REMARKS ON NEW STRAWBERRIES, 



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Burr's Mammoth, 

 North's Victory, 

 Willey. 



I do not intend giving a description of 

 each of these varieties, but to make a se- 

 lection of five kinds which, in my opinion, 

 possess qualities entitling them to notice. 

 The first five are those I have selected. 

 The Black Prince has been fully described 

 in the Horticulturist. I can oni\' say that 

 it does not fall short of its description. Its 

 peculiarly rich and sweet flavor render it 

 the most desirable strawberry to eat out of 

 hand. Indeed, it is not much improved by 

 sugar; and in point of productiveness, it is 

 not behind any other variety with which I 

 am acquainted. 



Burr's New Pine is another first rate pis- 

 tillate variety, very productive, and of a 

 rich sweet flavor. Fruit large, and uni- 

 formly short, conical, of a light crimson 

 colour. Ripens about the same time as the 

 Black Prince. 



The Crimson Co7ie, known in the New- 

 York market as the " Dutch berry," is a 

 very desirable kind, coming in quite late. 

 The fruit, though not of the first size, is 

 very beautiful, being a bright crimson, 

 and uniformly conical ; it also has the pro- 

 perty of keeping remarkably well after 

 being picked ; the flavor is rich acid. The 

 plants possess great vigor, and should be 

 planted farther apart than any other va- 

 riety. 



The Projuse Scarlet is a new variety, 

 raised by W. R. Prince, from seed of the 

 Large Eirly Scarlet, which it closely re- 

 sembles, both in size, colour and flavor. It 

 will, perhaps, average rather larger. It 

 possesses a decided advantage over the L. 

 E. Srarlet in being a pistillate plant, and 

 therefore more uniformly productive. It 

 will. 1 think, when known, supercede the 

 Early Scarlet. 



The Boston Pi?ie is a superb early va- 

 riety, requiring, however, good soil and 

 high cultivation to obtain a good crop. 



The first four of these are pistillate, and 

 will bear well under almost any kind of 

 cultivation, provided the ground is good, 

 and they are duly impregnated. This lat- 

 ter office may be performed by the Boston 

 Pine, which is a hermaphrodite plant. I 

 am not certain but that the Boston Pine 

 may be superceded by the Eberlein, or Pri- 

 mate, both of which are excellent and nro- 

 ductive varieties. 



There are others, beside those selected, 

 possessing good qualities, which may enti- 

 tle them to notice. 



The Charlotte and Jenney's Seedling are 

 both excellent varieties. 



Allow me to make a few remarks upon 

 the cultivation of the strawberry. I have 

 found from my experience and observation, 

 that while some kinds succeed tolerably 

 well, under almost any mode of treatment, 

 others, to bear well, require a particular 

 mode of culture. 



I will first notice the Boston Pine, which 

 Mr. HovEY considers very productive, while 

 others assert the contrary. I have seen 

 this variety both productive and unproduc- 

 tive, according to the mode of treatment. 

 When it has been planted in separate 

 stools, kept clean of runners, and in good 

 strong ground, it has proved highly pro- 

 ductive ; while on the contrary, when the 

 plants were suffered to run into a thick 

 mass, it scarcely bore any fruit. 



The same remarks will apply to almost 

 all hermaphrodite plants, bearing large 

 fruit. The reason of this seems obvious 

 enough, when it is remembered that these 

 plants throw up generally many times more 

 blossoms than pistillate varieties ; when, 

 therefore, they are crowded too thickly, 

 they do not find sufficient nutriment, or the 



