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variety, and should be grown ; Noble, very fine, 

 early, and prolific ; Sir Charles Napier, is superb 

 and travels well. 



Varieties of the Strawberry. — In selecting 

 strawberries two things must be considered — the 

 kind of soil and situation, and also the purpose for 

 which the fruit is required. A good plan is to 

 plant a trial row or two of each of a dozen or two 

 of sorts, and, after a couple of years' experience, 

 plant those which have succeeded best. Of course, 

 this is a loss of time and waste and spoil of labour, 

 which many will object to. Sir J. Paxton, President, 

 Garibaldi, Sir C. Napier, for productiveness ; British 

 Queen ; Keen's Seedling, Dr. Hogg, Black Prince, 

 Countess, and President, for flavour ; Sir J. Paxton, 

 President, Sir C. Napier, Noble, Countess, J. Veitch, 

 for appearance, colour, form, and size combined ; 

 Marguerite, J. Veitch, Noble, British Queen, Helen 

 Gloede, Waterloo, for size ; Garibaldi (Vicomtesse 

 Hericart de Thury), President, Keen's Seedling, 

 Sir J. Paxton, Black Prince, for forcing ; Garibaldi, 

 Elton Pine, Old Scarlet Pine, Newton Seedling, for 

 preserving ; Elton Pine, James Veitch, J. Powell, 

 President, Keen's Seedling, Filbert Pine, Eleanor, 

 La Grosse Sucree, for light soils ; British Queen, 

 Dr. Hogg, Sir J. Paxton, and most of the others 

 under the last head for heavy soils ; Black Prince, 

 King of the Earlies, Noble, Pauline, Garibaldi, La 

 Grosse Sucree, Keen's Seedling, best early varieties ; 

 Elton Pine, Frogmore Late Pine, Eleanor, Unser 

 Fritz, and Waterloo, late varieties. 



Strawberries in pots should be fertilised on all 

 sunny mornings, using a nice soft camel-hair pencil, 

 neither too large nor too small. The plants should 



