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quit on, and I have been quitting for eight years ever since. I ^ 

 tested seven kinds of promising new seedHngs of J. R. Reasoner, 

 the originator of Dunlap, but they were all failures. At one time 

 I saw four thousand new seedlings in full fruit on Mr. Loudon's 

 grounds that were very promising, but none of them ever equalled 

 the Jessie ; many, I think, were far ahead of many varieties that 

 have been pushed onto the market. I grew Wm. Belt so that 

 twelve filled a quart box, but it is worthless. My boys picked En- 

 hance in 1905 for market in October, but it is only one of the good 

 kinds for summer market. 



Sample is one of the most perfect berries, but the blossom is 

 imperfect. Brandywine — except for the name — would be the best 

 late berry if more productive. Bederwood is one of the most pro- 

 ductive early berries, but it is ofif color and a little too soft. War- 

 field is one of the best pistillates, but it won't stand drouth. Dun- 

 lap beside Warfield is perhaps the best pair I know of. Aroma has 

 hardly a fault, unless on some soils it may not produce enough ; it 

 is one of the best for pollen. Parson's Beauty is nearest the old Wil- 

 son of any in two hundred kinds I have tried, but I fear not pro- 

 ductive enough. I was worst sold at one dollar a plant on "Wild Won- 

 der" of everything I ever tried ; the best I could do with it was 

 two hundred to the quart of the largest sized ones. Bubach is very 

 fine for family use, but it skips a crop once in about four years, 

 and "pedigree'' stock will not save it. I have never found an early 

 berry that filled the bill. I have tried Michel, Johnson^ Cameron, 

 Crescent, Wood, Warfield, Van Deman, Excelsior and many others. 



Mr. Henry Husser : I would like to know what Mr. Kellogg, 

 as an old strawberry grower, would recommend as the best berry 

 for a sandy clay soil in regard to firmness and quality. 



Mr. Geo. J. Kellogg : I cannot give anything better for a late 

 berry than the Brandywine, and for a medium early berry than the 

 Senator Dunlap. There are many other good kinds, but I do not 

 want to give you more than twenty-five kinds to start with. 

 (Laughter.) Try them and hold fast to that which is good. 



Mr. J. M. Underwood: I would like to ask Mr. Kellogg 

 whether he concurs in Prof. Shaw's advice to plant nothing but 

 perfect varieties. 



Mr. Kellogg: If a farmer had good common sense he could 

 plant pistillate in one row and staminate in another row, but for 

 the farmer I would not recommend anything but the perfect blossom. 



Mr. Underwood : For those who do not have common sense ? 

 (Laughter.) 



Mr. Kellogg: I would plant both varieties. 



Prof. Shaw : I am a farmer, and I got so badly beaten once 

 by that sort of thing that I am inclined to give advice and give 



