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REMARKS ON THREE STANDARD FRUITS 



Fig. 47. The Black Prince Strawberry. 



ly placed at the head of strawberries in 

 England, would have but a small vote in its 

 favor for general cultivation by horticultu- 

 rists in the United States. Our climate, 

 which is quite unsuited to it, is perfectly 

 congenial to other varieties, and the pre- 

 sent among them. 



The Black Prince Strawberr}' we receiv- 

 ed from England about five years ago. Since 

 that time it has been grown in our gardens, 

 under the most indifferent, as well as under 

 the best culture — on common soil, and on 

 soil well prepared by trenching. It has 

 been left fully exposed at all seasons, and 

 in unsheltered places; and we, therefore, 

 feel warranted in saying, that for hardiness, 

 abundant product, and especially high-fla- 



vored fruit, it is not surpassed by any va- 

 riety that has been tested in this country. 

 In winters, when nearly all the large Pine 

 strawberries, left uncovered, have been more 

 or less injured, this has not suffered in the 

 least. 



The blossoms of the Black Prince are all 

 distinctly pistillate. When planted near ;i 

 bed of Early Scarlet, Duke of Kent, or 

 Early Virginia, (sorts with an abundance of 

 stamois,) every blossom, therefore, sets, and 

 becomes a large and finely formed fruit. In 

 regular and abundant crops, it surpasses 

 every large-fruited variety that we have seen. 



In high flavor, we consider the Black 

 Prince as standing unrivalled in this climate. 

 We speak now chiefly of its quality as 



