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SELECTION OF YARIETIES. 



We have dropped tlie arrangement into classes in 

 order.'^ 



The above classification is a distinct one, but we do 

 not think quite correct, neither can we find or make 

 one that is both distinct and correct 



SELECTION OF VARIETIES. 



This is a point of no small difficulty. One person 

 wishes only the finest flavored varieties for his own 

 table, of which Burr's New Pine and Swainstone's 

 Seedling are the head ; another wishes all the showy 

 and faucy varieties, such as the Bicton Pine, Black 

 Prince, Alice Maude, &c. ; another, still, cultivates for 

 market, and wants large, bright-colored, solid-fleshed, 

 productive fruit, like McAvoy's Extra Eed, Moya- 

 mensing Pine, and Walker's Seedling, Again, the 

 manner of the cultivation of some persons will con- 

 form to some varieties, and be opposed to others, per- 

 haps superior ; or some soils and climates are naturally 

 adapted to some varieties, and unadapted to others, so 

 that the custom we have adopted in years past, we 

 would recommend to those going into the cultivation 

 of the strawberry, viz. : Obtain a plant or two of 

 several of the best varieties named, and cultivate them 

 experimentally for two or three years, and then select 

 the most successful ones and discard the others 



