Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-09-05

/ take of those that intrude upon the alleys,
and to dunk and dig these.
The strawberry multiplies rapidly by
suckers or slolens, and may be transplant
ed as soon as the leaves have grown at
the joints. although the roots are but i'm
perfectly formed. If planted out in this
month, they will givea partial crop the
next season, and will be in high perfec-
lion the second year.
MI. Keen, near London, who appro-
PIRATES acres to the growth of this fruit,
recommends that the pine be grown in a
light loan, though no kind will grow bet
ter in stiff one The imperial and scar.
lets like a similar soil. The hautboys
lie a light soil. The wood strawberry
IS generally raised from seed, and the al
pine always. TIE seed is best sown as
soon as the fruit ripens the plants to be
set in fruit beds the spring following
Our own experience leads US to recon-
mend, that the pines and scarlets be plant
ed IN loose, rich, and pretty moist soil,
our climate being dryer than that Of Brit
ain, and the strawberry demanding a
great supply Of moisture when fruiting.
The mode o. planting is generally in
beds containing two, three, or four rows,
with alleys Of two feet between them.
The soil should be we'll dug and pulver-
lied, and the situations open and exposed
to the sun. The larger growing kinds
may have intervals Of two feet between
the rows, aud If lS inches between the
plants in the rows; the smaller growing
kinds may be planted closer. Keen cuts
the runners three times in a season-we
cut them but once, and leave then the
new plants that take root in the beds,
mostly to grow. His culture may be the
most perfect, but ours is attended with the
least labor. the cost of which is there triv-
ial to what it IS here. Keen plants the
pines and hsutboys feet by 18 inches
EaparL and the scarlets 20 by Is inches.
He found among the many different kinds
Of hautboys, one which had the male
blossom on one plant and the female on
another and experience soon taught him
that to render them fruitful, it was neces-
sary to mix the two kinds in his beds, in
the proportion of one male to eight fe.
males. Mr.. Langworthy, OF Cincinnati
and Mr.. Downing, Of Newburgh, think
that the male and female blossoms grow
on different plants 10 other kinds of straw
berry but our limited experience ha:
not enabled US yet to confirm their opin
ions. The duration OF most kinds with
Mr.. Keen. is three years,-the Woo
strawberry and al pine, two years. Tn,
latter bears fruit the first year after SOW
ing.
The general dependence, in the coun
try for the strawberry, has been upol
those growing wild in the fields; but in
: dependent of the fact, that this fruit can
r not grow where the farm is we'll manag
5 ed. the extra trouble Of gathering them il
e meadows, is more than equivalent 10 tn
. labor of taking care Of them in the gar
4 den.
S With regard to manures for strawberr,
: beds. such are to be preferred as are COO
= and free from the seeds Of weeds. Gov
: manure is preferable to that Of horses
' Bone dust and horn shavings are excel
9 lent, if not applied in too large quantity
s A bushel and halt of either should g
> as far as aload of long dung. For tor
J. dressing the beds in autumn there is moth
?, ing better than tan, that from the morocco
d leather factory being preferable. Til
1t tan smothers weeds, keeps the soil mois
d the berries clean, and seems, vithal, TO a
l. lord the specific food of the plant. 1t
recommended to cover strawberry bed
J; lightly with straw, in the spring, and bur
d it of, which destroys the seeds of weed
&c. We have been cruelty censured fc
/ this recommendation, by one who unwi
c tingly burnt piles Of straw upon his bed
r and consequently destroyed his plants
Is Cultiuat0r.