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the horticultural interests of our State if this is true ? Until recently- 

 many had the erroneous idea that strawberries would not grow for 

 everybody, that there was some secret about the cultivation or man- 

 agement of them, therefore never tried to have them, but when the 

 subject was properly discussed,"lo ! all could grow them, and that on 

 almost any kind of soil. 



Discuss the subject of growing celery. Let its real value be gener- 

 ally known, and its cultivation would be increased a hundred fold, 

 and people would cease to ask " which do you cook, the tops or the 

 roots?" But perhaps no other crop of equal value is so shamefully 

 neglected and grown with so little intelligence or care as the potato. 

 A little information about the seed culture and storing of this one veg- 

 etable would save us thousands of dollars annually. Among many 

 •other vegetables, the value of which is not appreciated, I would name 

 asparagus, cauliflower, salsify, rutabagas and mangel wurtzels. 



The humble opinion of the writer is when the subject of growing 

 vegetables has been as thoroughly discussed as the subject of growing 

 fruit has been, our motto will no longer be hog and hominy, but fruit 

 and vegetables. 



THE FRUIT BUSINESS FROM A COMMISSION MAN'S STAND- 

 POINT. 



BY E. T. HOLLISTER, ST. LOUIS, MO. 



The very unsatisfactory result of the sale of the past season's crop 

 has caused the horticultulist to search for the cause of the great de- 

 pression in prices, so as to enable him to avoid a recurrence of the same 

 thing, and in most instances inquiries have been made too far from 

 home to ascertain the true cause of his misfortunes. 



The common carrier and commission merchant have both been 

 forced to submit to a large amount of abuse, the first being almost in- 

 variably accused by charging exorbitant prices for carrying the goods 

 to market, and the latter of almost all the items of negligence and dis- 

 honesty that occur to the mind of the unfortunate shipper. 



