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other classes of plants, perfect (or staminate, those which 

 have stamens as well as pistils, and can make fruit without 

 help) and imperfect (or pistillate, those which have pistils ^ 

 but no stamens, and therefore need staminate plants near by 

 to help them make fruit). The imperfect yield some of the 

 finest berries. It is not possible to recommend any of these 



varieties by name, since 

 old ones die out and 

 new ones are bred every 

 little while. Again, 

 different ones do better 

 in different districts ; 

 and, finally, the kind of 

 soil is important. In 

 choosing varie- 

 ties you should 

 therefore consult 

 some gardening 

 neighbor, or the 

 nearest dealer in 

 plants, who will 

 consider both 

 your soil and 

 your district. 



There is still another kind of strawberry, which has recently 

 had success — • the kind that bears all summer. There are 

 two or three varieties. The early blossoms should be picked 

 off, and the plant kept from blooming until the ordinary 

 strawberry season is past. Then the fruit, coming late, is 

 much appreciated. But these kinds cannot yet be said to 

 bear fruit as good as the common strawberry. 



The other plants of which I shall speak do not yield as 

 quickly as the strawberry. Often they do not bear a good 



Fig. 125. — A cluster of black raspberries, or 

 caps." 



' black- 



