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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



termination of the grape blossom, grape 

 and also the leaf. Luckily we had 

 sense enough to try it on only a very 

 few vines, and did not do much mis- 

 chief. — llie Farmer's Companion. 



NEW FRUITS. 



CRESCEJST SEEDLING STRAWBERRY. 



A coriespondent of the Country Gen- 

 tleman, residing in Belmont County, 

 Ohio, says : — The Crescent has done so 

 well the past unfavorable season (as 

 well as for two years before), that we 

 unhesitatingly claim for it a place in 

 the front rank for market. I had one- 

 eighth of an acre of them last season, 

 and could not boast of the culture or 

 the soil, but it gave me 25 bushels of 

 marketable berries, which chiefly went 

 to Chicago, and sold at wholesale at $4 

 to $6 50 per bushel. My neighbors, 

 with Wilson, C. Downing and other 

 sorts, got only 50 to 75 bushels per 

 acre. Since Crescent has been very 

 highly praised by some, and quite the 

 reverse by others, I will add that when 

 first colored the quality is not first-rate, 

 but let it get fully ripe and there is 

 nothing on the list which has so much 

 of the real strawberry flavor, and I 

 think it is excellent when fully ripe. 

 It carries its size better through the 

 season (in this locality) than Wilson 

 Chas. Downing, Monarch of the West 

 &c., which is a great recommendation^ 



CUMBERLAND TRIUMPH STRAWBERRY. 



The same gentleman says of this 

 berry : — Cumberland Triumph is also 

 very valuable with us. Many growers 

 claim that it is suitable only for near 

 market, but I have shipped it to Chicago 

 (between 400 and 500 miles), and sold 

 it at wholesale at 30c. per quart, or 

 $9 60 per bushel. I have also exhibited 

 it alongside of Jucunda, as the best 

 strawberry, size and beauty to rule, 

 and always carried off" the prize. I am 

 testing many of the newer varieties, 



but do not feel very much in need while 

 the two named above do so well. I 

 also had Glendale and Sharpless fruit 

 in a small way last season, and hope 

 they may do well, but Crescent ripens 

 first and lasts longer than any other. 



GREGG RASPBERRY. 



While on the subject of new fruits, 

 I cannot omit to mention the Gregg 

 Raspberry, which has held so important 

 a position of late years in the culture 

 of this favorite fruit. For late lipen- 

 ing we certainly will not very soon see 

 it superseded. I will still plant Doo- 

 little for early till some of the new 

 ones prove a claim to that position. 



CULTIVATION OF POTATOES. 



It is always well to plant early, as 

 early as possible in our climate, on well 

 prepared soil having good drainage, 

 whether early or late sorts. Properly 

 managed and attended to, the chances 

 are for more moisture and more cool- 

 ness ; and, for safety against the frost 

 and dry weather of spring, put well 

 down in the mellow soil — at least six 

 inches deep, and deeper in sandy loam. 

 This will prevent the seed, however 

 small, from drying out, and sprouting 

 will go on there instead of in the cellar, 

 the tips appearing when the danger 

 from frost is over, and at the time po- 

 tatoes are usually planted, thus getting 

 a start of weeds, and maturing the crop 

 early, about the middle or latter part 

 of June, before drouth has penetrated 

 deeply. By this time the late sorts will 

 be well established, occupying with 

 their roots and young tubers the lower, 

 cooler soil weeks in advance of the 

 usual planting, and ripening so much 

 the earlier, thus avoiding drouth and 

 frost, which often make serious work 

 with belated potatoes. Deep planting 

 requires deep working and enrichment 

 of the soil, so as to have the seed in 

 riph, mellow ground, not dropped on 



