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flowering kinds as Lowett or Bederwood should be provided to fer- 

 tilize them. Among other varieties that do well in most sections are 

 Brandywine, Greenville, Clyde, and Woolverton. Parker Earle is very 

 late, and is valuable for either home use or market, upon strong, moist 

 soils, w^here it can have the best of care. Belt (William Belt) and Mar- 

 shall have large, showy fruits, and do w^ell on strong soil. 



Excelsior or Michel might be added as very early ; Aroma is grown 

 very extensively in some sections; also Tennessee (Tennessee Pro- 

 lific) is a very promising new sort from Tennessee. 



