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LoxGWOKTu's Pnoi.iFic STRAwnERY. — In a note recently received from Mr. Lonoworth 

 lie says: "You will fiiul the P/v///fV of more value than all tlio secdlinjrs ever raised. 

 Wo have many good iiistillates, hut never before a hcnnai>lirodite with all blossoms perfect 

 in both organs, and bearing a full crop of moderate sized fruit. Tlie herniai»brodite fruit 

 is uniformly large and of fine quality." lie also asks the question, "If Mr. Meeiian can, 

 as he says, produce hermaphrodite llowers on a jiistillatc jdant, in pot-culture in liouses, 

 "what bearing can it have on tlie necessity of a knowledge of the sexual organs in ordinary 

 American culture?" It is certainly true that however it may be in forcing the strawbery, 

 a knowledge of the sexual organs of varieties is indispensable to out-door culture. 



McAtoy's Sl'I'eriob Strawbery. — The. Pennsylvania Farm Journal published some 

 time ago a drawing of this variety quite different from ours — much longer. A correspon- 

 dent of the Journal alludes to this, and asks Avliich is right. In regard to this we can say, 

 tliat our drawing Avas a correct representation of the fruit, judging from our OAvn and all 

 other specimens we have seen. Mr. McAvoy hiinself says our drawing is a fair one, but 

 not of the largest size. We directed our artist to take from the bed average sjjecimens, 

 which he did. In form the variety is well marked. In all the specimens we have seen 

 there is a greater or less degree of flatness at the point, occasioned, apparently, by a 

 want of filliniz; out iu the center. 



!McIvay\s Isabella Grapes. — Accompanying the interesting communication of Mr. 

 McKay in the November number, was a box of his grapes w-hicb we can say, without hesi- 

 tation, were the largest, best colored, and finest Isabellas we have ever seen. If Mr. McKay 

 were to write volumes, he coiild not furnish stronger arguments in favor of his mode of 

 culture. It strikes us, however, that he applied larger quantities of manures than were 

 really necessary. Half a dead carcass, a bushel of well-rotted stable manure, together 

 with leather shavings and charcoal must be admitted to be a very liberal a])plication to the 

 bed of a single vine ; but the results speak for themselves, and shoAV at least one thing, 

 that the Grape vine can bear high keeping. 



Lepere's Method or Cultivating axd Pruning the Peach. — TTc commence in the 

 present number the publication of a treatise by M. Lepere, translated for the London UorU 

 Society^ Journal^ describing his system of managing the Peach tree. It will not, we arc 

 aware, be of general interest to cultivators in this country, where the peach is cultivated 

 only, or principally, as an open ground standard tree. There are, however, a few excep- 

 tions. In some parts of the Korth the culture of i)eaches and nectarines in houses and on 

 walls is attracting attention; and the explanation of the principles on which Lepere's 

 system of pruning and management depends, must be instructive to every one Avho 

 cultivates the peach in any form, or under any circumstances : for the habits of growth 

 and bearing are always the same. 



The Xew Early Flowering CnRYSANTHEMUM IIendersoni. — This proves to be a real 

 acquisition to our list of Pompones. It has this season bloomed with us about a month in 

 advance of the others. The flowers are of medium size, compact and double, somcwliat 

 globular, of a clear yellow. Cuttings struck in July are now pretty dwarf plants in full 

 bloom. 



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