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sulphur will make quick work with them, but it requires 

 great care in its application, for should the sulphur take 

 fire and burn, the fumes will destroy the plants also. 



Birds are, in some portions of the country, very de- 

 structive to the Strawberry, but I forbear to suggest a 

 remedy, because there are already too many effectual 

 ones in use. 



VAEIETIES. 



In the following catalogue I have endeavored to give 

 the names, with a concise description, of all the varieties 

 now in cultivation, which are worthy of it. 



To give a full description of all known varieties would 

 require a volume by itself, and it is very doubtful if, 

 when such a list was made, any one would take the trou- 

 ble to peruse it. It is such an easy matter to raise new 

 varieties, that a few men seem to have gone into -the 

 business, not for the purpose of improvement, but mainly 

 to see how many varieties they could produce, and so they 

 name each new seedling, and give it a glowing description, 

 whether it is worthy of cultivation or not. 



Now, while I would not suppress any information that 

 would benefit the public, I do not feel called upon to rec- 

 ommend or give the names of all varieties that have 

 appeared in the catalogues of some few of our Strawberry 

 growers, especially of those who appear to always have 

 ready, if we were to believe them, some wonderful variety 

 for every annual edition of their catalogues. 



Our enterprising fruit growers are supposed to know and 

 procure the best varieties, and when one has been before 

 the public for from five to ten years, and then it is not 

 found in general cultivation, it may be safe to conclude 

 that the fruit grower lacks confidence in the originator, 

 and consequently does not purchase it, or that it has 

 been tried and discarded. The reader, if he has followed 

 me through the preceding pages, will have noticed that 



