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claims to be just such a berry as I have been long looking for, viz; 

 one that is as productive as Crescent (Warfield No. 2 claims to excel 

 it in productiveness), one that is of good size, good color and, above 

 all, a good shipping berry. Next season we will see how it does here, 

 as Mr. Gaston, of this place, will then have it in bearing, and I 

 intend to watch that variety pretty sharp, for 1 hope to find my ideal 

 strawberry in it. 



I have stood by the Crescent for quite a long time, and it has 

 stood by me. It has never yet failed to bear a splendid crop of 

 berries, on my grounds, and I have made more money from it than 

 from all the many others I have grown put together. I like the 

 grand old Crescent Seedling, and shall stick to it until a worthy 

 successor comes to take its place. 



Bubach No. 5 produced a magnificent lot of superior berries last 

 season, and attracted a great amount of interest in that variety. It 

 will be planted quite extensively in this neighborhood next spring, 

 as we have lots of faith in it. Some of us are a little doubtful 

 whether it will prove quite as productive as a good money maker 

 ought to be, but perhaps it will be all right. Jessie did not seem to 

 do very well in the hands of the few who had it here, but from 

 reports from other growers, it appears to have done very well indeed. 

 May King is reported rather soft and unsatisfactory. The Glendale 

 is a favorite variety with me, because it is of very large size, easy to 

 gather and to hull for table use, and the singular characteristic of 

 never rotting soft and mushy as most other sorts do if not picked 

 promptly at maturity. The late Jesse Kilgore, who lived at Henry, 

 111., first called my attention to this point, and as I had the Glendale 

 then in fruit, I made a practical test of the matter, taking a friend 

 with me as a witness. We found the old gentleman was correct. 

 To our astonishment, we could not find any soft rotten berries on 

 the Glendale, but found many that had dried up, but were still eat- 

 able and hard and firm. The flesh of the Glendale is white and 

 solid, not very juicy and the juice colorless. It is a splendid bearer 

 here, especially after the first year, and a perfect shipper. It sells 

 well, — in fact, is a very easy berry to work up trade on. Windsor 

 Chief is another good variet}^ with us. I esteem it very highly. It 

 bears well, looks well and sells well, so we let well enough alone, 

 and raise Windsor Chief, lots of them, every year. Miner would be 

 a grand, good berry if it was not so hard to get them into market in 

 good shape, but so many hulls come off in picking, the fruit looks 

 old and mussy when off the fruit stems only a short time. Other- 

 wise it is all right. 



Cumberland Triumph is a peer in the Fragaria family in my 

 estimation. Its fruit is a model of perfection in uniform shape and 

 size, with all the qualities which a superior table berry can boast of. 

 It bears very large crops here, and the plants are hardy aud healthy; 



