BTRAW'BERRrES. 



Tlio Turks ill a special manner plant almost exclusively their cemeteries willi tliis tree, 

 and perliajis fur Jjiis purpose it has no superior in the world in mild climates. It is 

 very erect and spiral in its growth, and it looks as if n.vtun' intended it to grow at the 

 hvit restin<x place of man. Unfortunately witli us this tree is too delicate for the 

 Middle States, and we can never liope to see it grow north of South Carolina. 



(7b he coid'imud.) 



STRAWBERRIES.* 



BY WM. R. PRINCE, FLUSHING, N. T. 



30. Abyssinian Prince. — One of Dr. Bnnckle's seedlings, of medium size, conical 

 form, and dark crimson color, productive, p. 



31. Methvcn Scarlet, or Victoria. — Very large, roundish depressed, dark scarlet, 

 showy, coarse, very productive, profitable for market, p. 



32. Hudson. — This ancient and very distinct variety is identical with the ^^ Hudson 

 of Cincinnati.^'' The fruit is of large size, pointed conical form, dark scarlet or 

 crimson when fully ripe, and is then of excellent flavor. The hemes redden some 

 days before maturity, and are in consequence often plucked prematurely, and the 

 fruit fi-ora this circumstance has been deemed inferior in sweetness and quality. The 

 benies have the peculiarity of remaining green at the extreme point until they attain 

 perfect maturity, when that becomes red also. This is one of the few varieties of 

 which we possess plants of both sexes, and they have been grown jointly at these 

 nurseries for more than forty years. It appears that at Philadelphia they possessed 

 only the pistillate variety, and that it alone was transmitted to Cincinnati many 

 years since, which serves to account for all the Ohio plants being of that sex. It is 

 highly productive, and perhaps none other will yield a larger crop, but it is indispensa- 

 ble that its own male, or some other, should be connected as fertilizer. It is entirely 

 distinct from the " Hudson'' s Bay,^'' of the London Horticultural Society, which is one 

 of the Scarlets, whereas this is of the Fine family. In my investigations I have 

 found it to be identical with a variety called ^'- Mulberry, ^^ and it may be identical 

 with the variety so named in the Catalogue of the London Horticultural Society. 

 About thirty-five years ago it was generally called " Red Chili,''^ and I think it was 

 imported from England by my father, the late AVm. Prixce, under that name, but he 

 finding it distinct from the Chili family, changed that name to the present one. 

 n and p. 



33. Burr''s Neio Pine. — Medium size, light scarlet, handsome, high, spicy flavor, 

 not a full bearer, and the plant less \ngorous than many other varieties, p. 



34. Burros Scarlet Melting. — Rather large, rounded or short cone, scarlet, showy, 

 moderate flavor, rather soft for market, ripens early, very productive, the most valua- 



Burr's varieties, p. 



* Continued from tho April number. 



