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than the Wilson, all the time, and continue the size as long as there are any. 

 It produces very few small berries, but a heavy crop of very large, handsome, 

 showy, iiighly flavored fruit. Taken to market with the Wil;on, it is selected 

 first. Two years ago it sold for twenty cents, and the Wilson for twelve. This 

 season it sold for from twelve to twenty cents, and the Wilson from eight to 

 twelve. I do not say that the Wilson can not he mado to produce more than 

 the Cliarlcs IJowning, although I very much doubt it, but I do say that it does 

 not do it. I believe it to be tlie best strawberry now grown ; althougii some of 

 the new kinds, as Sl)nr])lcss and Forest Rose, are wonderful berries, but they 

 have not yet been fully tested. It is tJie only strawberry upon which no xuifa^ 

 voraUe report has ever hcen heard. I shall plant more largely of this berry 

 than all others; shall carefully note its progress, and if I have occasion to 

 change my mind, will do so in the future. 



A VISIT TO DUNKLEY'S. 



Dunklcy is a market gardener, living in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Everybody 

 knows him there. I might call him Mr. Dunkley, but I know he will consider 

 it no offense if I call him just by the name that his fame gives him. We had 

 heard that at Dunkley's a plan of irrigation had been adopted, which had been 

 eminently successful in many ways, and inspired by a desire for increased 

 knowledge in matters of horticulture, we took the train from Grand Rapids the 

 other morning, to spend the day in search of new facts in the irrigation line, 

 at Kalamazoo. 



Perhaps it will be well to explain very briefly some conditions: Firstly, 

 Kalamazoo is fifty miles from Grand Rapids — a two hour's ride, as trains move 

 in Michio-an. It is the lar2:est villasre in the world, beautiful in its embellish- 

 ment, and thrifty in its enterprise. It is the center of a good fruit region, and 

 progressive horticulture, in its broadest sense, is a matter of reasonable pride 

 on tiie part of the residents. Secondly, by *^we" I mean a party of five 

 gentlemen, whose names have all appeared in the public prints as connected 

 with the Michigan State Pomological Society. This last compound statement 

 I trust will be sufficient surety for the truthfulness of the concise statements 

 which I am about to make as the journalistic representative of the party. 



Dutikley's place is a mile from the center of the village, and through the 

 courtesy of a son of the proprietor, we were piloted about the place. A force 

 of several hands were picking strawberries from rows of very vigorous plants, 

 and, as we opened the vines in advance of the pickers, a more delightful straw- 

 berry prospect, we all agreed, we had never seen. The varieties were: 

 Monarch, Seneca Chief, and Wilson, and under the system of irrigation 

 employed, they were just priuie for market after all other berries iu the vicinity 

 had rijiencd and were gone, save a few insignificant boxes that could in no 

 way affect the market. 



It took us a very short time to learn the following facts: 



1st. Under the system practiced by J-)unkley, liis berries were two weeks 

 later than the general crop in the vicinity, and they were thrown upon the 

 market when prices were remunerative. 



2d. His vines were vigorous and independent of rains, so that every berry 

 that set could reach perfection in size and flavor. 



3d. The necessity of picking every day or every other day for tho sake of 



