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well adapted to all kinds of soils and climates has not as 

 yet appeared in cultivation. 



During the last quarter of a century botanists have 

 somewhat changed their ideas in regard to the number 

 and distribution of the species of the Strawberry, and 

 while this may be of no especial importance to the prac= 

 tical cultivator of this fruit, still I have arranged the 

 species to conform to the more recent discoveries of our 

 botanists. 



As regards the culture of the Strawberry I find little 

 to change and less to add. In writing the STRAWBERRY 

 CULTURIST (my first attempt at book making) I aimed 

 to give the public the result of my practical experience 

 in plain words. I have since that time experimented 

 largely, but have learned nothing that induces me to 

 change materially the directions therein given. 



This little treatise has been re-written to supply a 

 want of the present generation, and, with the hope that 

 jt will serve as did its predecessor to stimulate its readers 

 in renewed efforts to produce the best of Berries and in 

 the greatest abundance, I send it forth on its humble 

 mission. 



ANDREW S. FULLER. 



KIDGEWOOD, N. J., Jan., 1887. 



