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SMALL FRUIT CULTUKIST. 



Fragaria lucida. — An old California variety, admired 

 for its beautiful foliage. 



Georgia Mammoth. — Small^ but the plants are vigorous 

 and prolific. 



Golden Queen* — Has proved to be TroUope's Victoria^ 

 a foreign variety. 



Hart's Minnesota. — Highly endorsed by Truman M. 

 Smith, President of the Minnesota Horticultural Society. 

 Pruit large, but second-rate in quality. 



Ida. {Coohlin,) — Has been superseded by better sorts. 



Iowa. — Once famous, but probably not now in cultiva- 

 tion. 



Kerr's Prolific. — Has a local reputation, but is not in 



general cultivation. 



Kramer's Seedling. — Originated at Dubuque, Iowa, in 

 1863, and a few years later sent out at eight dollars per 

 hundred ; but it is now almost if not quite extinct. 



Kirkwood. — New, but its value is not yet determined. 



Le Baron. — Once considered valuable, but has been 

 superseded. 



Mammoth Bush. — A pistillate variety, with only a local 

 reputation. 



Meade's Seedling. — A handsome, good-flavored berry, 

 but too small. 



Metcalf 's Early. — Once a popular variety in Michigan, 

 now very generally discarded. 



Monitor. — One of the " Tribune prize varieties ; 

 obsolete. 



Mount Vernon. — Supposed to be identical with Kirk- 

 wood. 



Panic. — New ; promises to be a valuable variety. 



