great deal of force — " The unfortunate people who buy their fruit 

 do not know what a strawberry is." 



To teach as many as possible who own a little land what a 

 " Charles Downing," a " Triomphe de Gand," or some other lus- 

 cious strawben-y is, directly from thek own vines, is one of the 

 objects of this manual. 



At the same time I have some hope that the following pages 

 may contain suggestions of value to those who, like m3'self, are 

 engaged in raising small fruits upon a large scale. I have care- 

 fully consulted the best authorities. I have closely questioned 

 successful and practical growers, and have had some experi- 

 ence myself, reaching through a number of years and a fair 

 degree of success, as the following testimonials may prove : 



Stkawberries — What Dowjstikg Says. — There is probably no higher 

 authority upon fruit than Charles Downing, Esq., and having seen the 

 nine varieties exhibited by Rev. E. P. Eoe, at D. Smith's bookstore, said 

 that he had never seen as fine a collection, take them altogether, though 

 he had seen as fine specimens of single varieties. They are the Monarch 

 of the West, Champion, Triomphe de Grand, Jucunda, Seth Boyden, 

 President Wilder, Late Prolific, Charles Downing, and Lenig's White. — 

 Neioburgli Daily Journal. 



We have seen and tasted some of the finest strawberries from the pro- 

 lific gardens of Eev. E. P. Roe, Cornwall : in size enormous, in quality 

 admirable, and in abundance of yield extraordinary. The culture of this 

 fruit is so easy and the result so great, we wonder that every family in the 

 country does not have its strawberry bed. [The fruit was shown to Dr. 

 S. I. Prime.] — Neio YorJc Observer. 



Delicious Strawberries. — The Rev. E. P. Roe, well known as the 

 author of several popular works, called our attention to some strawberries 

 of his own raising which surpass, in the combined qualities of size and 

 sweetness, any it has been our good fortune to test. The " Monarch of 

 the West " was the name of the variety. The vines are very prolific of 

 fruit, the berries Jianging in thick clusters of every shade of maturity, and 

 promising to last till late in the season. Even those which were not quite 

 ripe were sweeter and higher flavored than we have been accustomed to 

 find the ripe specimens of other varieties which attain the same size. — New 

 York Bveiiing Post. 



