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Eidgeways, and they were beauties, and I am inclined to think that they 

 are all right. I think they are good in every respect. It does not grow 

 so very large, but it is very beautiful. It is a nice, fine gi-ade of berry. 



Now, concerning the Senator Dunlap. I look forward to this berrj 

 afe an ideal. It has a fine plant growth, and the berries are immense. 

 If we have anything that is better than the Warfield, I do not know but 

 what this is it. 



We have the Gary, but it is not very good on light soils. We also 

 have the Uncle Jim. It is a very sturdy grower. We have some of 

 the fruit this year. On the Marie the plant growth is good, but what 

 the fruit is I can not say. 



I -have covered what comes to my mind of these different varietieSj 

 but if there are any questions I shall gladly tiy to answer them. This 

 matter of varieties is a very deep matter to all of us, but in conclusion 

 I will say that I believe experience is the best teacher that we have, 

 for what is good for our neighbor will not do well for us, and especially 

 if there is a little variation in our soils. 



Mr. Talbert: If you ever operated a sailboat you will know that 

 you should stay very close to the shoi-e, so you can not expect me to 

 go out very far this morning. I am a very limited strawberry grower, 

 yet I have grown some evei-y year for a great many years; for more 

 than twenty years, some twenty-five years, I guess. I started with the 

 Wilson, That is a magnificent berry, but I haven't grown that for a 

 great many years, having found others that pleased me better, but this 

 was my first introduction into the strawberry business. The next berry 

 that attracted my attention was the old Meyers Pi'olific. I am sorry 

 I lost that berry. I was wonderfully enthusiastic with it. The berries 

 were of a fine quality. The Longfellow was another berry that I have 

 grown. I think a great deal of it. It is very fine. In the time that 

 I have been trying different varieties of berries, I do not think I have 

 tried out of the very large number that is being grown at the present 

 time, more than thirty or thirty-five different varieties, so I can not go 

 through the whole catalogue. After leaving the Meyers Prolific and the 

 Longfellow, I tried the Old Sharpless, which was a magnificent berry in 

 quality. Following this I tried the Haverland, and I have stuck to that 

 berry and staid by it ever since. The Haverland is one of the most 

 productive and best berries to my mind, and I believe it stands at the 

 head of the list, and I do not believe I have ever seen it on any soil on 

 which it was not a success. It is a success everywhere and under all cir- 

 cumstances. It will not disappoint you. I have had it ripen just two 

 or three days after the Excelsior and have gathered it when I have 

 gathered my last berries, and have gotten good berries all the time. 



Tlien there is the Warfield that has been spoken of. The Warfield 

 bothers me just a little, because it is one of those everlasting growers 

 and keeps on growing and taking hold, like Russia. It wants to take 



