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pink, tender ; flavor very fine ; calyx spreading and re- 

 curving; tip of berry green when not fully ripe, but it 

 colors evenly if given time. When flavor is the gauge of 

 excellence in the market, this famous berry wiU be in the 

 front rank. Its color and softness are against it, but its 

 superb size, deliciousness and aroma should, make it eagerly 

 sought after by all who want a genuine strawberry. In the 

 open market, it already often brings double the price of 

 Wilsons. In the home garden, it has few equals. With 

 some exceptions, it does well from Maine to California. 

 The narrow row culture greatly increases its size and pro- 

 ductiveness. I have had many crates picked in which 

 there were few berries that did not average five inches in 

 circumference. Mr. Jesse Brady, of Piano, Illinois, gives me 

 the following history : " The Monarch was raised by me in 

 1867, from one of a number of seedlings, grown previously, 

 and crossed with Boyden's Green Prolific. The said seed- 

 ling was never introduced to the public. I raised four- 

 teen, and cultivated three of them several years. They 

 were produced from an English berry, name unknown 

 to me." 



Maj'tha. — A fine, large berry, but, as I have seen it, the 

 foliage burns so badly that I think it will pass out of culti- 

 vation unless it improves in this respect. Staminate. 



Neunan's Prolific (Charleston Berry) . — Fohage tall, 

 slender, dark green; fruit-stalk tall; berries light scarlet, 

 inclined to have a neck at the North, not so much so at the 

 South. First berries large, obtusely conical ; the latter and 

 smaller berries becoming round ; calyx very large and droop- 

 ing over the berry; exceedingly firm, — hard, indeed, — 

 and sour when first red ; but growing richer and better in 

 flavor in full maturity; usually a vigorous grower. It was 

 originated by a Mr. Neunan, of Charleston, S. C, and 



