Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-08-20

nave cultivated many varieties of the straw
berry, and arm entirely satisfied that the Pine
Apple has decided preference. II is very pro.
llhe, the fruit large, beautiful sufficiently high
favored and aromatic but not quite 50 rich or
possessing the fragrance OF the Chill or Rose
berry But the Chill is shy bearer aud but a
small portion oil the boss lns of the Roseberry
produce fruit still il may be called a prolific
and most valuable kind The Chill claims al.
teniion from its size,- have raised them 4
inches in circumference, but more especially
Tor It's powerful aroma delicious flavor, and
being later than the Others. The Scarlet is ve-
ry prolific bul inferior in size. flavor aud per-
tune 10 the other kinds still worthy Of extern
slve cultivation, as il CONTINUES longer 10 pro-
luce fruit than the Pine Apple OF Roseberry, if
| me season is wet.
For the Roseberry and Pine Apple am in
dehied to John Lowell, esq. TO whom we are all
under The gseatesl obligai ions. not only for nu
merons additions to the products of gardens,
heids aud orchards, but for a fund of interest
ing aud valuable Intelligence. which he libe-
rally dIsseminates, ON all the branches OF agr
culture and gardening.
| The most celebrated writers in Great Britain
recommend planting the runners in bed ), three
| feet apart, with three rows in each two feet
apart. and the plants IL inches ssunder and il
| the mode have practised should be adopted, !
| recommend that the rows be three feel apart !
| iar II the ground is made rich and well TILED
the plants grow so luSuriantly as 10 require
| more room Than Two feet between the rows, 10
| cultivate them properly aud gather the fruit,
without injury TO The vines
But To cultivate strawberries successfully. r'
rieation is indispensable 10 Great Britain,
where this delicious fruit is raised in the great.
est abundance aud perfection the climate is
remai kably humid, and drought is rarely eIpe-
r'ehced still every precauiion is taken to in
sure an ample supply Of water TO the plants.
Various modes have been adopted to accom-.
push this With the greatest ease and certain
~. as will be- Ierceived by the following ex.
tract from London's Encyclopedia Of Garden
| ing.
Brick Beds for Sirauberries.-These were
| observed IN small garden near Chatham, aud
are thus described. The beds were upon fat
ground, each about three feet wide. and between
them were trenches abont nine inches wide, and
four inch walls of brick on each side OF the
trenches, to keep up the earth on the sides oil
the bels.- These trenches were about the depth
| Of Two three courses of bricks laid fiat, with
| out mortar and were intended for the purpose
| Of holding water, which was supplied from "A
| pump whenever the ground was dry, lrhiie The
plants mere IN fruit BY this method, a much
1 greater crop of fruit was obtained. and the
plants continued bearing much longer than
| in beds where there were no trenches for wa.
| ter.
"In Devonshire, strawberry beds are construct
ed against the side ot hill or hank, by balld-
ing up bed in steps with rough granite at the
front 10 keep up the earth, each step being a.
bout two feet high and three feet wide. These
Steps were filled with good loan and the sur
] face of each was covered with rough pieces of
granite, bedded into the loan, leaving openings
between the stones just suliicDntto pul in the
| plants. The surface being covered with granite
kent the ground longer in n moist state, aud the
irnh always clean.
" have found great advantage in keeping
| he fruit clean, by laying row OF common
| bricks on each side of the rows of strawberry
| giants | tried plain tiles but found bricks an.
swered better. as the tiles are APT TO be broken
in gathering The fruit.
| The fruit has received its name from the
| ancient practice Of LAYING straw between the
rows, which keeps the ground moist and the
| fruit clean"
| In this country we have almost clondess
sky aud ieryent heat, while showers are very
| uncer ain, and commonly not sufficiently CO.
pious. from the time strawberries commence
blossoming, until the period of their ripening
has passed, and two often half or two thirds of
the crop is lost from the EFFECTS Of drought The
plants suddenly withsr, and the fruit i, either
not formed, or premaurely dried up or shrivel-
| led.
| lflhe beds were so situated that n shallow
| trench between the rows could be filled with
water every evening, when rain does not fall in
suff Gpnt quantity, the result would fully reward
the care and extra labor of the caltyator.
| A few wears since had rows of strawber-
ries, which promised great crop until the
fruit began to rlprn, when tie weather becom-
! ing hot and dry, there was great feat of the
| consp quence. As they we're nj considerable
distance from the pump, all OF them could not
| be conveniently waiered but Ms an experiment,
Two rows were bouniiiully supplied, every eve
| ning, until all the fruit was gathered. and they
yielded nearly twice as much az the remaining
four rows.
| We have received most OF our information on
horticulture from England, aud have introdu-
ced many of their modes of cultivation, without
| sufficiently considering the difference OF eli
mate There they have frequently showers, or
| damp, cloudy weather, with but few clear and
seldom any hot days while in this country We
| generally suffer from excessive heat, and such
is never experienced ia Great Britain. There,
aritf a means are resorted to for obtaining
the requisite heat to mature many garden yeget
ablrs and most ofhe fruits which ripen here in
the open air. Here there is usually superb
| bundance of heat, and lack of moisture,
winch must he supplied by art. We must inn.
tate the cultlvators of Portugal, Spain, France,
Italy, Greece, Asia and Egypt, where irrigation
is considered SO indispensable thai il has
sioned an adage old as the histories of those
countries. that " there can be no garden acithou
Fountain"
| Damp, cold land will not answer for straw
berries it hould be mellow aud warm. but not
elevated aud dry, unless proper means are TAX
Ell for complete irrigation.
The most perfect scientific account of the
strawberry family which has been published is
contained in report made to the Horticultural
Society OF London, by James Barnet, Under