mhch d