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And on page 96 he says, " In tlie present nnenligbtened condi- 

 tion of the pnbh'c, one of the oldest strawberries on the lists — 

 Wilson's Seedling — is more largely jjlanted tiian all other kinds 

 together. It is so enormously productive, it succeeds so well 

 throughout the entire country, and is such an early berry that 

 with the addition of its tine carrying qualities it promises to be 

 the great market berry, for the next generation also." I dis- 

 carded it eight years ago, as it required as good cultivation and 

 soil with me as Jucunda, the Prince of Strawberries, and yielded 

 less than half the profit. Still the facts remain as Mr. Roe has 

 stated them. 



The Charles Downing, oriuinatcd by J. S. Downer, Fairview, 

 Ky., took the place of Wilson's All)any on my grounds. I had 

 some of the first plants sold and paid one dollar each for tbem, and 

 never have regretted it. Tbe people here in Worcester thought 

 they didn't, and wouldn't like tlujm, the lirst year or two, but 

 now they rank second in number of quarts sold, and will soon 

 rank first, unless there is some better and more productive new 

 berry. Blossoms perfect. 



The Crescent Seedling, originated by Wm. Parmelee, of New 

 Haven, Conn., in 1870," although a comparatively new l)erry, is 

 gaining many friends. It was not disseminated so rapidly as 

 would have been if perfect fairness had governed its introduc- 

 tion ; it was sent out two years as a perfect plant, but it is only 

 partially so and requires some such early iterry as the Wilson or 

 Duchess set in every eighth or tenth row. It has done better 

 with me on my early land than either Wilson or Charles Downing 

 and the people who buy Wilson's because they are cheap, will 

 buy Crescents, and we who grow strawberries for the market 

 for a living, must grow what there is the most money in. The 

 Crescent will bear the largest crop on light poor land of any 

 berry I am acquainted with. 



Kinney's Eclipse, originated by F. J. Kinney, Worcester, 

 Mass., in 1873, is early like the above and is also the lo7igest 

 cropper I am acquainted with, and excepting the Lennig's 

 White, is the best strawberry I have ever seen, and it is well 

 known to many present that I try them all ; it is an expensive 

 amusement, but one might do worse. I have grown as large 

 crops of the Eclipse, as of any berry except Jucunda, one of its 

 parents, which it resembles inasmuch as it is particular in its 

 choice of location and surroundings, and which it excels only in 

 flavor. Blossoms nearly, but not quite, perfect. 



The Jucunda is the best strawberry for me to grow that I have 

 ever tried for profit or comfort, on soil suited to it, and am not 

 sure but it would be best for me now to give up all other vari- 



