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DESCRIPTIVE NOTES OP NEW STRAWBERRIES. 



come long drouths, excessive heat, potato 

 rot, and many other ills. 



Now I want you, Mr. Editor, to call upon 

 some of your correspondents, of lynx-eyed 

 sagacity, — ^Prof. Turner, Dr. Beecher, Mr. 

 Longworth, or Dr. Valk, (or do it yourself,) 

 to give us their views upon this matter. 

 It is a subject of interest and importance, 

 and we want more light upon it, and must 

 have it. If railroads do such mischievous 

 things, then the fewer we have the better. 



[Our new correspondent's spirits are, evi- 

 dently, affected by the long drouth ; and we 

 congratulate him on the copious rains which 

 have fallen since the receipt of his letter. 

 We should be half inclined to agree with 

 him about the effects of the railroads and 

 telegraph wires, except that England is a 

 cobweb of such conductors, and nevertheless 

 has, We understand, had a wet season. Ed.] 

 A New Correspondent. 



i>— ~, Massachusetts, Aug. 14, 1849. 



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DESCRIPTIVE NOTES OF NEW STRAWBERRIES, 

 BY MARSHALL P. WILDER, BOSTON. 



Dear Sir — I have read, with pleasure, the 

 various articles in the Horticulturist, and 

 other periodicals, which have of late ap- 

 peared on the "vexed strawberry ques- 

 tion." Although I have nothing of special 

 interest to communicate, I herewith add 

 some notes from my memoranda, which I 

 hope may be of service to those desirous of 

 proving new varieties. I have tested some 

 thirty sorts this year, either partially or 

 fully. Many of these were highly lauded, 

 and sold at exorbitant prices ; but very few 

 of them are worthy of extension. 



Mvatt's Eleonora.— Flowers, stami- 

 nate; fruit, extra large ; form, conical, long, 

 flattened ; colour, bright scarlet ; flavor, 

 juicy and good. Medium bearer,— setting 

 about one-fourth of its blossoms. 



Myatt's Prolific. — Staminate, large, 

 resembling Eleonora, but more pointed ; 

 colour, light glossy scarlet ; flavor, sweet 

 and rich. Not " prolific." 



Hooper's Seedling. — Staminate, medi- 

 um size ; form, conical, occasionally cox- 

 comb shape ; very deep crimson ; surface, 

 highly glazed ; flavor, rich, sweetish. 



La Lageoise. — Flowers, staminate, very 

 large, and highly ornamental; fruit of mo- 

 derate quality. Very unproductive. 



Myatt's Mammoth. — Staminate, with 

 ample cone of pistils ; form, irregular ob- 

 long, flattened ; colour, very dark, al- 

 most black; flavor, juicy and rich; size, 

 large. Sets about 40 per cent, of the blos- 

 soms. 



Aberdeen Beehive. — 'Staminate, below 

 medium size. A good bearer for one of 

 this class, but too acid, except when dead 

 ripe. This variety forces well, as will most 

 of the staminates, where light and heat 

 are at command. Except for this purpose, 

 it is no acquisition, whatever may have 

 been its character with the vender. 



Richardson's Early. — Pistillate; size, 

 medium ; colour, very dark crimson ; fla- 

 vor, pleasant sub-acid, good. Eipens with 

 the Early Virginia, and produces well, — 

 the best early pistillate, and makes a good 

 mate for this sort. 



Richardson's Late. — Staminate; the 

 pistillate parts being well developed. Fruit, 

 large, roundish, with short neck; colour, 



