Soil and Situation. 



That success depends very largely upon the character of the 

 soil is a well established fact. Especially must this truth be 

 taken into consideration in our estimates of the different varieties. 

 This truth is most clearly stated by the editor of the American 

 Agriculturist. In August 1875 he writes — "' All talk about 

 strawberries must be with reference to particular soils. As an 

 illustration of this, the He v. E. P. Roe exhibited in 'our office 

 windows several successive lots of the ' Monarch of the West,' 

 which were immense as to size and wonderful as to productive- 

 ness. This same ' Monarch ' behaved in so unkingly a manner on 

 our grounds (very light and sandy in their nature) that he would 

 have been deposed had we not seen Mr. Roe's berries, for it was 

 quite inferior to either ' Charles Downing,' ' Seth Boyd6n,' or 

 ' Kentucky.' " 



In Southern New Jersey I have seen the ' Monarch ' bearing 

 finely in sand. I .have succeeded well with it on both gravelly 

 knolls and moist loam, and last season picked many berries that 

 were five and six inches in circumference. I believe that few 

 varieties are better adapted to all conditions than this berry, and 

 yet the principle holds good that diversity in soil and climate causes 

 great differences in the product of the same kinds. This is true 

 of every fruit, the strawberry varying more than any other. A 

 favorite apple or pear in one locality is almost worthless in another. 

 The true way is to test upon }'our soil the promising kinds and 

 learn which you can grow with the greatest profit. 



There are many places like my own upon which there is a 

 variety of soil. I have sandy loam, stiff, cold clay, gravelly 

 knolls, and black, low alluvial land. Upon such a place one 

 ought to be able to raise all varieties worth cultivation with fair 

 success. 



The soil adapted to the greatest number of kinds is a deep, 

 moist sandy loam, airy and open in its situation. Those who 



