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is a cure for si)ottiness, but the results 

 in my case are somewhat suggestive. 



Has anybody else anything to say on 

 the matter which will give light and be 

 of practical service in growing tomatoes. 



Richard Baigent. 



THE JEFFERSON GRAPE. 

 Charles Downing says : — This new, 

 handsome and excellent grape is a cross 

 of the Concord and lona ; it is healthy, 

 very vigorous ; wood rather short- 

 jointed ; leaves large, thick and downy ; 

 very productive ; bunch large, shoul- 

 dered, often double shouldered ; com- 

 pact, berry medium to large, roundish 

 oval ; skin rather thick, light red, with 

 a thin, lilac bloom ; flesh melting, yet 

 tender, juicy, sweet, slightly vinous, 

 aromatic and rich ; the berries adhere 

 strongly to the pannicle, and the fruit 

 maintains its freshness for a long time 

 after being gathered. It is of fine 

 quality, and very promising either for 

 market or home use. It ripens about 

 the time of Concord. 



J. J. H. Gregory says : — A rare good 

 grape, the Jeffei-son. Among the score 

 or moj-o of new grapes before the ])ub- 

 lic, this seedling of Mr. Ricketts stands 

 out so excef)tionally good that I ^^ve 

 purchased several for my own groSPds, 

 and can recommend it to my patrons. 



The judges at the Lynchburg, V;i., 

 Agricultural Fair in 1880, say :— The 

 Jefff^'son was one of the very best on 

 exhibition, and for fine eating qualities 

 could not be excelled. 



The Editor of the American Wine 

 and Grape Grower says : — The Jeffer- 

 son is one of our best red grai)es for 

 table, fully equal to lona, and more 

 vigorous and very productive, often 

 giving bunches weighing one pound or 

 more. 



THE CRESCENT SEEDLING STRAW- 

 BERRY. 



This is beyond qXiestion a wonderful 

 strawberry ; its productiveness is as- 

 tonishing. In size it is medium to 

 large; in color, brilliant scarlet, and 

 does not get dull when in market ; in 

 quality, rich, having the peculiar wild 

 flavor. The fruit colors on all sides at 

 once, so that all red berries may be 

 gathered, a quality appreciated by mar- 

 ket growers ; all berries perfect in form 

 and merchantable. It bears immense 

 crops even in weeds and grass. It is 

 the " iron clad " of the new sorts. 



The above is what A. M. Purdy says 

 of this new strawberry, and he has 

 every op^xjrtunity for forming a correct 

 opinion. 



A correspondent of the Fruit Re- 

 corder, who resides at Burlington, in 

 the State of Vermont, says of it : 



" I fruited some Crescents this year, 

 they are simply immense. Although 

 I had many kinds, none equalled the 

 Crescent. I let them all run together 

 on very rich, moist land (a loam), and 

 they producetl more lar*go berries than 

 I ever saw on the same amount of land. 

 I did not get any of the very large 

 berries that some of my neighbors did 

 from the Sharpless. I do not care for 

 a few very large berries, but my Cres- 

 cents were all large ; I might almost 

 say very large — except for some of those 

 rare specimens that are now being pro- 

 duced, they were certainly as large as 

 are required for the table or market, 

 and the quantity was astonishing, and 

 the quality very fine." 



J. A. Benedict, in Chautauqua 

 Farmer, says : 



" In regard to strawberries, I find the 

 Crescent Seedling ahead of anything I 

 have ever grown. Its yield is from a 

 quarter to a thinl bettor than the 

 Wilson. Have the Sharpless, but shall 



