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nesses. We cannot too much deprecate the arrogant spirit 

 often manifested in introducing new fruits. Interested par- 

 ties insist on boundless praise, and if their advice were 

 followed, the fine old standards would be plowed out to 

 make room for a new-comer that often proves, on trial, little 

 better than a weed. The Cuthbert is not exactly a novelty. 

 Through the gifts of the originator, and sales running through 

 several years, it has become widely scattered, and has proved 

 a success in every instance, as far as I can learn. I show 

 my faith in it by my works, for I am setting it out more 

 largely than all other kinds together, even going so far as to 

 rent land for the purpose. I am satisfied, from frequent 

 inquiries in Washington Market, that it will take the lead of 

 all others, and it is so firm that it can be shipped by rail, 

 like a Wilson strawberry. 



In Delaware and Southern New Jersey, a variety named 

 "Queen of the Market " is being largely set out. I have 

 this variety in my specimen-bed, side by side with plants 

 that came from Thomas Cuthbert's garden, and am almost 

 satisfied that they are identical, and that Queen of the 

 Market is but a synonym of the Cuthbert. I have placed 

 the canes and spines of each under a powerful microscope 

 and can detect no differences, and the fruit also appeared 

 so much alike that I could not see wherein it varied. 

 Plants of this variety were sent to Delaware some years 

 since, as they were to INIichigan and California, and, wher- 

 ever tested, they seem to win strong and immediate favor. 

 Its chief fault m this locality is its lateness. 



