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hav€ been sent out under the name of Wild 

 Goose, all differing in size, color, and quality, 

 ^ which are only varieties of the Chickasaw.. The 

 following are improved varieties of the Chick- 

 asaw and will to some extent resist the attack of 

 the curculio : Norman, Mountain Plum, Indian 

 Chief, Miner, and Richland. 



AVithin a few years a large number of new 

 Strawberries have been added to our list of im- 

 proved varielies. Monarch of the West, Cen- 

 tennial, Capt. Jack, Cumberland Triumph, 

 Dumeu), President Lincoln, Durand's Beauty, 

 Great American, Star of the West, Franklin, Ster- 

 ling, Duchess, Pi'outy's Seedling and Crescent 

 Seedling, may be named as promising, if we ex- 

 cept Star of the West, which with me is entirely 

 worthless. It may be said that most of the 

 kinds here named are under trial and it will take 

 time to ascertain their value in ditlerent soils, 

 climate, «fcc. My experience with the Monarch 

 of the West has been very satisfactory ; it has 

 much to recommend it. The plant is very strong ; 

 does equally well in light or heavy soil ; fruit 

 very large and of uniform size ; bright scarlet, 

 fine quality, and i;ommands a high price in 

 market. It is a good bearer, and I think will 

 yield as much profit to the acre as any other va- 

 riety. We may except the Crescent Seedling, if 

 what is said of that variety be true, that it will 

 produce 400 bushels to the acre, which is from 

 two to three times as much as any other kind. 

 I have had but one season's experience with this 

 variety ; it is certainly very promising. Having 

 had some experience with most of the kinds I 

 have named, I shall the coming season extend 

 their cultivation. The kinds planted lastyearfor 

 fruiting the coming season, are mostly Charles 

 Downing and Monarch of the West, of which I 

 have an acre of each ; I have fruited the Charles 

 Downing ten years or more, and it has alwa)'s 

 given satisfaction. I consider it oie of the most 

 valuable varieties known. 



The list of new Raspberries is not as long as 

 that of tiie strawberries ; but it is evident that 

 much progress has been made. In order to get 

 a crop from our best old varieties, the canes 

 must be buried. This involved much labor and 

 expense, and often discouraged the fruit grower 

 from planting largely of one of our finest fruits. 

 We name the following new kinds : New Roch- 

 elle and Caroline, as l)eing ])erfc(!tly hardy, pro- 

 ducing very large crops of fine fruit of the largest 

 size. The New Rochelle originated at New 

 Rochelle, Westchester Co., N. Y. My atten- 



tion was called to this variety about three years 

 ago. The originator claimed tiiat it would pro- 

 duce three times as much as any known variety. 

 This is a seedling of thie Catawissa; fruit of the 

 largest size ; color, a dark red or a little darker 

 then the Philadelphia; very firm, and of the 

 finest flavor; the canes are ver^' strong, some of 

 them more than an inch in diameter. It propa- 

 gates from tips, makes no suckers, and is as hardy 

 as an oak. Carolina : this also originated at New 

 Rochelle, and is said to be a cross betvveen 

 Brinkle's Orange and Catawissa. This is also per- 

 fectly hardy, and a pivdigious bearer; the fruit 

 strongly resembles Brinkle's Orange ; fruit large, 

 bright orange, moderately firm, and in quality as 

 good as Brinkle's Orange. It is a perfect hybrid ; 

 propagates both from tips and suckers, but spar- 

 ingly either way. I have tested both these va- 

 rieties in m}'^ grounds, and endorse all that is 

 claimed for tiiem. 



The Pride of the Hudson is another new 

 hardy variety said to be very promising ; it is to 

 be sent out this Spring, strongly endorsed by 

 some of our most reliable Horticulturists. 



Early Andrews : I have fruited this variety 

 for over fifteen years. It was sent to me by A. 

 G. Coe,of Meriden, Conn. He informed nie that 

 it was found in the garden of a Capt. Andrews, 

 a neighbor of his. With me it has proved nearly 

 hardy; fruit medium size, bright red, fair quality, 

 ripening several days before any other variety. 

 I have sent the Early Andrews to several fruit 

 growers, who inform, through my friend Charles 

 Downing, that it is the same as Highland Hardy. 

 If this is so, some one has re-christened the Eaily 

 Andrews and sent it out under a new name. 



A REMARKABLE PEAR. 



I'.Y S. 15. PAKSONS, FLUSHING, N. V. 



In passing through Thomasville, Georgia, on 

 the 20th of March, I was much impressed with 

 the beauty and rapid growth of a variety of pear 

 know there as the Chinese Sand Pear. I could 

 not recognize it as the variety, under that name, 

 with which I had been familiar for thirty years. 

 The fruit of that wat> worthless, while this 

 Georgia variet}' is said to be nearly equal to the 

 Bartlett, and to ripen in July. It is said to 

 have been found growing on the coast by M. 

 Le Comte, the well-known entomologist, and 

 believed by him to have been brought from 

 China. A more distinctive name would be the 

 Le Comte Pear As an ornamental tree it 

 possesses great beauty. Its habit is more pyra- 



