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White-Bush Alpine. In every respect the same 

 as last except the fruit is pure white. 



Red- Monthly Alpine. Fruit very similar but 

 usually a little larger than that of the Bush- Alpines, but 

 plants produce runners freely, and the new plants on the 

 runners bloom and bear fruit the first season,, thereby 

 keeping up a succession of berries from June to the close 

 of the season. 



White-Monthly Alpine. This is a variety of the 

 last, but with pure white fruit. The Monthly Alpines 

 with runners are elegant conservatory plants, or they 

 may be used for trailing over wire screens and for hang- 

 ing baskets in window gardening. 



PROFITS OF STRAWBERRY CULTURE. 



Persons who have had no experience in raising Straw- 

 berries, but are considering the subject of cultivating 

 them for market, are usually very desirous of ascertain- 

 ing in advance what the prospects are for deriving a 

 profit on their proposed investment. Unfortunately, 

 however, for the would-be investor in such an enter- 

 prise, results depend greatly upon circumstances, such 

 as available markets within a reasonable distance ; plenty 

 of labor at a moderate price and at a season when need- 

 ed most ; cheap lands and fertilizers, and last, but not 

 least, favorable seasons. If a^man must depend upon 

 hired labor to gather his fruit he is never certain, in 

 these days of " Strikes, 5 '' what it is going to cost him to 

 gather and prepare it for market. The most clear profit 

 made in the cultivation of the Strawberry for market is 

 by the small farmers and gardeners in the suburbs or 

 within a moderate distance of our large cities, who have 



