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flavor it is the best for cooking, as in tarts, pies, puddings, 

 etc. It is much improved by pruning and cultivation; 

 should be set at wider distances than the other varieties, 

 as it grows more rampant. The Ohio Ever-bearing is a 

 variety of this, but bears through the season. 



American White. — Similar to the preceding in all re- 

 spects, except the color of the fruit and canes, which are 

 both of a pale yellow and covered with a white bloom. 

 The White is a little sweeter than the Black, and ripens 

 some ten days earlier. Both varieties are propagated by 

 the tips of the canes, which droop upon the ground, and 

 then take root and form new plants or stools ; after these 

 have taken root the old cane dies. 



American Red. — A sort of mongrel between the Ant- 

 werp variety and the American Black. Fruit of medium 

 size, light red ; flavor not so acid as the American Black 

 or White, and more juicy than either of those varieties. 

 A vigorous grower, and succeeds well at the South ; canes 

 of a brownish-red color and with darker spines. 



Fastolf. — One of the most vigorous of the foreign va- 

 rieties, and does very well in Georgia. Fruit very large, 

 roundish, conical, purplish-red ; tender, rich, and high- 

 flavored. Canes strong, erect, branching, with strong 

 spines. The foregoing are all that we can recommend for 

 Southern cultivation from personal experience. The va- 

 riety cultivated in the Northern States is very large ; many 

 of them we have tested here with but poor success. 



STEAWBEHEY ' —{Frogaria.) 



The botanical name of the strawberry is derived from 

 the delightful fragrance of the ripe fruit. Its common 

 name has arisen from the ancient practice of laying straw 

 between the plants, to keep the ground moist and the 



