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you once get them started there is no trouble. Sometimes we 

 get a bed full of beautiful plants ; but at other times the leaves 

 decay and turn dark around the edges. We are, however Jdaily 

 practicing this method of getting plants. At the present time 

 we are short on the Haverland ; therefore each day, when we 

 take up plants for shipping, we preserve all the sets beyond the 

 plant that have not yet made roots, and these are put out in just 

 this way. In fact, we have been setting out more or less every 

 day for the last month ; and the greater part of them produce 

 very fine plants in three or four weeks. Where there is not 

 even a root started, by sufficient care we get a plant ; but when 

 there are little roots, say ^ or 1 inch in length, the work is 

 very much easier. 



A UST OF SOME STRAWBERRIES, BOTH OI,D AND NEW, THAT 

 ARE PROMINENTLY BEFORE THE WORI<D. 



Just as our book was ready for press we received the 

 " Strawberry " number of the Orange Judd Farmer. In it we 

 find cuts of 30 different strawberries favorably known ; and 

 through the courtesy of the editors we make a selection as 

 seen on the adjoining pages. These cuts do not by any 

 means give the true size of the berries, but only the form and 

 general appearance. The cuts given by Terry in the fore part 

 of this book are taken from nature, and are exactly the size of 

 the berries he grew on his own grounds. 



The Bubach and Sharpless have been described already. 



Warfield has not been fruited on our grounds, but it is very 

 highly spoken of. It is thought to be a seedling of the Cres- 

 cent, and if, as claimed, it is ahead of it, it surely has a great 

 future. 



The Crescent, perhaps, is more widely known and raised 

 than any other berry in the world, unless it is the Wilson. In 

 fact, a new impetus was given to strawberries with the advent 

 of the Crescent and Wilson. The Crescent has been called the 

 "poor man's berry," because it will grow anywhere without 



