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sians are said to be as hardy as the Duchesse, and some more so, but 

 that has to be proven yet. None of our own plantings from 1874, 

 of the varieties sent out by Mr. Benrow, at Washington, to us, are 

 alive now, except the "Muscow'' a very nice looking apple, but very 

 poor in quality. 



The appearance of part of the newer sorts, though lacking in the 

 leaf and new wood, is good, and some of them may prove hardy- 

 enough for this far south. We have fruited a dozen or fifteen vari- 

 eties, and the best ones are only tolerably good. " White and Yel- 

 low Transparent" and the ''long field" were passably so, and 

 would have been satisfactory to us if we did not have better varieties 

 that ripen at the same time. Longfield has killed where the Wealthy 

 did, and therefore, cannot put it on with the first named sorts. 



Now I will name some varieties that are satisfactory in the west 

 part of our State. McMahans, White and Yellow Transparent, 

 Orange Winter (more east and south), Wealthy, Utter's Red, Tall- 

 man-Sweet, Fameuse, Fall Orange, Seek-no-further, Willow Twig, 

 Bed A.strachau and Alexander. Along the counties facing Lake 

 Michigan many Eastern sorts are doing well. Golden Russet, Yel- 

 low Bellflower, Plumb's Cider, Pewaukee, Walbridge, Clark's Orange, 

 Haas, and even Ben Davis and Northern Spy, are satisfactorj^ Jona- 

 than, Grimes' Golden, Rome Beauty and other varieties that are top- 

 grafted on hardy stocks that are also satisfactory. If these new Rus- 

 sians prove as hardy as the Duchesse, and some of our western new 

 seedlings and the fruit is not satisfactory, better sorts can be worked 

 on to them by either grafting or budding; they may prove valuable 

 in time. Only the Flemish Beauty and seedlings from it, such as P. 

 No. 3, and a few of the varieties imported by J. L. Budd from Rus- 

 sia, seem to stand well here, but nearer the lake, dozens of Eastern 

 varieties are satisfactorly grown as well as European plums and 

 prunes. 



STRAWBERRIES AND GRAPES. 

 BY D. J. PIPER, OF FORRESTON. 



STRAWBERRY CULTURE. 



The bright little strawberry so modestly blushing in its lowly 

 bed, the lowliest of all Pomana's sweet gifts to mortals, is still an 

 object of admiration to all lovers of the beautiful in nature, and is a 

 most delicious morsel to the palates of the surfeited epicure and the 

 starving beggar alike. Its presence upon the table is welcomed by 

 all with delight and an appreciation of its important position, as an 

 article of diet, has been for many years and is still increasing. 

 Hence, there has arisen an almost universal desire among the 

 growers of fruit, unprecedented, perhaps, in the history of any other 



