secretary's budget. 395- 



J. T. Lovett, nurseryman of New Jersey, who has thoroughly 

 tested all or nearly all the new sorts, makes the following selections : 

 Strawberries, named in the order of ripening, early, medium and late, 

 for market, on heavy soils — Warren, Sharpless, Manchester. On light 

 soils — Crescent, Wilson, Manchester. For home garden, on heavy 

 soils — Bidwell, Sharpless, Manchester. On light soils — Cumberland, 

 Miner's Prolific, Manchester. For the six most valuable sorts for mar- 

 ket, on heavy soil, add to the three above named, Duchess, Champion 

 and Glendale. For light soils for market, add Cumberland, Capt. Jack 

 and Kentucky. For home garden and heavy soils, add Warren, Mi- 

 ner's Prolific and Golden Defiance ; and for light soil, add Gipsy and 

 Mount Vernon. 



Mr. Lovett gives the following list of select raspberries: Red 

 sorts, the order of ripening, Hansell, Reliance, Cuthbert, for home gar- 

 den ; and Brandywine instead of Reliance for market. Black varie- 

 ties : Souhegan, Hopkins, Gregg; with the only variation, for dry- 

 ing, of Ohio instead of Hopkins. 



Franklin Davis, who was for many years an extensive fruit-grower 

 in Southern Virginia, makes the following selection : The best three 

 strawberries for market, Wilson, sharpless, Cumberland, for both mar- 

 ket and home use ; and for the best six he adds, Charles Downing, 

 Crescent and Trioraphe de Gand. The best three raspberries, Cuth- 

 bert, Brandywine, Gregg; and for the best five he adds, Reliance and 

 Turner. 



Matthew Crawford, the widely known strawberry raiser of Ohio, 

 names as the best three strawberries,^ Cumberland, Harts' Minnesota 

 and Mount Vernon. For market, add Glendale, Capt. Jack and' Wind- 

 sor Chief, as being very productive, although not very good. Among 

 raspberries, the Shaffer siands at the head for size and productiveness. 

 Before this sort came out, the New Rochelle was. the most productive. 

 The Herstine, the best red, not being quite hardy, the Delaware is 

 chosen for its hardiness, good size and fair quality. 



J. H. Hale, of Connecticut, who has tested more than a hundred 

 varieties of the strawberry, would plant more of the Manchester than 

 any other sort, on light, medium, or heavy soil. But being pistillate, 

 he would take Miner's Prolific to fertilize it, and as the next in value; 

 adding Windsor Chief for the third. For six, he would add Mount 

 Vernon, Crescent and Kentucky, in the order named. For family use, 

 he would plant Miner's Prolific as the best, and add Manchester and 

 Mount Vernon ; and for the six, add Crystal City, Sharpless and Ken- 

 tucky. 



The reader will observe on looking over these selected lists, that 



