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opportunity for improvement by selective breed- 

 ing, with or without hybridization. But long 

 before the seeds are bred out, we shall doubt- 

 less have many varieties of strawberries that 

 approach perfection as to all other desirable 

 qualities. 



Nature has done much for the 

 luscious strawberry, but there is 

 still as much or more for us to do. 



