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The most striking feature of these replies is the various char- 

 acter of them. Here are 52 varieties recommended for one or 

 another purpose by no persons, and there are scarcely two persons 

 in the list who recommended the same varieties for the various 

 uses ! This is conclusive evidence that a test ever so well made 

 at Ithaca, would be of very little use in the various parts of the 

 state ; for the grower would still need to find out which ones of 

 the varieties which we might recommend would be valuable at 

 his own place, and as likely as not he would find distinct merits 

 in varieties which we should condemn. The replies show very 

 distinctly how great are the differences in the acknowledged 

 merits of varieties in different places. Take, for instance, the six 

 most popular varieties of the lot — Wilson, Crescent, Parker 

 Earle, Warfield, Bubach, Michel — and notice the different 

 estimates placed upon them in various sections. In Oswego 

 county, where a late berry is desired, Parker Earle far outranks 

 all other varieties. In Monroe county, Wilson is mentioned 

 seven times where the other leading sorts are-mentioned once, and 

 Parker Earle is not mentioned at all ! In Erie county. Crescent 

 outranks all others. Eet us see how many times these six varie- 

 ties are mentioned in each of six leading strawberry counties of 

 western New York : 



Erie County (9 reports) — 

 Crescent, 

 Parker Earle, 

 Wilson, 

 Michel, 

 Warfield, 

 Bubach, 



Orleans County (6 reports)— 

 Wilson, 

 Warfield, 

 Crescent, 

 Michel, 



Parker Earle, - 

 Bubach, 



