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crop ; and the few straggling berries it produces are poor, small, slender, 

 and insignificant in appearance. But when I think of its vapid, weak, vine- 

 gar-and-water flavor, my only regret is that it bears at all ; and if the letter 

 N could be placed before the names of this whole class of " ever-bearing " 

 trash, and represent their permanent character, the fruit-growing commu- 

 nity would, in my opinion, suffer no loss. 



This imposition of old and especially worthless varieties of fruits upon 

 the public by new names and extravagant misrepresentations, whether by 

 ignorance or design, should be promptly met and exposed, and, so far as 

 possible, the public protected from spending money for novelties that are 

 worse than worthless. 



BRESEE'S NO. 5 POTATO. 



We give this month an illustration of another of the extraordinary series 



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of potatoes produced by Mr. Bresee. The cut shows the size and shape 

 to be excellent ; and though in one test its quality was not marked so high 



