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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



[September, 



out, which by Fall made a growth of twelve to 



fifteen inches. Now these two plants stood out 



totally unprotected the Winter of 1875-'76, and 



on examination in the Spring found them entirely 



uninjured. Mr. Rowbotham then transplanted 



them to his residence at Haddonfield, N. J., 



but with what success I do not know, as I have 



lost sight of him since .moving to this place. 



He is now on the U. S. S. "Wyoming, and proba^ 



bly would answer any communication in respect 



thereto. 



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EDITORIAL NOTES. 



The Crksent Seedling Strawberry. — 

 This variety is well spoken of in the "West. 



The Cuthbert Raspberry. — This variety 

 seems to be meeting with praise all around. 



Tomatoes. — The taste for tomatoes is increas- 

 ing wonderfully in Europe, and American 

 canned tomatoes have a great sale. 



Forced Fruit at Newport, R. I. — Early 

 in July, hothouse peaches found a read}' sale at 

 Newport at seventy-five cents each retail ; and 

 grapes at $1.50 per pound. 



Early Grapes. — The first grapes of the 

 season were in the St. Louis markets from Ala- 

 bama on the 1st of July ; the first in San Fi'an- 

 cisco on the lOtli of July \ and the first in Phila- 

 delphia on the 20th of July. 



Pests of California Fruit Growers. — 

 A correspondent of the Pacific Rural Press 

 gives in detail an account of the pests of the 

 California fruit grower ; which are mildew on 

 grapes, road animals, foxes of California, coons, 

 squirrels, gophers, and birds. Of the last, it ap- 

 pears, swarms of robins come from the North 

 and work havoc among the grapes. 



The Coffee Tree. — Mrs. J. Atzeroth, Brai- 

 dentown, Tampa Bay, Florida, has two coffee 

 trees which have stood out and grown well, 

 and for the first time borne berries this season. 

 The gentleman who, a couple of years ago, 

 offered we do not know how many dollars for a 

 pound of American berries had better prepare 

 the cash. 



New Peaches. — How easy it is to raise 

 " new " varieties of fruit is seen by a circular 

 before us in which nine are named and described, 

 all having originated with one pers6n. These 

 new varieties are said to excel the many named 

 varieties now on his place " in every respect." 



Codling Moth in California.— California 

 apple growers are alarmed at the spread of the 

 Codling moth. Those who gather up fallen 

 fruit, and scrape and wash the bark report good 

 results even where the neighbors are a little dila- 

 tory in following their good example. 



Cinchona Tree. — And now the daily papers 

 are getting excited over the supply of quinine, 

 and there will soon be an application to nur- 

 serymen for trees to plant quinine orchards in 

 Vermont. The one who wrote that he was 

 about to plant a forest of Eucalyptus some- 

 where up there, but was " advised to get the 

 opinion of the Gardener's Monthly, though 

 not a subscriber," will no doubt want some. 



The Salmon Berry, Rub us Nutkaensis.— 

 This is coming into great popularity as a Rasp- 

 berry for the Pacific States. Here in the East 

 repeated trials have been made with it, but the 

 leaves are killed by a very slight frost. 



Captain Jack Strawberry.— This variety 

 raised by Mr. Samuel Miller, of Bluft'ton, Mo., 

 holds its own as against "Wilson's Albany, its 

 nearest competitor. It has many warm friends. 



Wilson's Albany Strawberry.— This con- 

 tinues popular at the South. It has fallen off in 

 the estimation of Northern growers, after a 

 quarter of a century of praise. 



Pear Growing on the Prairies. — Some 

 writer made a sensation a few years ago by as- 

 serting as the result of his experience that any 

 one would be crazy who should in the future at- 

 tempt to grow pears on the prairies. Of course 

 those who have observed, know that there are 

 very old pear trees in some parts of the West ; 

 but still the remark was thought to have much 

 weight. A recent ''College Quarterly" edited 

 by Professor Budd, a careful horticulturist, 

 refers to fine trees existing in Iowa and Illi- 

 nois. There is no reason why the pear should 

 not do well on the prairies as any other tree. 



The Best Strawberry. — We have looked 

 about carefully this year to try to identify the 

 "best strawberry," but as we felt inclined to record 

 it, we would read in some reliable paper, or in 

 some letter of the wonderful behaviour of sorne 

 other, and have hesitated to cast our vote. 

 Many of the new strawberries are very good, 

 but we see accounts of wonderful things done 

 by some very old kinds. One exchange is sure 

 that "on the whole nothing will exceed the 

 Lonfjworth's Prolific in the number of good 



