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large, very rich red, and of good flavor. The 

 Mark Hanna is a new sort, the crowning work of 

 that veteran horticulturist, M. T. Thompson, of 

 Rio Vista, Va. It is said to be extremely large, 

 rich in flavor, and very beautiful. It is a good 

 shipper, and promises to be every way democratic 

 in adapting itself to soils. 



Rough Rider succeeds admirably as a very late 

 berry on some soils. It is a strong-growing plant, 

 and very productive of a high-colored fruit. Oom 

 Paul is reported as doing finely. The plants are 

 vigorous and the berry among the largest. How- 

 ever, all these varieties, grand as they are, cannot 

 displace the old Bubach — a variety that can be 

 depended upon, almost everywhere, to give us 

 splendid crops of the largest-sized berries, with 

 only reasonable culture. The plant is very large, 

 sending out just enough runners, and always 

 healthy. 



I have named enough of the old and new vari- 

 eties, and have given them a just description, but 

 I have not named two or three sorts which will 

 still require to be mentioned for those who will 

 make strawberry growing for market a specialty. 

 For these Warfield, Bismarck, and Gandy, with 



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