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S^ra nsatiioiTS 0f ihz Chttiunati |] orlitullural ^ocielg. 



Memorial of Nicholas Longioorth, Eiiq., and Dr. J. A. Warder s 

 Report on " Prince's Strawberry Catalogue.'' 



The following interesting and important " transactions " are talren from 

 the original papers on file with the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, 

 pursuant to the order of the Society, made on motion of Mr. Ernst, 

 *• that the s;ime be published in the Cincinnatus.'* 



MR. LONGWORTH'S MEMORIAL. 



Cincinnati Horticultural Society : — I send you a late pamphlet of 

 Mr. Prince, that excites surprise. He advertises for sale a great variety 

 of Strawberry plants. I am aware that horticulturists charge an extra 

 price for new varieties. Our seedlings are also new varieties, and we 

 paid to Mr. McAvoy a premium of $100, deeming his Superior of more 

 value than any pistillate plant in cultivation. We deemed the Prolific 

 superior to any American or foreign hermaphrodite, and Hovey's pis- 

 tillate seedling then of more value than any other. j\Ir. Prince has for 

 sale a large number of his own seedlings. He has ten pistillates, for 

 which he asks four times, and six, for which he asks three times the 

 price that he asks for McAvoy's Superior. He has for sale six hermaph- 

 rodites, for which he asks three times, and ten for which he asks double 

 the price of our Prolific. Mr. Prince is one of our most experienced 

 horticulturists — has paid great attention to the cultivation of the Straw- 

 berry — and if our new seedlings are not greatly underrated, his are of 

 inestimable value. If you oflPer a premium of $5(3, for two new pistil- 

 lates, superior to McAvoy's Superior, and $50, for two new hermaphro- 

 dites, superior to the Prolific, and you award them to Mr. Prince, or any 

 other competitor, I will, myself, pay the premiums with pleasure. I had 

 supposed our new seedling, the Extra Eed, from its large, uniform size, 

 great beauty of color, and very large crop, to be of very great value as a 

 market fruit, and of fair, though not superior quality. Mr. Prince 

 denounces it as " vile trash, and the sourest and most icorthlpss of all 

 other varieties ;" placing it thus far below all his other seventy rejected 

 varieties. Is this true ? If true, we have everything to learn, and I 

 trust you will speedily investigate the subject. 



Again — He says, " pistillates may be allowed to run together in a 

 mass, and will still bear profusely, where male blossoms are near." 

 Advise us on this subject. If true, our market gardeners, who now 



