eight] strawberries AND THEIR KIN 



the Clarke and Turner, kept in hills, will delight 

 the owner. The Loudon is a recent candidate for 

 favor, and is a splendid berry for home use. It 

 gives enormous crops, and the berry is of rich qual- 

 ity, but if you are growing for market you will find 

 the Loudon will hardly keep over night. The 

 canes are not so tall as the Cuthbert, but they are 

 frost-proof. The Marlboro is a very early sort, of 

 a bright red color, and high flavored. It is all 

 right for a small garden. A new variety just placed 

 on the market, called the King, is said to be a very 

 strong grower, very hardy and productive, while 

 the berry is a good shipper and the color bright 

 red. Most of our very early berries have proved 

 to be rather weak in the cane. Haymaker is an- 

 other recently introduced berry, which will prob- 

 ably be very valuable for home use. It is soft but 

 of high quality, and an enormous producer. 



My conviction is that those who make homes in 

 the country should always be experimenting in the 

 way of growing seedlings, and that with no plant 

 are we more sure of fair, if not excellent, results, 

 than the raspberry. I have been able to originate 

 a large number of really good varieties of red and 

 yellow sorts, which add a good deal to my pleasure 



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