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She had a fresh and sweet voice, although of no great range or compass, and she could sing, without music, song after song of the old English masters, of Arne and Purcell and Bishop, and their delightful school. "She brings strawberries and cream to town," said someone who was not particularly imaginative.
One young girl has even a basket of strawberries, but she does not eat them. "Aren't they dear!" She stares at the tiny pointed fruits as if she were afraid of them. The Australian soldier laughs. "Here, go on, there's not more than a mouthful." But he doesn't want her to eat them, either. He likes to watch her little frightened face, and her puzzled eyes lifted to his: "Aren't they a price!"
"It's queer Mr. Ringley never heard about the window," whispered his twin sister. "So it is. But it may come out yet," replied the brother. That evening the Bobbseys had their first strawberry shortcake of the season. It was a beautiful cake one of Dinah's best and the strawberries were large and luscious. "Want another piece," said Freddie, smacking his lips. "It's so good, mamma!"
'How dare you contradict me! said her stepmother; 'be off with you at once, and don't show your face again till you have filled the basket with strawberries. Then she gave her a hard crust of bread, saying: 'That will be enough for you to-day, and she thought to herself: 'The girl will certainly perish of hunger and cold outside, and I shan't be bothered with her any more.
Wildish peas, wilder asparagus the field asparagus which seems to have disappeared from England, but of which Herrick boasts in his manifestations of frugality and strawberries much less than half-way from the small and darkling ones of the woods to the pale and corpulent of the gardens, and with nothing of the wild fragrance lost these are all Italian things of savage savour and simplicity.
But with the delicious flavor of the strawberries lingering in her mouth, and with the consciousness that she enjoyed picking them much more than sewing, the thought of winning her bread by the culture of the ground grew in her favor. "Oh, how much rather would I be out there with Malcom!" she sighed. Glancing up from her work during the afternoon, she saw Arden Lacey on his way to the village.
Just then Annette entered, whispered to Franz, and both went out. In a moment Franz returned. "Annette was afraid it would not do; it is the best we have, and I know you must be hungry." White bread, and strawberries, and goat's milk; while the bottle of sour wine I had seen in the morning graced the table. I had not expected such a tempting meal, and I was hungry, as Franz said.
Then come peaches, which have one of the most delicious flavors of all fruits, but which tend to set up fermentation and irritation in delicate stomachs, though in the average stomach, when eaten in moderation, they are wholesome and good. Then come the berries strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, all excellent and wholesome, when fresh in their season, or canned or preserved.
Nowhere were the boiled eggs at breakfast so big or in such big receptacles; his own shoes, arranged in his room, looked to him vaster there than at home. He went out into the garden and remembered what enormous strawberries they should have for dinner. In the house was a great deal of Landseer, of oilcloth, of woodwork painted and "grained."
Growing Strawberry Plants. In a patch of strawberries planted this spring, is it advisable to cut off runners or root some of them? In planting strawberries in matted rows, it is usual to allow a few runners to take root and thus fill the row.
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