CULTIVATION OF THE STRAWBERRY. 



Til endeavoring to establish the opinion that the south must look to her native fruits to 

 fill her peach orchards, would it not be well to limit the boundaries where this becomes a 

 necessity to those sections of country lying upon the gulf of Mexico and its tributaries. 

 It is from that quarter chiefly that "we hear of the ill adaptation of northern peaches. 

 Here no such difficulty is experienced, and it would be folly to give up George IV, Early 

 York, &c., to fall back upon the hog peaches, or even the best natives we could get, until a 

 list equal to tho.se rejected could be obtained. It is true that there are some few peaches, 

 native here, nearly or quite equal to the best imported. But the peaches required to make 

 a collection equal to that offered by almost any nurseryman, are scattered from Virginia to 

 Texas, and when gathered at great expense, it is doubtful whether they would be found 

 hardier or better in any respect than those we have. One of our earliest peaches is a na- 

 tive. The best that ripen with us after the middle September are natives, and are just 

 merely good peaches, but our best varieties ripen in June, July, and August, and are generally 

 imported varieties. About twenty five varieties will give an abundant succession from 

 the 20th of June until the 1st of November, and the whole collection, freight and all, 

 (except budding five or six natives) will hardl3'Cost five dollars. Now, to gather a collec- 

 tion as valuable, how much money would be required, how much travel in the peach sea- 

 son, how many trees would have to be planted, budded, fruited and thrown away as 

 worthless ? 



"Who would reject the Grosse Mignonne from his list, because it did not happen to origi- 

 nate here. A native of France, it is in England the best peach grown, and here the only 

 peach approaching it in flavor is George IV, a northern variety. 



These notes will be concluded in another number, giving the names of the peaches here 

 cultivated, their quality and time of ripening here, and with select lists for cultivation. 



Very respectfully yours, Wm. N. AYhite. 



Athens, Ga., October 'iOth. 1852. 



ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE ST RAW BEERY. 



BY AN ENGLLSHMAN. 



Mr. Tucker — Although I have done but little as a contributor to your valuable periodi- 

 cal, I have been a " constant reader " of it for many a day, and I have been much amused 

 with the papers upon the much vexed strawberry question. Whether in England we 

 get the same quantity offiuit that Mr. Longworth does fiom the same number of plants, 

 I will not pretend to say; but as the size and flavor of our strawberries leave nothing to 

 be desired, and as they are grown in very large quantities for the London market, I think 

 it may not be uninteiesting to many of your subscribers to know something about the 

 mode of growing them there. But the more special reason which induces me to trouble 

 you with this paper, arises from the remarks, which I have seen in many of the numbers 

 of the Horticulturist, upon the qualities of several of the English varieties of the straw- 

 beny, and which show that as they are at present grown in this country, they are far 

 from realizing the beautifully luscious and aromatic taste that several of my American 

 friends, who have eaten them in London, agree with me in attributing to them. The dif- 

 ference in this particular is so important as of course to render tliem here valueless; and 

 tlcss aiiscs fi-om Die difference of climate, which we all know influences matei 

 fruits even between England and the north of France; consequently we need 



