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Rev. E. P. Roe, of Cornwall-oii-the-Hudson, has exhibited specimens 

 of the "Monarch of the West" strawberries, which he has raised upon his 

 place from vines less than a year old. They are fully an incli in diameter, 

 of a fine red color, very fragrant in smell, and very delicious to the taste. 

 Mr. Roe states that they are the most readily cultivated of any variety 

 which he lias ever raised, and they can be raised wherever a weed will grow. 

 Charles Downing, who visited his phice on Saturday, June lOtli, pronounces 

 the '*]\Ionarch of the West" the finest of about twenty varieties inspected, 

 not excepting that which goes by his name ; though Mr. Roe himself thinks 

 the '"'Charles Downing" variety the superior of the two. — New York 

 Tribune. 



Giants in These Days. — Mr. E. P. Roe, whose " Play and Profit Id 

 my Garden " our readers will remember, sent us hist week some tangible 

 evidences that he had not exaggerated its profits, however much he may 

 have depreciated his own labors. Half a dozen baskets of strawberries 

 were placed on our table, with scarcely a single fruit which one would care 

 to take in a single mouthful. One, a "Monarch of the West," measured 

 seven inches in circurnference. The Havor of some of the varieties was as 

 noteworthy as the size. The " Monarch " is sweet as well as large, though 

 our favorite is a medium sized berry, tlie " Cluirles Downing." Mr. Roe 

 luis moved his garden from Highland Falls to Cornwall, and increased it 

 fropi three to twenty- three acres. He has acres in strawberries alone and 

 sends his plants as far West as the Pacific Coast. — Illustralcd Christian 

 Weekly, written hy the editor, Rev. Lyman, Ahhott. 



I have tried to make the chapter on the marketing of small 

 fruits of special and practical value, having spent considerable 

 time among the leading commission men in New York, and the 

 retail dealers on Broadway and the avenues, endeavoring to learn 

 from them the best and most profitable methods of shipping fruit. 

 I have taken especial pains to get the views of the retail dealers 

 as they come directly in contact with the consumers and there- 

 fore know which packages sell the best and best preserve the 

 fruit.- They also know what varieties of fruit give the most 

 satisfaction. There are so many patented baskets, cups, bowls 

 and boxes pressed upon the public that one is bewildered in his 

 choice. The question can best be decided not by the enthusias- 

 tic puffs of the patentees, but by the verdict of the market. If 



