STRAWBERRIES IN NEW JERSEY. 



By William Pakry, Cinnaminson, N.J. 



The strawberry season having passed, it may not be out of place to 

 make some note of the kinds that have done best in dififerent localities. 



We have had a good crop here of most of the leading varieties ; and, the 

 weather being favorable, they were gathered and shipped in good order. 



We have heretofore endeavored to get our berries to market as soon as 

 possible, and the earliest varieties were preferred as most profitable ; but 

 now find we must change our course, and select the best varieties ripening 

 at a later date, as we cannot compete with the South in early fruits, with 

 which the markets are well supplied before we commence to send : so that 

 our early strawberries the forepart of June scarcely average ten cents per 

 quart, which, after paying for picking, freight, and commissions, leaves but 

 little for the growers ; while fine late strawberries were sold in Philadelphia 

 market on the 19th of June, in large quantities, at thirty to fifty cents per 

 quart ; some at seventy-five cents, and a few extras at a dollar a quart. 



Wilson's Albany is still largely grown on account of its great produc- 

 tiveness. 



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