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; In concluding this book, perhaps I should mention that 

 there are several allusions in the back pages to the fact that we 

 have for many years done quite a business in selling strawber- 

 ry-plants. At present we have none to sell. It is a work that 

 I very much enjoyed, but it is now two or three years since we 

 have done any thing in that line. As a rule I would advise you 

 to get your plants of some reliable grower near by the nearer 

 the better, other things being equal ; and if you wish to get a 

 statt with a certain variety that suits your location, by all means 

 grow your own plants on some of the plans described in this 

 book. If you are compelled to send off a distance, do not send 

 a large order to some unknown party. Get a few samples and 

 see how you like them. When you are pleased with a man's 

 way of doing business and the kind of stock he sends out, then 

 give him a large order if you choose. One of the reasons for 

 buying at home is that you can get your ground all ready, tLen 

 go and get your plants. Delays are exceedingly bad both ways. 

 If you get your plants ahead of time, they may suffer by wait- 

 ing till your ground is ready. If you wait till your ground is 

 all ready, during the rush of the season, you may suffer by be- 

 ing obliged to wait till it is too late for the best results. This 

 applies to spring setting. 



Hoping that the information given in this book may give 

 you happy hours besides much fruit, and that you may enjoy 

 the work as much as I have enjoyed strawberry-growing, as 

 well as trying to make this book helpful to those who may 

 come after me, I remain 



Your old friend and well-wisher, 



Medina, O., Jan. 22, 1902. A. I. ROOT. 



