70 MY GARDEN WHAT FRUITS WERE CULTIVATED. 



flurry of snow had passed over the bed. At 

 last, when the June rose, "the queen of 

 flowers," resumes its sweet dominion over our 

 senses, the strawberry stands nearest the throne 

 in Nature's realm. 



Passing from the strawberry as a thing of 

 " beauty and a joy forever" (I am sure some 

 varieties will " flourish" in the " New Earth "), 

 to the strawberry as a " crop," may seem to 

 some fair readers a letting down, and yet it is 

 upon the practical phase that I propose to 

 dwell. In '71 I had about five-eighths of an 

 acre in bearing, and from this area sold fifty- 

 seven bushels and two quarts. In addition 

 how many the boys ate in picking, how mary 

 my own children devoured in their innumerable 

 raids, how many were given away, I have no 

 means of accurately computing. We also used 

 them like water upon our table, fifteen quarts 

 finding a home market during one day. 



