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sour; or in fine, with some defect or other, 

 rendering it not worth cultivating. I who am 

 very cautious on this score, and who, as the result 

 of long experience, generally eschew all such 

 can safely recommend to you, as among the most 

 desirable, the old-fashioned alpine, which is a 

 monthly bearer, the Virginia scarlet, the Chili, 

 and those English varieties called, respectively, 

 Wilmot superb, Goliah, Bicton white, and queen 

 of Great Britain. This last is noted for its ex- 

 traordinary fecundity. It is of the strawberry 

 mind you that I state this. You will recol- 

 lect that plants plants exclusively constitute 

 the subject of our present discourse ; and you 

 must not let your thoughts stray off into other 

 fields. 



By adopting these varieties, and planting here 

 and there among your flowers a couple of plants 

 of each of the eight * above named, you will 

 have in all sixteen ; each one of which will give 

 you on an average six fruits. This will be 

 ninety- six strawberries in round numbers, a 



* The eighth, being peculiarly a French strawberry, has been 

 omitted. 



