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But the converse is not true. The Jucunda, for instance, 

 can scarcely be made to exist on light land. In the South, 

 it should be the constant aim to find varieties whose foliage 

 can endure the hot sun. I think that the Sharpless, which 

 is now producing a great sensation as well as mammoth ber- 

 ries, will do well in most Southern localities. It maintained 

 throughout the entire summer the greenest and most vigo- 

 rous foliage I ever saw. Miner's Prolific, Golden Defiance, 

 Early Hudson, and Cumberland Triumph also appear to me 

 peculiarly adapted to Southern cultivation. 



As we go north, the difficulties of choice are not so great. 

 Coolness and moisture agree with the strawberry plant. 

 There the question of hardiness is to be first considered. 

 In regions, however, where the snow falls early and covers 

 the ground all winter, the strawberry is not so exposed as 

 with us, for our gardens are often bare in zero weather. 

 Usually, it is not the temperature of the air that injures a 

 dormant strawberry plant, but alternations of freezing and 

 thawing. The deep and unmelting snows often enable the 

 horticulturist to raise successfully in Canada tender fruits 

 that Would " winter- kill " much farther south. If abundant 

 protection is therefore provided, either by nature or by art, 

 the people of the North can take their choice from among 

 the best. In the high latitudes, early kinds will be in re- 

 quest, since the season of growth is brief. The best early 

 berries are Duchess, Bidwell, Pioneer, Early Hudson, Black 

 Defiance, Duncan, Durand's Beauty, and, earliest of all, 

 Cr>'3tal City. The last-named ripened first on my place in 

 the summer of 1879, and although the fruit is of medium 

 size, and rather soft, I fear, the plant is so vigorous and 

 easily grown that I thnik it is worth general trial North and 

 South. I am informed that it promises to take the lead in 

 Missouri. 



