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in another. For this southwestern Missouri the following are about as 

 good as any or the best we have: Warfield is in the lead, but Bubach has 

 made more money the past season and done better than anything else on 

 the place. Warfield and Bubach are the best imperfect bloomers we 

 have and we can not well do without them. 



jSTow, I wish to say that Tennessee Prolific and Clyde planted with 

 Warfield will perfectly fertilize them. Phillips' Seedling is a splendid 

 pollenizer for Bubach and will pick right with them. All the above are 

 large to very large and will go on any market and hold their own. 



For late, Gandy and Aroma are the market berries. Gandy is 

 better known than Aroma, but the Aroma is the better of the two. It 

 is a fancy berry, none prettier, very large, much more productive than 

 Gandy and ripens about a day or two earlier. 



The berries I mention in this list are the most profitable ones I have 

 had the pleasure of testing, and I believe they do well over a wide 

 range of country. 



Mr. L. A. Goodman, Westport: 



Dear Sir. — Yours received requesting my paper on strawberries. 

 There has been so much said and written on the strawberry, I think it 

 useless for me to write or say anything. Should I have to write or say 

 a word it will be on the same lines I have been advocating ever since the 

 summer meeting at Springfield, 1887, that is, fewer acres and thinner 

 or fewer vines, higher cultivation, best varieties, and only large, perfect 

 berries. Respectfully, 



G. G. James, 

 Exeter, Mo. 



QUALITY IN PPtEFERENCE TO QUANTITY. 



By Geo. Raupp, Monett, Mo. 



Mr. President: — 



In presenting the subject "Quality in Preference to Quantity," I 

 do not wish to be understood that I object to quantity provided quality 

 is observed. In all our speculations and business enterprises, the princi- 

 pal object is the profit there is in it. If you can satisfy the buyer or 



