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* large, very rich red, and of good flavor. The 
Mark Hanna is a new sort, the crowning work of 
that veteran horticulturist, M. T. Thompson, of 
Rio Vista, Va. It is said to be extremely large, 
rich in flavor, and very beautiful. It is a good 
shipper, and promises to be every way democratic 
in adapting itself to soils. 
Rough Rider succeeds admirably as a very late 
berry on some soils. It is a strong-growing plant, 
and very productive of a high-colored fruit. Oom 
Paul is reported as doing finely. The plants are 
vigorous and the berry among the largest. How- 
ever, all these varieties, grand as they are, cannot 
displace the old Bubach—a variety that can be 
depended upon, almost everywhere, to give us 
splendid crops of the largest-sized berries, with 
only reasonable culture. The plant is very large, 
sending out just enough runners, and always 
healthy. 
I have named enough of the old and new vari- 
eties, and have given them a just description, but 
I have not named two or three sorts which will 
still require to be mentioned for those who will 
make strawberry growing for market a specialty. 
For these Warfield, Bismarck, and Gandy, with 
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