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adapted for small gardens, and because the in- 

 formation will be preparatory to that relating to 

 the larger kinds. While admitting the value of 

 large fruit, the condemnation of small, by writers 

 in magazines and newspapers, is much to be 

 regretted, and for the reasons stated they are 

 accorded priority here 



STRAWBERRIES. 



The Strawberry may not generally be considered 

 a poor man's fruit, but in one important respect it 

 is deserving of being so regarded, for if equal sized 

 plots were planted at the same time with different 

 kinds of fruit, all grown equally well, and the 

 crops sold, not one could approach the Strawberry 

 in profit during the first five years. It is the 

 dwarfest in growth, and the quickest in productive- 

 ness. 



It is within the knowledge of cultivators and 

 residents in localities where Strawberry -growing 

 has been introduced, and well conducted, that the 

 value of the land has been raised 100 per cent., or 

 from a rental of 305. to 3 per acre, and in some 

 Instances more. 



Near Botley, in Hampshire, about fifteen hundred 



