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was rather a soft berry, but he was experimenting with it, and that 

 the Commonwealth was not sufficiently productive and he would 

 not advise planting it. 



Mr. Warren said that the Commonwealth strawberry originated 

 at Beverly near salt water, and where the Marshall could be grown 

 the Commonwealth would succeed equally as well. He could get 

 no crop from either in his locality (Weston, Mass.). 



