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THE GENESEE FARlkfER. 



BROOKLYN SCARLET. 



cxelatire Hgbt io all (heM plants, at 2S cents apiece, and there are many subtcribers who would not, as soon ai the; se« and taete ' 

 Ute fruit, part with their prize for a $5 •' grein back." 



How these New Strawberries were Produced. 



Tb« foHowing atatemenl U made by Andrew S. Fuller, borticuUurist, Brooklyn, the originator of these Strawberries. Be 

 ■ays: 



•* It is now between seven and eight years since I commenced sowing seeds of the Strawberry for the purpose of producinK 

 new and improved varieties. I have slw.iyi selected seeds from the largest and best that could be obtained, and the results wert 

 that I produced lorae few good varieties eacli season ; yet they were not such as 1 was willing shoufd go out as my rcfdlines. Every 

 season I selected the seed with more care than I did the previous one, and fonnrf that I made constant improvement I therefore 

 delormincd thai I would put forlh exira exerlionn and fee if a few extra choice varieties conUI not be produced. In 1S''9 I obtained 

 the best varieties known, and by fertilizing the flowers one with another, I expected to prodace Strawberries combining greater ex- 

 cellence than heretofore known. In this I was not dis.ippointed. I produced that year many thousands of seedling planu, and the 

 fruit of many was really exccUt-nt. so much so that I was urged not to throw the plants away ; but as excellence, and not variety, 

 was my object, I destroyed all but the most promising. I determined from the flrsl that no plant should go oat ns a seedling of niir 

 mnlcM it eomblned greater czceUcnce than any other BUawberry known. From the selections of that year a compeieni Comioitu 



