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BIGGIE BERRY BOOK. 



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This gentleman is well known as an apiarian, editor of 

 " Gleanings in Bee Culture," small fruit grower, and writer and 

 publisher of several iuteresiing and valuable books. Among 

 A. I. ROOT them is an excellent book on Strawberry Culture, 

 by T. B. Terry, and one on Tile Drainage, by W. I. Chamberlain. 

 Besides being a practical man, he is overflowing with enterprise 

 and zeal in whatever good work he engages in. He was born 

 fifty-four years ago near Medina, Ohio, where he now lives. 

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This is one of the sons of J. M. Smith, 

 and inherits his father's business ability, 

 HORACE J. SMITH earnestness, honesty, 

 geniality, and other manly qualities. He 

 furnished me some practical notes in berry 

 culture for this book, which I am sorry 

 ; did not reach me earlier. 



| This gentleman was born at Yellow 

 Springs, O., in 1860. He is a self-taught 

 HORACE j. SMITH printer, and has some experience as editor, 

 but took up fruit growing at Vineland, N. J., afterwards moving 

 EDW. W. CONE to Menomonee, Wis., eight years ago, making 

 fancy fruit a specialty, devoting considerable attention to seed- 

 ling strawberries. He contributes freely and wisely to these 

 pages. Page 41. 



This individual is the discoverer of 

 the Greenville strawberry, an honorable 

 E. M. BUECHLY^ distinction that any 

 one may well take satisfaction in. He 

 was born in Ohio, in 1857, near the town 

 of Greenville, where he now dwells. 



This is one of the veterans. He began ; 

 life in Wayne County, N. Y., in 1835, and || 

 strawberry growing twelve years later, ;: 

 and has been at it ever since, and expects 

 A. M. PURDY to continue in the busi- E - M - BUECHLY 

 ness until he quits work here below. Mr Purdy has been editor 

 and nurseryman as well as fruit grower. He has now (1894) 112 

 acres of land near Palmyra, N. Y.. devoted to fruit growing and 

 trucking. He contributes to this work. Page 87. 



