secretary's budget. 393 



Virginia's fair daughters and settled down near by, and remembering 

 his old favorite of war times, he sought out the plant, removed it to 

 his garden and gave it careful cultivation. Here it was seen by a son 

 of one of our neighbors. This young man's father saw the fruit in 

 1876, while on his way to Philadelphia, and upon his return to Ohio, 

 he told such sfories of the size, quality and fruitfulness of the plants 

 that we induced the old gantleman, whose name was Williams, to have 

 the plants removed to Ohio. 



The plant is a trailer and can be easily and cheaply protected, 

 where necessary, though ours stood the intense cold of last winter 

 without any artificial protection whatever. It propagates from tips, 

 ripens usually about the middle of July. In quality it is sweet with- 

 out core. The color is a very bright, shining black. 



N. H. Albaugh & Sons. 



Covington, Miami Co., O. 



MISSOURI strawberry VARIETIES. 



At a recent meeting of the Lafayette Co., Mo., Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, Mr. Maitland stated that the favorable season has caused a growth 

 of strong and numerous fruit crowns, which promise a fine crop in 

 1886. His choice of varieties is: Chas. Downing, Crescent, Triumph, 

 Sharpless, Ironclad, Windsor Chief, Piper Seedling, James Vick, Park 

 Beauty, Daniel Boone, Manchester, Vineland, Mt. Vernon and Jumbo, 

 the last three for very late sorts. 



Mr. Chas. Teubner gave as his choice Triumph, Crescent, Chas. Down- 

 ing, Captain Jack, James Vick, Hart's Minnesota, Jersey Queen and 

 Kentucky. He said that Triumph was fiue for home use, berries of 

 good quality aad uniformly large, and it did well on only moderately 

 good soil. 



BEST STRAWBERRIES AND RASPBERRIES. 



We made the inquiry recently of several of our best and most 

 eminent fruit growers, for their selection of three and of six of the 

 most valuable strawberries and raspberries, and received the follow- 

 ing answers!: 



From T. T. Lyon, President of the Michigan Horticultural Society : 

 Strawberries — For market and matted row culture, Crescent, Miner's 

 Prolific and Champion. He would, perhaps, add Wilson as a fertil- 

 izer. For cultivation in hills, or very narrow rows — Sharpless, Bid- 

 well, Arnold's Pride. For six — add to the foregoing, Duchess, (for 

 ver3'^ early), Piper and Wilson, for the former list ; and Alpha, Maggie 



