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place the finest specimens before purchasers, 

 obtain good prices and ready sales, and as soon as 

 their products become known, they are eagerly 

 sought on account of their excellent quality, 

 even in abundant seasons." 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES. 



The Japan Persimmox. — S. B. K. , Houston, 

 Texas, writes : " It is of much value to know 

 the experiences of the correspondents on the 

 hardiness of the Japan Persimmon. It is how- 

 ever a matter of so much importance that it 

 would be a favor to know the views of the 

 Editor himself." 



any more than here. If we are not much mis- 

 taken, Mr. W. S. Carpenter, of West Chester, 

 New York, had some in the open air to test 

 years ago. Perhaps he could tell us about them. 

 At any rate it is such experience that is wanted, 

 and not the mere guess of the Editor, which 

 might only prejudice the case. — Ed. G. M.] 



The Hornet Raspberry.-B. F., Bucatumna„ 

 Mo., inquires: "Is the Hornet Raspberry about, 

 which you gave such a wondrous account recent- 

 ly a new kind, for I find it in no catalogue ?" 



[So much the worse for the catalogues. We 

 were not aware that there was anything " won- 

 drous in our statement; the facts were just as 

 wc st'i.^ed thorn to be however. We give here an 



HORNET RASPBEP.RY. 



[The Editor can only form his views as an}' 

 correspondent can, from the weight of evidence. 

 As a mere " opinion," a mere guess while wait- 

 ing for the actual experience it would be against 

 the hardiness, because the plant is not new to 

 cultivators. Yentenat, the distinguished botan- 

 ist,in the early days of the French revoluton , tells 

 us there were large numbers of them growing in 

 the celebrated nurseries of M. Cels, near Paris, 

 from Japan seeds, and it is well known that they 

 have been more or less introduced continually 

 the past one hundred years, yet we fancy no one 

 can refer to a full sized tree anywhere in Europe 



illusti-ation, not made from Major Freas' berries, 

 which shows that his success in getting fine fruifc 

 is not exceptional. It is not new, but over a quar- 

 ter of a century old, and none the worse for that. 

 —Ed. G. M.] 



Bower's Early Peach.— From Morris 

 & Miller, Frederick, Maryland, received July 

 30th, six inches in circumference, green with 

 bright rod clieek, stone partially adherent, fiesh 

 very juicy and sweet. The full value of a peach 

 1 cannot be decided on a few samples in an 

 editorial office. All we can say about this varie- 

 ty is that no one would want to eat a better 



