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structive to the Strawberry, but I forbear to suggest a 

 remedy, because there are already too many effectual 

 ones in use. 



VARIETIES. 



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 quite a volume by itself, and it is very doubtful 

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

 trouble 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 can 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 re- 

 commend or give the names of all the varieties that have 

 appeared in the catalogues of some few of our Strawberry 

 growers, particularly when a single one contains about 

 sixty remarkable varieties claimed to have been produced 

 by the proprietor of one establishment. 



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 haa 

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

 me through the preceding pages, will have noticed that I 

 recognize among cultivated varieties but two sexes, 

 viz : Perfect or Bi-sexual, and the Pistillate varieties. 

 The latter kinds are marked pistillate ; all not so designat- 

 ed will bear fruit without the aid of others. 



