SOLON ROBINSON, 1851 497 



delightful shade tree, that might have stood another cen- 

 tury, and during these hot July days, would afford such 

 a delightful retreat from the brick walls that sear and 

 scorch me as I write this denunciation of the Goths and 

 Vandals of America. SOLON. 



Strawberries — The Secret of Growing this Fruit 

 Six Months Continuously. 



[New York American Agriculturist, 10:253; Aug., 1851] 



[July ?, 1851] 



This secret has been discovered and practised by Mr. 

 Charles F. Peabody, of Columbus, Georgia, one of the 

 editors of the "Soil of the South," for several years, not 

 as a theory or mere experiment, nor accidental produc- 

 tion, but as a science — a study of time, successfully car- 

 ried out for profit; for he sends his market wagon into 

 the city loaded with this rich luxury from March till Sep- 

 tember; and last year, his vines continued to ripen fruit 

 until Christmas. 



What is the secret? our fair readers exclaim. What 

 new variety? No other than Hovey's^ seedling, impreg- 

 nated by early scarlet, and never manured, but kept con- 

 tinually moist by artificial watering; for which purpose, 

 he uses a garden engine. 



For four years, Mr. P. cultivated the same variety in 

 rich garden mould, manuring liberally every year, and at 

 any time during summer could have mowed a heavy 

 swath of green luxuriant vines, which would have made 

 very good hay, but that was not what he wished to grow. 



' Charles Mason Hovey, born October 26, 1810, at Cambridge, 

 Massachusetts; died at Cambridge, September 2, 1887. Distin- 

 guished horticulturist. Edited American Gardener's Magazine and 

 Register, which he founded with his brother in 1835. The name 

 was changed in 1837 to The Magazine of Horticulture and Botany 

 and all Useful Discoveries and Improvements in Rural Affairs, and 

 became known as Hovey's Magazine. He continued as editor until 

 1868. Active in the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. See sketch 

 in Dictionary of American Biography, 9:272-73. 



