FRUIT CULTURE IN UPPER GEORGIA. 



The result was an average of 1C4 berries to each hill of 20 inches square — a result, con- 

 sidering the large size of the fruit, that we think will satisfy even our Cincinnati friends. 



We predict an increased cultivation for the high flavored pine strawberries, and hope 

 for an abundant — particularly by amateurs of many of the Scarlet sorts. Market grow- 

 ers who can command good soil and plenty of tan-bark, will find one bushel of British 

 Queens or Goliaths will command more in the market than three bushels of Hudsons. 

 Their firmness renders them well adapted to carriage. We close this long article with a 

 note of Dr. Hull's, relating to his cultivation of this variety, which will commend itself 

 to amateurs. Ed. 



British Queen. — Last autumn I applied a mulch of tan-bark, span-roof form, up to 

 the tops of the plants. Previously, poudrette and street sweepings were worked in freely 

 on either side of the rows. In the spring the tan-bark was levelled on either side of the 

 plants, which, protected from sun and cold, looked as vivid as in the autumn. Subse- 

 quently an additional coat of tan was applied about three inches thick. The runners were 

 allowed to grow pretty freely last season, for the benefit of my friends, which gave me 

 rows of plants sparsely scattered instead of hills at three feet distances. It then occurred 

 to me that this strawberry, under our scorching summer sun, might enjoy the protection 

 of partial shading of its own leaves Avith decided advantage to its fruit. I have been jus- 

 tified in the result, and however much I may have heretofore admired this fruit; I pro- 

 nounce it without hesitation, to be the finest staminate yet proved; and for beauty, size, 

 flavor, and productiveness, I prefer it to any pistillate 1 have seen or tasted among eighty 

 varieties of strawberries. The tannic acid liquid was occasionally applied to the plants 

 during their flowering and fruiting season. The fruit was among the earliest to ripen 

 and the latest to produce, being furnished nearly four weeks. 



Product. — Six hills or sections of this strawberry — twenty inches in diameter, aiforded 

 forming, maturing, and ripe fruit, as follows: 1. 182; 2. 183; 3. 129; 4. 164; 5. 152; 

 6. 176; averaging 164 berries to each hill. A. G. II. 



FRUIT CULTURE IN UPPER GEORGIA. 



BY TESTIS. 



The remarks of several correspondents in the July number of your paper, on the sub- 

 ject of Fruit Culture at the South, have induced me to throw together a few thoughts on 

 the subject, which are the result of my own experience and observation. 



I have several times been surprised at the complaints made through your columns, 

 against fruit trees of northern growth or origin. I live between the 32d and 33d degrees 

 of north latitude, about sixty miles west of the city of Macon. My orchard comprises 

 about thirty of the most popular varieties of the peach and nectarine, and so far from 

 blooming out of season, or casting their fruit, I would gladly stipulate to have only a 

 third of the fruit on the trees, which is yearly set. The late frost this year destroyed so 

 much of the young fruit, that I supposed myself to be safe against the calamities of over- 

 bearing. Not so. A loud crash advertised us a few days ago of the fall of at least half 

 of one of my best peach trees, with its rich burden within a few days of perfect ripeness! 

 thefeiv varieties which seem to be exempt from this objection, is a native. It is 

 Columbia," (well known in northern nurseries,) obtained direct from Columbia 



