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It may be that many of our readers think all strawberries are " good," 

 but we want them to know also that some strawberries are better than good, 

 and to this end we maintain large trial beds in order that we may report 

 from a personal knowledge of each and every variety. 



Every day during the strawberry season we took special notice how all 

 varieties maintained their former reputation — our former opinion of the 

 following still holds good : — Eureka, Mrs. Cleveland, Jessie, Bubach No. 5, 

 the plants are faultless, berries large and plentiful, and suited to the " taste " 

 of the most fastidious. 



The next in value are Warfield No. 2, Pearl, Haverland, Daisy, Miami. 

 From correspondence of other strawberry growers, the most of these 

 varieties do well over a large area of our country. 



Then there is another class of growers. They are so conservative, they 

 won't plant any variety but those ** scraggy " things, such as Wilson, Cres- 

 cent, Green Prolific and that class of berries worth two or three cents a box. 



In closing this paper I would recommend the readers of the 

 Horticulturist to try some of all the varieties in this paper ; also the 

 Crawford, a seedling of our strawberry friend of that name, it is large and 

 beautiful, and good flavor. There are several seedlings tested here that 

 are worthy of mention, viz., "Saunders," which is being tested in several 

 places ; also " Woolverton," these both are tested in Ohio and Michigan 

 Experiment Station and in other places, and the reports of them are very 

 satisfactory. 



London's Fifteen, Twenty-two, Thirty-three and Sixty are worthy of test- 

 ing, especially his Fifteen, it is so large, of good form and flavor, and superior 

 to many, both in plant and fruit. It is now being offered for the patronage 

 of the — well, persons like the writer — who enjoy testing every variety of the 

 strawberry to see what they amount to in his own locality. 



Some of Townsend's seedlings (not introduced) are very promising here, 

 viz., his No. One, Two, Three, Ten, Nineteen and Twenty. 



If spared, in my next " Report " I will give what are my opinions and that 

 of other prominent strawberry growers of the new varieties planted this 

 season. 



Granton, Ont., July 14, i8go. JOHN LITTLE. 



