nicht] STRAWBERRIES AND THEIR KIN 
the Clarke and Turner, kept in hills, will delight 
the owner. The Loudon is a recent candidate for 
favor, and is a splendid berry for home use. It 
gives enormous crops, and the berry is of rich qual- 
ity, but if you are growing for market you will find 
the Loudon will hardly keep over night. The 
canes are not so tall as the Cuthbert, but they are 
frost-proof. The Marlboro is a very early sort, of 
a bright red color, and high flavored. It is all 
right for a small garden. A new variety just placed 
on the market, called the King, is said to be a very 
strong grower, very hardy and productive, while 
the berry is a good shipper and the color bright 
red. Most of our very early berries have proved 
to be rather weak in the cane. Haymaker is an- 
other recently introduced berry, which will prob- 
ably be very valuable for home use. It is soft but 
of high quality, and an enormous producer. 
My conviction is that those who make homes in 
the country should always be experimenting in the 
way of growing seedlings, and that with no plant 
are we more sure of fair, if not excellent, results, 
than the raspberry. I have been able to originate 
a large number of really good varieties of red and 
yellow sorts, which add a good deal to my pleasure 
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