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[August, 



the beds, were enabled to judge of its productive- 

 ness. Colman's Rural World (Mo.) states that 

 fourteen of them have weighed a pound, and 

 that paper pubUshes a communication from a 

 Texas correspondent who obtained berries weigh- 

 ing half an ounce on plants received through the 

 mail forty days before. This variety was raised 

 by Amos Miller of Carlisle, Pa., and resembles 

 Green Prolific magnified nearly double its usual 

 size." 



The above is from the Country Gentleman, to 

 which, we will add that some on exhibition at 

 the Centennial impressed us favorably. They 

 were the best flavored of many on exhibition that 

 day. 



Durand's Great American Strawberry. — 

 Those exhibited at the Centennial attracted much 

 attention. They are similar in size to Jucunda, 

 as Knox used to raise them, and are equal in 

 quality to that capital variety. There is a greater 

 tendency to flattening than in that. It is one of 

 the most promising seedlings we have seen. 



Smith's President Lincoln Strawberry. — 

 Exhibited at the Centennial, is among the best 

 seedling strawberries of the season. The fruit 

 averaged as large as any exhibited at the great 

 Centennial show. Very firm solid berries ; of a 

 brilliant dark scaiiet color, and of excellent 

 flavor. Most of them were inclined to flatten. 

 This is another of the most promising seedlings 

 that have come before us this season. Raised by 

 Mr. Smith, gardener to Charles Dickens, Esq., of 

 New York. 



Prouty's Strawberry. — A Western seedling, 

 has been tested by Mr. Bassett, of Hammonton, 

 on whose grounds the writer saw them in June 

 last. It bears out here all its Western friends 

 have said of it. 



Southern Red Thornless Raspberry. — We 

 have from Mr. W. Biissett, Hammonton, N. J., 

 some boxes of this variety, which proves to be 

 an excellent traveler, and as superior a keeper. 

 It appears to l^elong to the same class as the 

 Philadelphia. We cannot speak of its bearing 

 qualities from our own experience, but in all 

 others we can say it is a superior fruit. It is 

 rather darker than the Brandyivine, which is 

 also a favorite with our market men. 



The Earnhardt Cherry. — R. D. Earnhardt, 

 post-marked West Newton, Pa., sends us a seed- 

 ling cherry. He does not say it is his own, but 

 that it " originated with some fruit grower of this 

 locality." As it is a valuable cherry undoubtedly. 



and it is no use to notice things without name, 

 we give it the name above. It is of the Big- 

 garreau class, above medium, very solid, and very 

 sweet, long slender stem. Fruit bright red, mot- 

 tled with scarlet, and a shade of black on the 

 sunny side. It strikes us as a valuable market 

 fruit. 



QUERIES. 



Seedling Strawberry. — J. R. S., Catawissa, 

 writes : " I take the liberty of sending you to-day 

 per Reading Express (expressage prepaid) one 

 small box of a seedling strawberry of my own 

 raising for examination. With me they are much 

 larger, better quality, much more productive 

 and very much better growers than any other kind. 

 I would like Mr. Meehan to see them, and have 

 his opinion of them, but as he lives in German- 

 town, I thought likely he would not get them 

 until spoiled. The season is very wet with us, 

 and the fruit consequently not so firm and good 

 flavor as usual. This is the second week's pick- 

 ing and the berries are from i^ to J smaller than 

 the first week." 



[These should have been sent to Germantown. 

 It would have saved time and twenty-five cents 

 to the editor. Still they came to Germantown 

 from Philadelphia in fair condition after their 

 long journey, and enabled us to form a high 

 opinion of their merits. — Ed. G. M.] 



Richland Plum. — G. & S. E., Norwalk, Ohio, 

 say : " Can you tell us anything about the Rich- 

 land plum ? " 



[It is a small copper-colored plum — indeed 

 often confused with the Copper plum — much 

 planted by the Germans of the interior of Penn- 

 sylvania. It is not of first-class quality, but is 

 very hardy and prolific, and seems more free 

 from injury by curculio and disease than other 

 kinds. It is very well suited to heavy clay lands. 

 —Ed. G. M.] 



The Early Peaches. — Mr. H. M. Engle, Mari- 

 etta, Pa., says : "The question, which is the ear- 

 liest peach, has been considerably agitated the 

 last few years, and it is still undecided. Would 

 it not be for the public interest to arrange to 

 have them exhibited and tested at the Centen- 

 nial ? We know that latitude, soil and situation, 

 and other circumstances, will prevent a positive 

 fair test, but the period of ripening, size, appear- 

 ance and quality may be approximated by a 

 competent committee, Avhich would certainly be 

 some criterion until they can all be grown side 



