STRAWBERRIES AND THEIR CULTURE. 



Columbus, Rival Hudson and Late Prolific. These strawberries of Mr. Burr, of 

 Ohio, are entitled only to medium rank after a taste of his New Pine. The first, howev- 

 er, is a larger fruit, measuring three and a half inches in circumference, and is produced 

 abundantly. The second is a handsome fruit, and in every respect preferable to the Old 

 Hudson. 



Wiley — one of the best of our pistillates. It produces on its single stalks, bouquet- 

 looking clusters of fruit, which surpass in beauty all other strawberry groups. The fruit 

 is round, of medium size, and deep red color. The flavor is pleasant — sub-acid and 

 sprightlj^ — rendering it one of our best table strawberries. One hundred and forty floM'- 

 ers and berries on a single plant, which I have had this season, is only a fair illustration 

 of its productiveness. 



The Wiley proves the value of open culture. Three years ago, a bed of this strawber- 

 ry, cultivated in stools, produced surprisingly. Last year the plants were allowed to grow 

 compactly; the yield was not more than one third, and the size and flavor were materially 

 lessened. This year the free, open culture was pursued, that is, the plants were kept in 

 separate hills or rows; the vigor of the plants, yield and character of the fruit, have as- 

 tonished all by their display. 



A plant, which has gained great reputation in our neighborhood under the name of 

 j^lice Maude, has proved, under Mr. Downing's examination, to be identical with Wiley. 



MyaWs Pine. — Plants purchased under this name have exhibited pistillate flowers. 

 Whatever the true name may be, the fruit demands a place in the first rank for size and 

 productiveness. The average size of the berries was about four inches; and the clusters of 

 this large fruit were the most prominent of any on our ground. The plants were allowed 

 to grow thickly in a well manured, three feet deep trenched bed. The only inorganic manure 

 was well slacked limel Here is a palpable exception to the hurtful property of lime; and 

 another point gained for specific nutrition of difierent varieties of strawberries. 



Crimson Cone is worthy of a place in every private garden. The fruit — so beautiful in 

 form and color, of such fair size and excellent acid flavor — is a charming embellishment 

 for a table, and precisely the requirement for our fair friends' preserves. It is an abundant 

 producer, and, in luxuriance of growth, ranks with Schiller and Iowa. 



Richardson's strawberries — Early and Cambridge — have not seemingly found with us 

 a congenial soil, and have disappointed us both in size and flavor, after two years culture. 

 Another year may, possibly, afibrd a more satisfactory decision. His Late, on the con- 

 trary, is a large and beautiful fruit entitled to rank in every large collection. 



Of Dr. Brinckle's seedlings — Cushing and JVashington — the former promises well, 

 being, its first year with us, a Avell f jrnicd pleasant fruit, and one of the first to ripen. 



Many other strawberries require at least another season to afford a satisfactory opinion. 

 Aberdeen Bee-Hive, North's Victory, Scioto and Duke of Kent may be unhesitatingly 

 discarded when so many superior strawberries can so much more profitably occupy their 

 place. A. G. H. 



Newburgh, July 11, 1331. 



Dr. Hull is engaged in some interesting experiments with special manures, the results 

 of which cannot but prove interesting to horticulturists. He has imitated artificially 

 most of the famous vine soils of Europe, and we are looking forward with considerable 

 anxiety to the effects produced by mere soil upon the open air culture of the foreign grape 

 in his grounds. 



foregoing notes on strawberries will be perused with interest by many of our 

 The fact which Dr. II. has arrived at, respecting the pernicious influence of /j 



