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all of which no true horticulturist would ever do, and the objection 

 was sustained. 



The name Livingston was next proposed. Recourse was again 

 had to the records, from which it was shown that no Livingston 

 could be found who could tell a cherry tree from a wild crab apple 

 tree or who had ever failed to tell a lie even when the truth would 

 serve him better. This marks everywhere the true horticulturist, 

 and is all that is required of an applicant to join any horticultural 

 society, and today "The Best Strawberry in Existence" is known as 

 Livingston — the name of that great family of horticulturists. 



Livingston Strawberry. 



The Livingston strawberry is a seedling of Warfield No. 2 fer- 

 tilized by Jessie and possibly by half a dozen other varieties. It is 

 a staminate variety, a good plant-maker, and plants set in my 

 grounds in the spring of 1901 stood the drouth of that summer 

 better than any of the other seventeen varieties set at the same 

 time. The fruit is medium to large in size, firm and stands ship- 

 ping as well as the Warfield. Its color is dark crimson, inside and 

 outside. The flavor — well, I cannot do better than quote a part of a 

 letter to me from brother Frank Harris, acknowledging the receipt 



