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ble extent ; but have raised a few for my own use. It has a high 

 reputation ; and I notice in the Fruit JRecorder that is is recom- 

 mended high]}' for amateurs and for professional cultivators if 

 they give it good cultivation. It requires high cultivation, I be- 

 lieve, to get the best crops. Some of my acquaintances have 

 raised it and like it much indeed. 



Mr. McLaughlin. I have seen the Jucunda undertaken for 

 market and given up as worthless. 



Mr. A. S. feAWYER of Cape Elizabeth. So far as the cultivation 

 of the Jucunda is concerned, I have had a good deal of experience, 

 and finally abandoned it. It does well if you have time to wait 

 for the second year, but the first year it is not worth growing as a 

 crop for market. We have gone back to the Wilson's Albany. I 

 am now speaking of it as a crop for profit. For my own table I 

 should grow a few of the Jucunda, and perhaps a few of some 

 other variety, say Ilovey's Seedling. 



Mr. T. C. IIersey of Portland. Yours is a light soil. It would 

 do better on a mellow soil. 



Mr. A. S. Sawyer. Yes, mine is a light, sandy loam. 



The President. I would like to know if all cultivators for profit 

 do not fall back on the Wilson's Albany ? 



Mr. A. S. Sawyer. I think so. 



Mr. McLaughlin. I shouldn't try anything else. 



Mr. Hersey. Although it may be the most profitable for market 

 and best adapted to bear transportation, I do not consider that it 

 is a decent strawberry. 



Mr. McLaughlin. As it is usually put into market, picked 

 green, it is about as poor as anything that can be eaten. But if 

 you raise them for yourself, and let them remain on the vines until 

 they ripen, they are good eating. Strawberry culture in Maine is 

 on a limited scale as yet, and there is little or no difierence in the 

 price of the different varieties. In the New York market the pur- 

 chasers knovir the difference between kinds, and there you find cor- 

 responding differences in the prices. 



Mr. Fernald. As near as I can learn by observation and expe- 

 rience, the main virtue of Wilson's Albany is its iron-clad qualities. 

 It is adapted to all varieties of climate and soil, and will stand 

 extremes of heat and cold ; but the general impression is, that for 

 quality it is inferior to other kinds. 



Mr. Smith. Mr. McLaughlin has given my idea of its quality. 

 It is a fruit that is red when it is green. If it is carried into mar- 



