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able merchaDt to dispose of the fruit, pay liim a fair commission 

 for so doing, and your fruit will always find a ready sale at full 

 market i3rices. 



THE PEOFITS OF STRAWBEKRY GROWING. 



Of course the profits will depend mucli ui^on the seasons. We 

 have never known a complete failure of the strawberry crop in 

 the Gulf St;ites. But we think we are not far out of the way 

 when we give the average net proceeds of an acre of land prop- 

 erly cultivated in strawberries at one hundred dollars. 



VARIETIES. 



There are two hundred approved kinds, more or less ; 

 nearly all have their champions. But all practical fruitgrowers 

 have abou": come to the conclusion that if all were destroyed, 

 except the old-fashioned Wilson's Albany, no one would be the 

 loser. We do not concur in so sweeping a verdict on all new 

 kinds, but for Louisiana a person will not go far out of the way 

 if he adopt the Wilson until he is satisfied that he has something 

 better. 



Longu'orWs Frolific. — It seems like going back a half a century 

 to recommend the Loogworth, but we consider it among the 

 most valuable as a profitable kind for market, hardy, prolific, but 

 not first class for eating — too sour. It succeeds well in the 

 vicinity of ^ew Orleans. 



Imperial. — Were we called on to decide utdou the best berry for 

 the table and especially valuable as a family fruit, we would 

 choose this variety above all. It is too soft for market, however, 

 unless it can be carried by hand ; not very prolific, unless cultur- 

 ed in stools ', stands our climate well and runs tremendously. A 

 frieod obtained over three hundred plants from two the first sea- 

 son ; needs high cultivation and rich soil. 



Charles Downing. — Has many friends, and deservedly so. Plant 

 hardy in Louisiana, lives well through our trying summer, produces 

 a very large fine flavored berry, on foot stalks well off the 

 ground ; fruit most too soft for long transit. It has one serious 

 fault, viz : a disposition to decay on the vines durtug a spell of 

 wet weather. 



Captain JacJc. — Plant hardy and vigorous, but it does not pos- 

 sess enough good qualities to entitle it to precedence over any 

 above mentioned. 



Mary Stuart. — A pistillate variety originating in Louisiana ; 

 must be planted near some staminate plant to produce fruit. 

 Berry excellent quality and flavor in a dry season ; plant hardy, 

 prolific and healthy, like all fine flavored kinds, too soft for a 

 distant market. 



