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not yet bosun to ripen, and of course I could not judu'o of them. ITovey's no where that I saw 

 it did it^solf justice ea.~t 



Bv this vi-it to these fine Ptrawberry plantations, I am confirmed in the opinion that no -whore 

 witiiin my observation is the soil and tliinate so favorable to the cultivation of the strawberry aa 

 in our vicinity ; for no wliere have I evei* seen so large fruit, or bo great productiveness, as we are 

 accustomed to aoo around Rochester. R. G. P. 



(1.) Some five or six years ago the British Qiwni might have heen fouml iu nearly all 

 tlic nurseries; but when on trial it was found a shy bearer, and somewhat delicate, it was 

 iinmediately drojiped. Dr. TIn,i,'s success again revived some hoj)efi, and created a tempo- 

 rary demand for the plant, that has induced the nurserymen to plant it again. 



Astonishing Success. — Tlie annals of horticulture never have, and jvcobably never will again, 

 witness a more wonderful triumph than the two last numbers of the Hortic7diurht h.«Te unfolded 

 to the world, viz, : an old strawberry raiser has actually produced, according to his !>ccount, 

 within eight years, more than twenty varieties of strawberries worthy of being pronounced 

 "very productive," besides possessing almost every other imaginable good quality. Of all the 

 valuable varieties now iu cultivation of this fine fruit, not one kind can be found so wortihy of 

 being on a family list as six of those wonderful seedlings of the writer, and for a market garden 

 only two exceptions are made for other kinds, and of those two one of them has scarcely been 

 long enough in cultivation east of Ohio to give it a fair trial, and the other will scarcely bear at 

 all in many locations and soils with ordinary cultivation. 



Most men consider themselves highly favored if they succeed during years with thousands of 



seedlings in getting one or two varieties which really prove worthy of general cultivation ; but 



one man, it seems, has made himself an illustrious exception. I shall be most happy I ; when 



others proA^e them, they shall be found so deserving. Until then, even a Prince has not the 



power to prevail over a Young Digger. 



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Permit me to say a few words with respect to Longwortu's popular strawberry. I am con- 

 tinually receiving communications, with leaves and flowers, of a spurious sort sold for this 

 strawberry. This plant is yet scarce, and I am sorry that a pistillate variety, without merits 

 should be palmed on the public for this favorite of mine. D. McAvoy. 



"We are very sorry, too, Mr. MoAyoy, we assure you. "We have ourselves lost two years' 

 culture of this variety through a little carelessness on the part of some one. 



Affleck'.s Almanac. — It would afford me much pjleasure to have a small place in your joiirnal 

 to notice a work published by Thomas Affleck, of Washington, Adam's county. Miss., in which I 

 conceive he is attempting to teach southeners erroneous views on the subject of Southern Pumo- 

 logy. The work alluded to is "Affleck's Southern Rural Almanac" and from it I shall make a 

 few quotations in regard to his views on the acclimation of fruit trees, notice them briefly, give 

 my experience, and leave your readers, (which I hope are many in Mississippi,) to draw their 

 own conclusions. The lively interest which I feel on the subject of Southern fruits is the only 

 apology I have to offer for thus attempting to combat that which I know to be erroneous, so far 

 aa this section of the State is concerned. 



As I have promised to occupy but little of your time, I give you the quotations fii*st. Mr. 

 Afflf.ck a^ks, " Can an individual plant, the grovAh of a rigorously cold, or even a cool climate, be 

 made to thrive — not merely to exist — in a climate warm as ours? Experience has most amply 

 proven tliat it can not : and experience, too, acquired at so costly a price, and by so many individ- 

 uals as to be beyond dispute. Where are the tens of thousands of fruit trees which have been ^ 

 brought to the South from Europe, and the Iforth, and West, in years past ? Not one m a hun- >^ 



