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Lessons of 1883.
BY O. B. GALUSHA.
Progress in all arts and sciences is the one grand aim of all associations and of all agricultural and horticultural societies and journals; and to study the results of each year's experiences and observations, comparing them with those of previous years, and also with the ideal of perfection which each laborer in these several departments of industry has pictured in his own mind, is the best preparation for achieving desired results in the future.
In the present paper we will take a brief retrospect of the fruit crops of 1883, and inquire into the causes of successes and failures.
STRAWBERRIES.
We begin with the strawberry, which, though small and unpretentious, has been from year to year rising in importance until it has become second only to the apple in the estimation of a majority of consumers.