Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., Dec lo, 1894. 



The Honorable Commissioner of Agriculture, Albany. 



Sir : — There are two questions which the strawberr>^ growers 

 of western New York are always asking : What are the best 

 varieties ? How is the leaf- rust to be kept in check ? I have 

 endeavored to answer these questions, and I submit the attempt 

 for publication under Section 87, Chapter 675, of the Laws of 

 1894. 



L. H. Bailey. 



