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could not possibly be impregnated with any other variety, 

 with the same results an abundant crop. 



He thinks that this fact, to a great extent, upsets the 

 very prevalent notion that perfect stamens and pistils on 

 the same plant are necessary to produce a crop of fruit. 

 Without having personally giA^en the matter much atten- 

 tion, I have long believed, from general observation, that 

 there was more importance given to the necessity for 

 "perfect flowers," as they are called, in strawberries 

 than results warranted. 



Fig. 104. JERSEY QUEEN STRAWBERRY. 



Jersey Queen, (See figure 104.) This variety was sold 

 for the first time in the fall of 1881, and is, perhaps, one 

 of the very best late Strawberries thus far introduced. 

 The size is immense, often measuring six inches in cir- 

 cumference. Shape, roundish conical ; color, a beautiful 

 scarlet crimson ; perfectly solid, and of excellent flavor. 

 It is an enormous bearer, many plants averaging a quart 

 of first quality fruit. It is one of the latest Strawberries, 



