116 



REMARKABLE TREES IN OHIO. 



the entire satisfaction of the most avaricious 

 horticulturist. 



Early in the sprinsf is the only proper 

 time for planting. They may be planted 

 in August or September ; but the chances 

 are ten to one that half or two-thirds of 

 them will be killed by the hot and dry 

 weather. If planted in the spring, not one 

 in a thousand will die. I have abandoned 

 summer planting entirely. 



The finest strawberry plantation I ever 

 saw, vi'-as in June, ISlfi, on the left bank 

 of the LifTay, above Phoenix Park, near 

 Dublin. They were growing on a steep 

 side hill, extending along the river for two 

 or three miles, and covered many acres, 

 ihey were planted very closely in beds, — 

 the hills not more than a foot apart, and 

 kept free from runners. The fruit were 

 beautiful, and the crop enormous. The 

 street is lined with cottages, at which the 

 fruit is sold. Hundreds and thousands of vi- 

 sitors, on foot and in carriages, flock thither 

 from the city, dailj', to enjoy the rich treat. 



The fruit is brought to the visitors from the 

 vines, with the stems on, upon a cabbage 

 leaf, containing about as many as a New- 

 York basket. Upon the table are plates, 

 sugar, cream, and bread and butter, to 

 which each person helps himself ad libi- 

 txim. ; and pays for the whole, six pence 

 sterling. Our little party, consisting of 

 twelve Americans, directly from the pack- 

 et, after regaling ourselves with such ap- 

 petites for fruit as a month's voyage only 

 can create, were unanimous in pronouncing 

 the Irish strawberries ^?-si rate. 



A week later, I found in the London 

 markets an abundance of still superior 

 strawberries. They were large, handsome, 

 and of the very highest flavor. They are 

 among the few strawberries that are suita- 

 ble for " eating out of hand." They were 

 called the " British Queen," and were, 

 no doubt, identical with " Myatt's British 

 Queen," described in " Downing's Fruits 

 and Fruit Trees." B. 



Poitghhee-paie, An gusli 1848. 



REMARKABLE TRBBS IN OHIO. 



BY JACOB KNOOP.. TROY, O, 



[The following accurate measurement of 

 some remarkable specimens of trees, from 

 a correspondent of veracity, has interested 

 us very much, and will interest our Euro- 

 pean readers still more, as illustrative of 

 the fertility of the soil in many portions of 

 the great west. We will be glad to collect 

 more facts of this kind, relating to extra- 

 ordinary growth and development of trees 

 in various parts of the country. Ed.] 



A. J. Downing, Esq — Dear Sir — I have 

 noticed, in the last December number of 

 your valuable journal, on page 269, a de- 



scription of the OvERCTTP Oak, {Qicercus 

 ?nacroca?-pa,) which I thmk falls far short 

 of the size Avhich this majestic tree fre- 

 quently attains ; and not doubting that 

 your readers "Down East" would be 

 pleased to see the size of our western pro' 

 ductions, I have measured one of these 

 trees, standing on the farm of Messrs. 

 Knoop, about three miles east of Troy. Its 

 exact measurement is as follows : the dia' 

 meter, at one foot above the ground, 16 feet, 

 11^ inches ; at 6 feet above ground, 14 feet, 

 9 inches. The trunk rises about 50 feet 



