276 ^^'c li'ilder and ot/ier SI ratf berries. 



season after the Early Richmond is nearly, if not quite out of the market. We have 

 not failed for the last three or four years past to realize an advance of forty to sixty 

 per cent, on the closing wholesale market price of the Richmond. 



The Wilder and othsr Strawberries. 



ED. Western Horticulturist : I see the Wilder Strawberry favorably spoken 

 of, in a late number of the Horticulturist, as coming from the South. Let 

 me state that, here, it is just going to be what was claimed for it. The hot, dry sum- 

 mers, here, are extremely hard on the strawberry plants, but the Wilder stands it 

 nobly. It is, in all respects, a superb berry, and quite late. In picking, it seemed 

 to me my box got full easier than common, and these all good sized to large berries. 

 Seldom is a new strawberry first illustrated as modestly as this variety was. I have 

 had berries double the size of the illustration. With Nicanor, Seth Boyden, Wilder, 

 Russell, Kentucky, and such like, there need be no complaints of small or sour 

 strawberries. 



The Nicanor, when well grown in stools, is a"superb berry — to my taste, one of 

 the very best in quality. Albany is almost burned out with me, along side of Nica- 

 nor, Green Prolific, Seth Boyden, Russell and Wilder, all the others flourishing like 

 a " Green Bay tree." 



I must not omit mentioning that Green Prolific has always been fine, ever since I 

 got it, with me ; but wait until Monarch of the West, Star of the West, Cat and 

 Jack, and some more of the new ones, come out, and then we will beat even these 

 worthies. One rain in six weeks made things look quite dreary here, but last night 

 and this day we are getting fine showers. 



Bluffto7i, Mo. Samuel Miller. 



The Cracking and Warfield. 



P. S. — I have two varieties of apple, among the finest growing trees in my nur- 

 sery, Cracking and Warfield ; please describe them, I wish to plaut^ in orchard, but 

 do not know their quality or time of ripening. 



Remarks. — Cracking is a fine apple, both for eating from the hand and for cook- 

 ing. The tree has fruited well about here, though a little tender. We can give no 

 better description than the following, from Downing : 



Fruit fair, large, roundish, slightly flattened, inclining to conic, angular. Skin 

 fair, fine yellow, with a slight tinge of red, thinly sprinkled with large green dots. 

 Stem short, in a rather deep cavity. Calyx closed in a corrugated basin. Flesh yel- 

 lowish white, crisp, tender, juicy, and excellent. October to January. The tree is a 

 vigorous grower and very productive. 



The Warfield, in size, is tbove medium, and in appearance resembles Maiden's 

 Blush. In quality second to third rate. The tree is said to be a strong grower, 

 hardy, and an early bearer. 



