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STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCfEIY. 
plowed is of too great a width. Cultivation in hills we do not 
recoramend except for amateurs and fancy men. 
Transplanting is often a source of loss and vexation, especi¬ 
ally as done by most hired help, who scoop out a little dirt 
and double in the roots, leaving a portion on top of the 
ground. Putting a spade in the full depth of the blade, 
pressing it sidewise, and then seeing that the long fibrous roots 
go into the soil in something like a natural position, will give 
better returns than the careless mode usually adopted. Always 
remember that one dozen plants transplanted with a little 
earth attached to the roots, is better than a hundred from 
a distance without any soil. Therefore, set out a new bed 
every year, so as to keep the plants on hand. • And do not 
wait to get the ground in just the right condition until it is too 
late, but keep planting. The strawberry ought to be furnished 
in our market at ten cents per quart. 
What to plant is a matter of taste, no doubt, but this 
enlightened body of practical horticulturists, will make out a 
list for general cultivation^ which will not need correction until 
’the next annual meeting. 
As yet we have found but one variety worthy of extensive 
and general cultivation. For 'profit^ quality and flavor, we 
recommend the Wilson. It is just tart enough when the sugar 
and cream are added. We never knew a man, woman or child 
that refused a well ripened dish of the Wilson, Again we say, 
plant the W^ilson for the million and for the million bushels. 
There are many varieties worthy of extensive trial; many 
that succeed in certain localities; and we hope the time is not 
far distant when even the Wilson will be excelled. Let all 
try for this by producing and proving new seedlings. 
Teach your children to plant; give them a bed—net in 
fence corners among weeds, but where they may be en¬ 
couraged to succeed. Always remembering that clean culti¬ 
vation Is necessarv to success. 
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At the .close of this paper the subject of strawberries was 
taken up, and Mr. Stickney said that the Green Prolific was, 
