IO4 Success with Small Fruits. 



worthy of a place in the garden. From a commercial point of view, 

 they have no value. This may settle the question with some, but not 

 a few of us like to plant many things that are never to go to market. 

 In conclusion, if I were asked what is the most beautiful and delicious 

 strawberry in existence, I should name the President Wilder. Perfect 

 in flavor, form and beauty, it seems to unite in one exquisite compound 

 the best qualities of the two great strawberry species of the world, the 

 F. Virginiana and the F. Chilensis. The only fault that I have ever 

 discovered is that, in many localities, it is not productive. No more 

 do diamonds lie around like cobble-stones. It is, however, fairly pro- 

 ductive under good culture and on most soils, and yet it is possible 

 that not one in a hundred of the habitues of Delmonico's has ever 

 tasted it. 



