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TjrE SwEF.T Montmorency Chkury. — Dear 

 Sir: I semi you, by Ailanis &, Go's. Express, this 

 (lay, a box of my soedlinp: cherry, "Sweet Mont- 

 inorency." In this vicinity, tliis has been a verj' 

 unfavorable season for most kinds of fruit. What 

 was left on the trees after the late frosts, which 

 injured the younp fruit, the birds and the rains 

 have for the most part, destroyed. This is not the 

 ease with this variety, owing to the lateness of its 

 ripeninfT. 



We consider it W'orthy of more general cultiva- 

 tion, for these reasons : 1st, it comes after most 

 cherries are gone. 2d, it is a sure bearer; having 

 always given a good crop, from the first year of 

 bearing, (which was about lS3(i.) It is also but 

 little subject to tlie rot from wet, and docs not crack, 

 ^d. It is of excellent iiualit}-, and soon becomes 

 a great favorite with those who have eaten it, and 

 although the size is small, 3'et those who have 

 once eaten the fruit, inquire for it again, and all 

 that could be spared has been sold at prices higher 

 than the usual rate. 



My object now in sending it j'ou. is, that in the 

 forth-coming etlition of your work on Fruits, you 

 may be able to state some facts regarding it, of 

 imjiortance, regarilingthe time of ripening. Ten 

 days since it was coloured, and a stranger to its 

 qualities might think it ripe, and gather and pro- 

 nounce it worthless, from the fact that it is in that 

 slate quite bitter. It should remain on the tree 

 till well coloured. In those sent you, will be found 

 some not fully ripe, but the bitter has passed olF. 

 The fully ripe and coloureil, will be found sweet, 

 rich, melting, and vinous, I 

 say melting, as I am not par- 

 tial to the firm cherries. The 

 Bigarreaus arc too hard for 

 me. Respectfully yours, John 

 Fisk Allen. Hakm, Mass., 

 July 15, 181G. 



lir.MARKS, — This box of 

 Sv)cet Montmorency cherries, 

 from the original tree in Rlr. 

 Allen's garden, reached us 

 safely. We gave a figure 

 and description of this cher- 

 ry, in The Fruits and Fruit 

 Trees of America. It is a 

 very distinct and verj-valuable 

 cherry — intlced the best very 

 late cherry for the dessert, 

 that we have yet tasted. The 

 tree is a thrifty, hardy grow- 

 cr, with the habit of a heart 

 clierry. It is from ten days 

 to a fortnight later than that 

 most excellent sort. Downer's 

 Late, and is therefore a most 

 desirable variety even in 

 small collections. — Ed, 



garding this subject, T now consider it scttleiT, 

 that some plants, in order to bear, must have male 

 or Htaminate plants near them, 



1st, I first tried six i>lanls of Ilovey's Seedling 

 in the green-house, in January, before the bees 

 could oi)erate upon them. They bloisomcd very 

 well, but did not set a fruit. 



2d. Next the same number of plants, and on each 

 side, jtlants of the Al|)ine variety were placed; the 

 flowering was good, but not a fruit on ilovey's Seed- 

 ling set. 



3d. Then the Hovey's Seedling, and by the side 

 of them, the Scarlet or Early Virginian was|)laced; 

 every fruit blossom of the Hovey's Seeilling swell- 

 ed and ripencil well. 



The first experiment was tried alone the year 

 before, but this was not consiilered satisfactory. 

 The year succeeding, the three experiments were 

 rei)eated in a vinery, 100 feet long, and at some 

 distance from each other, and to my mind are per- 

 fectly satisfactory. John Fisk Jilt en, Salem. 



Fig. 29. Tlie Montmo- 

 rency Cherry. 



EXPKRIME.VTS MADE TO TEST THE STRAWBERRY 



Question, — I send you the results of some experi- 

 ments I made two years ago, to satisfy myself re- 



New-Jersey IIorticulturai, Society, — This 

 Society has issued a spirited circular, in connection 

 with its schcilule of premiums for this year, which 

 will no doubt add greatly to its list of members. 

 From this circular we learn that "the proportion 

 of persons in New-Jersey engaged in Horticulture, 

 comi)ared with Massachusetts, is as six to one, and 

 with New-York nearly three to one. Indeed, by 

 her situation, New-Jersey seems intended for the 

 garden and orchard of the great cities and (owns to 

 which her products are so easily sent. Her soil 

 and climate are eminently adapted for the growth 

 of horticultural produce, which already forms one 

 of her principal sources of income, and is yet ca- 

 pable of great improvement and increase," 



The great autumnal exhibition takes place at 

 Princeton in September (day not yet fixed,) The 

 list of prizes is a very liberal one, and we are con- 

 fident, from the previous shows of the Society at 

 Burlington, that it will be one of great interest. 

 The following are the ofTicers of the Society for 

 LSKi: Richard S. Field, Princeton, President ; Rt. 

 Rev, G. W, Doane, of Burlington, John S. Cham- 

 bers, of Trenton, Hon, William Wright, of New- 

 ark, William White, of Lawrenceville, Roswell L, 

 Colt, of Paterson, John S. Van Dyke, of Mercer, 

 Vice-Presidents; Ira B, Underbill, of Burlington, 

 Treasurer; Viai. W, King, of Burlington, Record- 

 ing Secretary; Horace W. S. Cleveland, of Bur- 

 lington, Corresponding Secretary. 



The Strawberry Question. — Regarding the 

 Strawberry, I think the true policy is to grow, for 

 a crop, only the i>istillales, with just enough of the 

 other to fertilize them; then we can have a certain 

 and abundant yield, 1 have come to the conclusion 

 that our best staminatcs produce but an imperfect 

 crop ; that only a portion of their blossoms set 

 their fruit, and that most of them are worthless, 

 except for fertilizers. With the aid of staminatcs 

 as fertilizers, every fruit of a i)istillate variety will 

 be perfect, anil every blossom a fruit. Following 

 this motle, we may have thisdelicious fruit as easily 

 and as plentifully as beans. Yours, M. P. Wilder, 

 Boston, July. 



