Excerpt from J. G. Harrison and Sons Nurseries, 1900 The strawberry being the first fruit to ripen in the spring comes to the table when the appetite is exacting and is a very welcome visitor. It is so beautiful in form, color and fragrance, that it is to the fruits what the rose is to the flow ers - a veritable queen. N 0 fruit can surpass strawberries, fully ripe and freshly picked from the vines. They are so beneficial to health that invalids gain strength from eating them, and they may be eaten at every meal in satisfying quantities and nourish the most delicate stomach. The fruit is so soon produced after planting that it affords pleasant, easy and profitable employment for the poor with but little land, to the old with little strength, and to all who love to till the soil and get near to nature and'to mother earth. The charms of the strawberry do not all end in the eating of it. The strawberry is sure to grow and the various varieties are suited for the various soils. Its culture is simple and fine berries are sure to sell at, paying prices. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.