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Strawberries are among the earliest, as well as the most delicious fruits with which we are favored. In the month of June this welcome fruit makes its appearance in the markets, soon after which the Strawberry girls are seen with their large baskets, filled with smaller ones, in which the tempting fruit is placed, carefully covered with fresh green leaves. Four or five of these small baskets are required to make a quart. The early price is twenty-five cents the basket, which is reduced, as they become plenty, to five or six cents. The season of Strawberries, which lasts but three or four weeks, is followed by that of Raspberries, Blackberries and Whortleberries.