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 of a prominent nurseryman, who is known to be a reliable 

 man and who stands A-ery high in the horticultural world, 

 that has sold a large quantity of " Wilson's Albany " in 

 with his stock. These plants w^ere obtained from two or 

 three parties whom he believed to be and are honest men. 

 We have seen these plants in fruit that were from the same 

 beds, and found fully two-thirds of them spurious, worthless 

 sorts. Now these men had bought them from another par- 

 ty in good faith /o,* Wif son's, and not being judges of that 

 variety, sold the fruit and plants for such. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Firsit of the Small Fruit, in the month of June, comes 

 Hie beautilul, wholesome and appetizing Strawberry. The 

 protits which may result from its cultivation, when proper- 

 ly conducted, are enough to satisfy the highest expectations. 

 On a sandy gravelly loam, the well-known author of the 

 "Fruit Garden," Mr. P. Barry, of Rochester, planted Wilson's 

 Albany, and picked at the rate of almost 300 bushels per 

 acre, averaging about ouo thousand dollars. This is enor- 

 mous, but shows what can be done undtir favorable cir- 

 (;umstances. Mr. Adam Waters, of Quebec, paid in 1880, 

 $750 for strawberries grown on one single acre. 



CoLONKTi TvfioDKS, Quebec, writes, 1st .January, 1877 : — 

 " 1 have been cultivating the strawi)erry for some years, 

 s..lling on an avvnage about live thousand quarts per an- 

 num, which lU'ts us over twenty cents a quart. Wegener- 

 ully sell i\t 'lr\ cents the quart, on account of the Quebec 

 market being overstocked early in the season with the 

 refuse iVuit Irom Rochester, and the local wild fruit." 



HAVE STRAWBERRIES CEASED TO BE PROFITABLE ? 

 A. M. PURDY ANSWERS : 



We havo read many articles, and had the question often 

 asked us, "Have strawberries ceased to be proKtable ? 

 Will they pay at eight cents per quart Y To the first, we 

 answer most emphatically, no ; to the last, yes. In taking 

 this position, we do not wish to be understood as writing 



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