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deep, rich loam, neither too light nor too heavy. For experi- 

 ment, buy a dozen plants of a kind. Set them two feet apart 

 in your rows, but leaving four feet (skipping one place) be- 

 tween varieties in the rows. See to it that no runners get 

 across from one row to another, or from one variety to another 

 in the row, otherwise you will have your plants mixed to set out 

 another year. After glowing them two or three years you may 

 find out what two or three kinds best suit your soil and treat- 

 ment and taste. 



I would not be understood as condemning all the varieties 

 mentioned above that failed to do well for me. They might 

 succeed better undtr different conditions. 



The pictures in this chapter will give you a fair idea of the 

 looks of six of the seven varieties we have set out this spring. 

 Of course, these pictures are of the largest, finest specimens. 

 The Sterling is from a photograph of one grown by Mr. Craw- 

 ford, and is life size, exactly. We picked some benies last 

 year of each variety as large as these pictures, and many that 

 came near it. You may notice the Bubach quite closely resem- 

 bles the Sharpless. The Cumberland is as perfect in shape as 

 though turned in a lathe almost to?; perfect. The Haverland 

 is thimble shaped. The Downing, with us, so closely resem- 

 bles the Gandy that we thought one picture would do for both. 

 I have seen larger berries than these on exhibition at a berry- 

 show ; but they were grown specially for the occasion by forc- 

 ing. Some as large as these can be grown with good ordinary 

 culture. 



