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Jessie is pretty early, is a large handsome fine berry of good quality,, 

 quite productive, but has a tendency to rot in wet weather which we 

 have had here lately. 



Hart's Minnesota, is again, as it was years ago with us, one of the 

 very best market berries, quite large, very handsome, productive and 

 of good quality ; ships well, although it does not seem firm. This is 

 one of the berries that is proof against wet weather, and will remain 

 ripe on the plant for two days without rotting. 



Chas. Downing and Cumberland I lost two years ago, and have not 

 since secured them. 



Capt. Jack is always fine in all respects, but has one fault, same as 

 the Crescent, which is to over-bear. 



Speece from the soulhwest, a new one, seems to be rather a feeble 

 plant, and its bearing qualities are yet to learn, as it was only set out 

 last fall and very small plants at that. I hope it will be productive, as 

 it is of excellent quality. 



Sucker State is a bandsome, rather large good berry, shows pro- 

 ductive qualities, and is among the later ones. 



Belmont is a superb berry in every respect so far as I can now 

 tell ; it is just beginning to ripen. 



Bubach is by all odds the largest berry here, handsome and good, 

 and will carry pretty well if picked at the right time ; plant is unusu- 

 ally vigorous and is productive enough. I have picked splendid ber- 

 ries from plants of the third generation, grown and set out last fall, of 

 one summers growth. 



An amusing incident occurred a few days ago: one of my sons 

 brought some apples out into the patch where we were picking straw- 

 berries, and it so happened that they were laid out near the Bubach 

 strawberries; one remarked that this was making the connection of 

 our fruits, when I said that if the apples were no larger than Geniting 

 are sometimes grown, the strawberries would equal them in size. 



Every man to his choice, and here will state that I consider it the 

 most valuable strawberry I have or ever had. This with the Jessie or 

 Hart's Minnesota for a fertilizer I can beat any one who has any other 

 varieties. Some recently sent to a house where they handle crates of 

 berries by the hundreds, wrote back that they were the finest berries 

 they had yet received ; to-day our picking of berries counts 1-10 boxes 

 and not near through gathering. 



One more berry I will tell about — Gaudy. This is what I have 

 long sought, but never found until now. It is a strong grower, pro- 

 ductive, first berries only now commencing to ripen; splendid color, 



