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most favored seasons, forgetting to tell of its defects; it is no surprise 

 that the novice so often makes a failure and soon gives up the attempt 

 to grow berries, even for home use. The most important part of berry 

 growing is to make a proper selection of varieities. 



Nebraska growers can not depend on men in Texas, Michigan or 

 New York to make those selections for them. 



From Nevada, Mo., south, every commercial grower will advise 

 growing the Aroma. I have had the Aroma in Nebraska five years and 

 have had as many failures. 



Rough Rider comes to me from Michigan as the berry to grow if 

 you would wear diamonds. My profits on it in six years would neither 

 buy turquoise nor tortoise ornaments. 



New York, bought at a long price, has been a failure. The amount 

 of printers' ink it required to tell of this wonderful berry made the 

 high price of plants necessary. The crop of 1905 is the only one that 

 has paid rent, and then many other varieties more than doubled their 

 yield, but Dunlap and Gaudies were the only berries that produced 

 nicer boxes of berries. 



Of the varieites that succeed well all over the state, Warfield is 

 the earliest and one of the best; berry dark red to the core, and excel- 

 lent quality. It is a free runner and if left alone will set plants too 

 thick and the berries will be small. 



Bederwood is a light red berry with good foliage and a berry of 

 fine quality. Among the 100 varieties that I have tested, Dunlaps have 

 no equal. A large dark red berry of splendid quality. A prolific plant 

 maker, good foliage, and a strong fruit stem that holds its berries well 

 up from the ground, and excellent polenizer, mid-season, but ripena 

 its entire crop and continues in bearing as late as some of the late 

 varieites. Warfield, Dunlaps and Gaudies were our money makers this 

 year, but as the Gandy is a shy bearer, some places I could not recom- 

 mend it for the entire state, but it is worthy of a trial, as I believe it is 

 one of our best late varieties. First berries June 5. Bisels produced 

 more berries this year than the Gandy, but owing to their season, the 

 Gaudies sold for the most money. 



Splendid, our "old reliable," failed this year for the first time in 

 nine years. Their foliage was poor, the berries ripened soft and the 

 calyx dead. I believe the trouble was caused by the late freeze and 

 continued dry weather. Of the very early berries, August Luther and 

 Excelsior have both done well. Uncle Jim is of exceptionally fine 

 quality and quite prolific, but the fresh picked berries have a dead ap- 

 pearance that spoils the looks of the box and will be aaginst them as a- 



