. Biggle berry book; a condensed treatise on the culture of berries. Berries. io6 BERRY BOOK. Here is another youngster who yet is quite a veteran in experi- ence with berries, and has wen marked success as a small fruit A. G. Sharp farmer. From less than loo acres of hilly, New England farm land he has sold in one year $3, of produce, of which nearly all came from berries. His experience notes will be found in this book. Page 41. This venerable personage died at Cam- bridge, Mass., in September, 1887. He was a pioneer in horticulture and a leader all his life, compatriot with A.
. Biggle berry book; a condensed treatise on the culture of berries. Berries. io6 BERRY BOOK. Here is another youngster who yet is quite a veteran in experi- ence with berries, and has wen marked success as a small fruit A. G. Sharp farmer. From less than loo acres of hilly, New England farm land he has sold in one year $3, of produce, of which nearly all came from berries. His experience notes will be found in this book. Page 41. This venerable personage died at Cam- bridge, Mass., in September, 1887. He was a pioneer in horticulture and a leader all his life, compatriot with A. J. Downing, Charles Downing, Dr. John A. Warder and Charles M. Hovey Marshall He is given place in this work, especially, because he originated the famous Hovey seedling strawberry, which, at the time, and for many years after, was deemed a great acquisition to the berry CHARLES M HOVEY I was very desirous of securing the portrait of this distin- guished Canadian gentleman for my book, and did so with much coaxing. Mr. lyittle was born in Ireland in 1815, emigrated to Ontario, Canada, in 1843, so he may be called one of the veterans. John Little He possesses an ardent love for plants and trees, and has devoted many years to the production of seedling strawberries, several of which have proven valuable, among others Saunders, Crawford and Woolverton. I know of no person noted in any department of horticulture who enjoys greater esteem than this modest Christian gentleman, who is now in his eighty-first year. Page 78. I have here an indefatigable small fruit grower who has made the strawberry a specialty, and has had I'emarkable suc- cess in growing fine fruit for market. His Edward T. Ingram name has lately come into prominence as the originator of the new " Brandy wine," which promises to be a very valuable late market variety Mr. Ingram is a Chester County, Pa , farmer, which in itself is no mean recom- Please note that these images are
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