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cease to propagate them, either because there is not 

 enough demand for the plants or because they do not 

 multiply readily. 



The foregoing paragraphs indicate that no one need 

 be tempted to undertake the breeding of strawberries by 

 the hope of financial reward. Scarcely a dozen men, out 

 of the many hundreds who have engaged in this fascinating 

 occupation, have received even a fair recompense for their 

 effort. Those who see greater possibilities in the straw- 

 berry than appear in the varieties of today will continue 

 to give themselves to the task of perfecting it, mainly as a 

 labor of love. 



