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garden culture in this, as in all other fruits, it is unwise to 

 use any but fully tested varieties, five or six of which are 

 sufficient. Here, again, as in almost every other fruit or 

 flower, the advance in excellence compels us to name a 

 different set every few years ; so that, of the kinds ad- 

 vised in the last edition of this book written in 1875, 

 not one can be named in 1887; and it may be that in 

 another decade these too will have been superseded 

 by others more desirable. 



VARIETIES OF THE STRAWBERRY. 



There are hardly two sections of the country, one hun- 

 dred miles apart, where the same varieties of Strawberries 



Fig. 84. THE HENBEKSON STRAWBERRY. 



are grown. We can only offer those grown in the vicinity 

 of New York as our standard. 



The Henderson (figure 84). This new Strawberry 

 originated with Mr. George Seymour, South Norwalk, 



