Referring to this important consideration, in an address at New Orleans, Mr. McKay observed that while it is true that berries grown on a sandy loam are often as large and apparently as firm and well colored as on a clay loam, it is equally true that they are deficient in that solidity, strength of color and general make up that the same varieties possess grown on the clay loam. All the facts, so far as we have been able to gather them, point to the general conclusion that, all other things being equal, the strength, beauty and perfection of the berry is diminished in proportion as free sand exists in the soil; not that any of our good land is without sand, but we use the term free sand where it readily separates and can be seen in the branches and little gullies.