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please best and be most prolific. The following are the 

 most generally approved, and the most suitable for simple 

 home-gardens : 



Early Varieties. Amy Robsart, Keen's Seedling, Sir 

 Joseph Paxton, Vicomtesse He'ricart de Thury 

 (also called Garibaldi and Duchesse de Trevise). 

 Very good early sorts are found also in Early 

 Prolific, La Grosse Sucre'e, Pauline, Black Prince, 

 and Laxton's King of the Earlies. 



Mid-Season Varieties. British Queen, Dr. Hogg, Mar- 

 shal MacMahon, Pioneer, President, Sir Charles 

 Napier. To these may be added, when large assort- 

 ments are desirable, Duke of Edinburgh, James 

 Veitch, Lucas, Sir Harry, and The Countess. 



Late Varieties. Frogmore Late Pine, Enchantress, 

 Souvenir de Kieff, Elton Pine, Rifleman, Oxonian. 

 The very best is Aberdeen Favourite, distinguished 

 as giving good crops as late as the middle of 

 August, by which time, in the South, strawberries 

 are generally "over." It was brought out in 1883 

 by Messrs. Connon & Reid, nurserymen, of the 

 northern granite city. 



Which of all these sorts are the best for forcing, gardeners 

 are not agreed, so many of them answer well. Opinions 

 seem to run chiefly in favour of President, Black Prince, 

 La Grosse Sucre'e, and Vicomtesse He'ricart de Thury. 

 The best kind of fruit for preserving is the Elton Pine, 

 and after this comes Eleanor. The cost of forcing, and 



