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surpass ours in these respects, but are -wanting in 

 that aromatic pungency that characterizes most of 

 our berries. 



The Jocunda, Triumph, Victoria, etc., are foreign 

 varieties of the Grandiflora species ; while the Hovey, 

 the Boston Pine, the Downer, etc., are natives of 

 this country. 



The strawberry, in the main, repeats the form of 

 the human heart, and perhaps, of all the small fruits 

 known to man, none other is so deeply and fondly 

 cherished, or hailed with such universal delight, as 

 this lowly but youth-renewing berry. 



