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VOL. VIL] 



APRIL, 1884. 



[No. 4. 



STRAWBERRY, DAXIEL BOONE. 



Our colored illustration this month 

 is intended to give to our readers a 

 likeness of this new berry, which seems 

 to have made a good many friends. It 

 has not yet been fruited on the grounds 

 of your editor, hence he is able to give 

 you only the opinions of others with 

 regard to its mei-its. It is described as 

 being a large, elongated, conical berry, 

 with a slight neck ; having a clear red 

 color ; tirm in texture, and of good 

 quality. The plant is said to be a strong, 

 \igorous grower, and a prolitic cro^tper. 



Mr. T. T. Lyon, a prominent pomo- 

 logLst of the State of Michigan, judg- 

 ing from one season's experience, says 

 that the plants give indications of great 

 productiveness, while the berries are of 

 more than medium size, dark crimson 

 in color, glossy, firm, juicy, subacid, 

 and excellent. 



Mr. John Little, of Fish Creek, Ont., 

 an esteemed member of our Ontario 

 Fruit Growers' Association, is reported 

 as saying of this berry : — " I have fruit- 

 ed it for three years, and every year like 

 it better. I have tested all the new 

 comers so far, and for productiveness, 

 large size, beauty of berry, and continu- 

 ing long in beaiing, there is none to 



compare with the Daniel Boone for 

 medium crop." In a letter just receiv- 

 ed from Mr. Little he says, the Daniel 

 Boone is all I have said about it here- 

 tofore, the plant is strong and stocky, 

 leaf large and tough, color dark green, 

 fruit stalks the largest of any in my 

 garden, fruit large ; I have nothing here 

 to equal it in size, and beauty of berry ; 

 quality good, color bright red, yellow 

 seeds. I have no plant here will hold 

 out in size of beiTy to the end as good as . 

 it does. 



I did not cover it until this year, 

 never covering before, and it always 

 came out right in the spring. I had 

 plenty of berries of the Boone so large 

 that thirty of them would more than fill 

 a Disbrow quai't basket and that with 

 ordinary culture. 



From the reports I have of it from 

 others sections I am of the opinion it 

 will agree with our loamy soil and pe-- 

 culiar climate. 



SPECIAL NOTICE, 



Any person sending ten dollars, with 

 the names of ten new subscribers, to 

 the editor of the Canadian Horticul- 

 turist will receive a vine of the new 

 white grape Jessica. 



