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Turner. This is the variety that Mr. 

 Parker Earle, President of the Missis- 

 sippi Valley Horticultural Society, 

 grows so extensively on his small-fruit 

 farm near Cobden, Illinois. He has 

 found it a very profitable and satisfac- 

 tory market variety. The colored plate 

 which we present to our readers with 

 this number is a representation of this 

 variety, which we have found to endure 

 our winters pretty well, to yield good 

 crops, and to have a very sweet, agree- 

 able flavor. It throws up suckers very 

 freely, too freely, which, must be cut off 

 with the hoe as if weeds in order to 

 secure good crops of fruit. 



Tyler. An early ripening black cap. 

 For our part we can not see enough 

 difference in the time of ripening of 

 this and Hopkins, and Souhegan to 

 make a distinction ; nor in the short 

 time that we have had them in cultiva- 

 tion have we been able to ascertain 

 what ave the particular points in any 

 one of the three to give it any very de- 

 cided advantage over the others. 



We have said nothing of Lost Rubies, 

 for the simple reason that in our ex- 

 j)erience of its performances we can find 

 in it no particular excellencies that 

 should rescue it from oblivion ; it 

 might have remained lost for ever and 

 the consumers and the growers of rasp- 

 berries would have experienced no loss 

 whatever. Mr. Green writes to us 

 that this variety is very productive 

 when planted near Turner or Kirtland 

 to fertilize it, but does nob do so well 

 when planted near Cuthbert, and con- 

 cludes by saying that this is a great 



drawback, which will prevent it from 

 becoming popular. 



MORE ABOUT NEW STRAWBERRIES. 



BY T. C. ROBINSON, OWEN SOUND. 



The Manchester has fruited with me 

 this year, and I find it very fine in- 

 deed — for certain purposes. I do not 

 think it good enough for home use, to 

 be eaten directly from the vines ; but 

 I think it is of better quality than 

 Wilson or Crescent, picked as these 

 usually are for market; and its other 

 points as a market fruit are so good 

 that, with the single exception of firm- 

 ness, it appears to realize to a remark- 

 able degree the claims that were made 

 for it. In firmness I place it behind 

 the Wilson, yet it will no doubt ship a 

 hundred miles or more by rail. Potted 

 plants that I set out late last August 

 have yielded over a pint each on the 

 average, and the berries were much 

 larger than I expected, very regular in 

 shape, very glossy, smooth and hand- 

 some — decidedly late. I also saw it 

 fruiting near St. Mary's, Ont., and 

 near Rochester, and at both places the 

 above characteristics were equally pro- 

 minent. Everywhere, too, it was show- 

 ing fine vigorous growth. My verdict 

 on this variety is, " Best tested late 

 market sort, for shipping less than on(> 

 hundred miles." It does well on light 

 land. 



The James Vi^k is another variety 

 that is standing well up to the claims 

 made for it. At Rochester and St. 

 Mary's it shows the same remarkably 

 healthy and vigorous growth that I see 

 on my own grounds, and it certainly is 

 exceedingly productive. Yet I cannot 

 recommend even the James Vick for 

 home use at present. I havj little 

 doubt that as a cooking fruit it may 

 prove very valuable for home use ; but 

 we have already excellent varieties 

 that fill this bill exactly ; and the 

 " home berry " that the people are in 



