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handicap to the Alaskan strawberries. The 

 new environment was not adapted to their 

 constitution. 



I have often had the same experience with 

 other plants, including certain varieties of cur- 

 rants, blueberries, huckleberries, and raspber- 

 ries, as well as maples, beeches, hickories, and 

 other trees and plants from the eastern United 

 States, Canada, Alaska, and other northern 



climates. 



NEW HYBRID VARIETIES 



But, of course, there are many other species 

 and varieties that have shown no such antipathy 

 to the conditions we had to offer, and I have pro- 

 duced large numbers of crossbred strawberries 

 from various importations that have prospered. 



In the course of the past forty years I have 

 probably grown and fruited strawberry seed- 

 lings to the number of more than half a million ; 

 and among these have appeared some varieties 

 that have had qualities of a high order, yet 

 among them all I have not until somewhat 

 recently secured one that was thought in all 

 respects superior to some existing variety. 

 Therefore, none of these were introduced. Ten 

 or twelve years ago I had one that was nearly 

 perfect but which proved to be a poor keeper 

 and therefore not suitable for the market. 



