June 22d. The strawberries nourished by tannic aeid, exceeded the others in quantity 

 The fruit of the citric acid presented the largest average size. Three dishes of the fruit 

 were subjected to the judgment of two ladies, who declared the strawberries of the malic 

 acid to be the sweetest and highest flavored; those of the tannic acid ' next,' and those 

 of the citric acid comparatively ' tart.' 



June 25th. Second picking. A gentleman essayed the three kinds, and his taste awar- 

 ded the first preference to the fruit of the tannic, the second to that of the malic acid. 



Bdrr's New Pine. 

 C Tannic acid. — This and the subjoined acids were applied as described under Rival Hudson. 



2. < Citric acid. 

 ( Malic acid. 



June 22d. The quantity, as with the previous fruit, favored the tannic acid. The citric 

 acid fruit ranked second as to quantity, and fiirst as to average size. The same ladies, in 

 tasting this fruit, again selected the malic acid specimens as the richest flavored, giving 

 the second choice to those of the tannic acid. June 25th. The quantity again sustained 

 the tannic acid. The same gentleman decided in favor of the tannic acid flavor, and pre- 

 ferred that of the malic next. 



Burr's Old Seedling. 

 C Tannic acid — one gallon of tan-liquid to one hundred gallons of water. 



3. } Manure water — the manure liquid of the barn-jard. 

 ( Spring water — water from an adjacent pond. 



June 22d. The measurent, also, of this fruit, gave the advantage in quantity to the tan- 

 nic acid, the second place to the spring water. The manure water produced the greatest 

 number of the largest berries. 



July 3d. Three dishes of fruit were submitted to the gustatory judgment of Dr. James 

 Gilbert, of Savannah, and Mr. Robert Colgate, of New-York. The labels were pur- 

 posely removed, and the trials were made at two different periodsof the day. Their final 

 decision was " that the three specimens of fruit exhibited a marked and peculiar flavor, 

 sufficient to distinguish them apart; that tannic acid examples were the most luscious and 

 artificial; those of the spring were the next best and most natural; and those of the ma- 

 nure water were, also, more artificial, but not so palatable." 



Columbus. 

 C Tannic acid — tan-bark liquid, diluted as before described, 



4. < Poudrette water. 

 ( Spring water. 



June 22d. The tannic acid bed produced the greatest quantity. The spring water 

 specimens exceeded the others in average size. 



July 5th. The tannic acid examples, again surpassed the others in quantity, the pou- 

 drette assuming the second position. Two gentlemen and a lady made trial of the berries 

 of this variety, and pronounced in favor of those nourished by tannic acid. 



Specimens of the above named varieties of fruit have been sent to Mr. Downing — the 

 labels intentionally omitted — with a desire that he would arbitrate on their respective 

 claims, to which he kindly assented. 



[We find on referring to our notes, made with Dr. Hull's numbered samples of Burr's 

 New Pine and Rival Hudson before us, the following: No. 1, highest and best flavor; No. 

 2, good but inferior; No. 3, less good — somewhat watery. Tliese now prove to have been 

 fed as follows: No. 1, tannic acid; 2, citric acid; 3, malic acid. 



the other samples we found the sample "No. 1" (which now proves to ha 

 ulatcd by the tan liquor) uniformly the best. The others were variable, No. 3, (spr: 



