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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ May, 
SHARPLESS’ SEEDLING STRAWBERRY. 
« HIS variety bears a very high character 
in America, and indeed, has been there 
called the Prince of Strawberries. Mr. 
W. 0. Barry, of Rochester, U.S., states, that of 
the large number of kinds which he has person¬ 
ally examined and tested, the Sharpless claims 
the first place. This opinion of its value was 
first formed in 1877, Mr. Sharpless having 
sent to Mr. Barry’s private garden a few plants 
for trial; and at the annual meeting of the 
Western New York Horticultural Society, the 
president referred to it as a very promising 
