SELECTION OF VARIETIES. 5D 
WALKER’S SEEDLING. 
The last of the six we name above is also one of the 
new berries, not so extensively proved as yet. The Hon. 
Samuel Walker, ex-President of the Massachusetts 
Horticultural Society, originated and sent it out some 
two or three years ago, when he politely sent us a 
dozen plants for trial, which trial has been very satis- 
factory. ‘T’he Society above-named has during the last 
season renewed its endorsement of it, and Mr. Barry, 
of Rochester, also approves it there. It is entirely 
distinct from all other kinds. In form it resembles the 
Large Early Scarlet, or more nearly the Crimson Cone, 
but rather larger than’either; in color it is as dark 
crimson or purple as the Black Prince. A vigorous, 
hardy, good staminate, of excellent flavor, ‘“ best” 
quality, and productive ; of medium season. 
M‘AVOY’S EXTRA RED. 
This is another of the new Ohio strawberries, ori- 
ginated by Mr. Longworth in his garden, or by his 
tenant and gardener, Mr. D. McAvoy, at the same 
time with the Superior, which variety it appears in 
in every respect to equal, except in flavor. The 
Fruit Committee in Cincinnati report it as “large, beau- 
tiful, and very prolific; quality medium, not high- 
flavored.” It has an agreeable, sub-acid flavor, some- 
where near the grade of Hovey’s Seedling. We think 
