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DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



planted, from which I gathered, last year, four- 

 teen and a-half bushels; and this season, one not 

 quite so favorable, twelve bushels of fine fruit; 

 some of the berries measuring 41 inclies in circum- 

 ference. 



I have many fine peaches, natives of this part 

 of the (iountry, as well as others of French 

 and northern origin. But I think onrs will bear 

 comparison with any of the imported varieties. 

 Some of our early varieties are now ripening. 

 A. D. C, Aiken, S. C, June 10, 1848. 



Mr. Longworths' reply to Mr. PRii>fCE. — 

 Mr. Downing — I have been absent from Cmcinnati 

 4 months on account of ill health, and^returned this 

 morning. I discover by a letter from Mr. Prince, in 

 this journal, that he deems lie has a seedling sta- 

 rainate strawberry plant, perfect in botn organs, 

 and that the examination of his plants now in fruit 

 would settle the question. We have for years, 

 cultivated several staminate varieties, that some 

 years bear a fair crop of fruit. The Iowa is of 

 this character, and some have thought the blos- 

 som perfect in both organs. I have cultivated it 

 for ten years, and its average has not been one 

 sixth of a crop of perfect fruit. A horticulturist 

 in this vicinity (Mr. Schneicke) has raised a sta- 

 minate plant, which he deems will entitle him to 

 the premium I offered. It is under trial. He 

 agrees with me in opinion, that no correct opinion 

 can be formed of its bearing character, in less 

 than three years. 



From seed, not only staminate and pistillate 

 plants are produced, but occasionally a chance 

 plant, bearing both staminate and pistillate blos- 

 soms. A very large portion of the staminates ne- 

 ver bear a single fruit, a portion of them occasion- 

 ally bear a fair crop of fruit, and among these the 

 Boston Pine and BuisVs Seedling stand high. Yet 

 after two years' careful cultivation by Mr. Ernst, 

 they did not bear one-sixth of a crop of perfect 

 fruit. The Duke of Kent and Eberlin's Seedling, 

 bear both staminate and pistillate blossoms, and of- 

 ten bear a fair crop of fruit, and are well worthy 

 of cultivation. But I do not believe that any sta- 

 minate will average one-quarter as much perfect 

 fruit as Hovey's Seedling. I will write again 

 when in better health, between this and the next 

 spring. — Yours, respectfully, N. Longworth. Cin- 

 cinnati, June 10, Inot received till July 10. Ed.] 



POMOLOGICAL QUERIES. Mr. DoWNING--What 



pear that is a longer keeper than the Beurre d'Arera- 

 berg, would you recommend as best for orchard 

 cultivation? (a.) 



Is the Angers quince spoken of by Rivers in the 

 May No. of the Horticulturist, (copied from the 

 Eng. Gard. Mag.) the same as thePortugal quince 

 recommended as the best stock for the pear, by S. 

 G. Perkins and others; and is the latter the one 

 commonly known in most nurseries in this country 

 as the Portugal quince? (b.) 



The cracking of the bark and exudation of gum 

 on the finer varieties of cherries has been the sub- 

 ject of much remark among western fruit growersj 

 and it has become a matter of great interest to 

 know its "causes, treatment and cure," and es- 

 pecially what varieties are least and what most 

 subject to it. Can you or some of your western 

 correspondents, (Prof. Kirtland ?) throw light 

 upon the subject and give lists as above suggest- 

 ed ? 



[Will Dr. Kirtland give his opinion? Ed.] 



Have you yet thoroughly tested River's Early 

 Amber Cherry ? If so, please give its time of ri- 

 pening compared with Elton and Knight's Early 

 Black. Its size, productiveness, health of tree 

 and general qualities for marketing, compared 

 with the latter? (c.) 



An answer in the Horticulturist to the above 

 queries would oblige yours truly, F. J. Scott. To- 

 ledo, 0., July, 1848. 



Answers. — (a.) If you wish to plant for mar- 

 ket, the variety that will give you the greatest pro- 

 fit, is the Black Pear of Worcester. It keeps 

 well, and bears very large crops, and though only 

 a cooking pear brings large returns. Prince's St. 

 Germain, is the best very late winter pear that 

 we have seen. 



(b.) The '^ Angers' quince spoken of by Mr. 

 Rivers, is the variety known as the Apple or 

 Orange Quince in this country. We think Mr. 

 Rivers is right and Mr. Perkins wrong in this 

 matter. The Apple Quince is decidedly the best 

 for stocks for dwarf pears. The sort frequently 

 sold as the Portugal quince in this country, is only 

 the apple or pear quince. (The Apple quince 

 is the sort called " Portugal" quince m Western 

 N. Y., about Rochester. &.c.) We have the true 

 Portugal growing in our grounds, which is a very 

 distinct sort — the leaves are much larger and 

 broader than those of the other quinces. 



(c.) We are not prepared to speak positively yet 

 about this cherry — another season will probably 

 enable us to do so. But we think it has been 

 overrated — as it appears to ripen later than, and 

 not to be superior to, Bauman's May. — Ed. 



Mass. Hort. Society. — The reports of the 

 weekly exhibitions of this Society for the past 

 month, have not been received. At the business 

 meeting of the Society on the 15th July, the com- 

 mittee appointed to confer with the Pennsylvania 

 Hort. Society and the American Institute, in rela- 

 tion to the proposed Pomological Convention at 

 New- York, reported that such a Convention had 

 been deemed desirable, and that if it meet the 

 views of the Society, the Comiiittee ask authori- 

 ty to unite with the representatives of the above 

 named Associations, in fixing on an early day in 

 October next, and in making such further arrange- 

 ments as they may deem necessary; which was 

 adopted. 



