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THE CANADIAN HORXICULTURIS T. 



The bush starts late in the spring, when 

 it bran-ches freely, giving it the form 

 of a minature tree. Our farm, like 

 many in New Jersey, has quite a num- 

 ber of those peculiar unproductive spots 

 or patches, where little or nothing can 

 be grown ; but the Rancocas, when 

 placed thereon, has pushed ahead vig- 

 orously. The first season the plants 

 have been cultivated like any other 

 farm crop. The second year the plant- 

 ations have been plowed once, early in 

 the spring ; after that, the cultivator 

 is run through once or twice in Mav, 

 and then the plants are left to care for 

 themselves. The plant suckers freely, 

 and so vigorous is it that it effectually 

 smothers the quack gi-ass that would 

 otherwise overrun our ground. We do 

 not head the suckers, or even trim out 

 the old fruiting canes during the sum- 

 mer ; but in the fall, after the rush of 

 work is over, we go through and cut 

 out the old canes and thin out the suc- 

 kers, leaving only sufficient for the next 

 season's fruiting. The canes left for 

 fruiting are then headed about two and 

 a half feet from the ground. It is the 

 busy man's, if not the lazy man's berry. 

 As regards its productiveness, I have 

 no hesitation in stating that on the 

 same soil and with the same care, it will 

 produce twice as many quarts per acre 

 as the Brandywine. The bushes have 

 never been in the least injured by the 

 severest winter weather, and the foliage 

 has never shown a trace of yellow, scald, 

 or burn." 



The berry is said to be laige, of good 

 quality, bright red in color, and an ex- 

 cellent shipper, and has never been 

 known to winter kill. 



Abner Hoopes says of this fruit ; 

 "On the first day of July I visited the 

 farm of the Messrs. Hansell, near 

 Beverly, N. J., and saw the new " Ean- 

 cocas " raspbeny growing in all its 

 glory. I was particulary struck with the 

 healthy foliage and vigor of the plants, 



notwithstanding the dry spell they had 

 just passed through. For size, quality, 

 good color, firmness, and prodvictiveness^ 

 I do not think it can be excelled. 

 From what I saw of the cultivation, or 

 rather non-cultivation, T think it haa 

 been justly styled the " busy man's 

 berry," as well as the "lazy man's 

 berry , " — Prairie Farmer. 



THE PARRY STRAWBERRY. 



No other class of strawberries com- 

 bines probably so many desirable quali- 

 ties as the strain originated by Mr. E. 

 W. Durand, and best known by Jersey 

 Queen, Prince of Bei-ries, and others. 

 To this is now added another variety, 

 which, while it i>ossesses all the excel- 

 lent points of its parent, the Jersey 

 Queen, has the other great merit of 

 being perfect flowered, and therefore not 

 requiring another kind of fertilization. 



The Parry was raised in 1880 by 

 Mr. Wm. Parry, of New Jersey, from 

 seed of the Jersey Queen, and the 

 following year it yielded already hand- 

 some fruit, which was awarded a 

 premium at the Moorestown Straw- 

 berry Fair. After harvest, the un- 

 precedented heat and drought destroyed 

 almost every variety in the same plot 

 except this, thus showing its hardiness, 

 vigoi-, and drought-resisting powei's. 



The plant is a rank, vigorous grower, 

 with clean foliage and perfect blosson.s ; 

 berries, obtuse conical, very large, 

 uniform in size and shape, bright, 

 glossy crimson, firm, of best quality, 

 and ripening evenly. It was originally 

 named " Junior Queen," but at the 

 suggestion of the Hon. Marshall P. 

 Wilder, it was changed to " Parry," 

 under which name it is now introduced. 



Mr. Durand, the originator of the 

 Jersey Queen, after growing it on light 

 and heavy soils, considers it the most 

 valuable strawberry that has yet ap- 

 peared before the public. — American 

 Garden. 



