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TIIK CANADIAN H0RTlCULTrttI8T. 



THE MANCHESTER STRAWBERRY. 



We have had a favorable opinion of 

 this new variety from the first, believing 

 it to be well adapted to general field or 

 garden culture, but particularly for mar- 

 ket, or wherever firmness and produc- 

 tiveness are desirable. No one can tell 

 positively how it will do in various soils, 

 but reports have been given from men 

 like Peter. B. Mead, President Collins, 

 E. P. Roe, Wm. Parry, J. G. Burrow, 

 J. H. Hale, and others entirely disin- 

 terested, proclaiming the Manchester, 

 grown on light sea sand, on which the 

 weeds can scarcely survive, as compared 

 with Wilson's Albany, thus far supe 

 rior. It averages one and a half times 

 the size. It is of much better flavor. 

 It is far more attractive with its bright 

 scarlet color, and finer in appearance. 

 The plant is double the size and far more 

 vigorous. It carries the fruit higher 

 from the ground. The yield, as it 

 appears, is one-half more. In firmness 

 it fully equals the Wilson. 



The commission men who have han- 

 dled the Manchester for three years, re- 

 port that from its large size, bright color, 

 tine appearance and firmness, it invari- 

 ably commands high prices. Further, it 

 keeps its color the best of any berry, and 

 *' stands up " well. They do not hesi- 

 tate to " keep it over," and have at 

 different times, when there was a glut 

 in the market, kept it until the second 

 day, when it would present a fine 

 appearance and sell readily at better 

 prices than could possibly have been 

 obtained when it came into market. 



Mr Peter B. Mead, the venerable 

 horticulturist and co-worker with Chas. 

 Downing, says ; " In this I think the 

 strawberry has been discovered that 

 has long been sought for. I have never 

 seen a strawberry that in all respects 

 impressed me so favorably." 



The Strawberry is one of the most 

 enticing and beautiful of all the gifts of 



the great Creator, thus the efforts to 

 improve it are never ceasing. Wonder- 

 ful progress has been made within the 

 past few years, but the end has not yet 

 come ; the work has only fairly begun. 

 We have strawberries large and vigor- 

 ous enough — we now want firmness and 

 quality, and those fruiting much earlier 

 and later. We give the Manchester a 

 hearty welcome. — Fruit Grower. 



BLACK RASPBERRIES AND BLACK- 

 BERRIES. . 



There is room for extension in the 

 culture of these two species of small 

 fruits. Black raspberries are easy of culti- 

 vation — -nearly as easy as potatoes — as, 

 if planted in rows each way, six feet by 

 three, nearly all the culture can be done 

 by horse and cultivator or horse-hoe. 

 They are not only easy of culture, but 

 it looks as if there would be a large de- 

 mand for them, both in the green and 

 dried condition, and at rates that will 

 leave the grower some profit. Dried 

 raspberries are a favorite dried fruit and 

 when the market is extended over the 

 world, the demand must be enormous, 

 and the price of the dried fruit must be 

 considerably lower than it has ever yet 

 been not to compensate for the cost of 

 growing. 



As for profitable varieties, we have 

 been favorably impressed with the Tyler 

 for an early one. We saw a large plan- 

 tation on the grounds of Robert John- 

 ston, near Shortsville, Ontario county, 

 and the canes were remarkably vigor- 

 ous. He informed us that the canes are 

 very hardy, passing through the winters 

 without injury, that they ripen the ear- 

 liest with the exception of Davison's 

 Thornless ; that they are very produc- 

 tive, and of a dead black color, no bloom. 

 They are also of excellent quality, with 

 fewer seeds than most other black-caps. 



The Gregg, is a vigorous grower, with 

 a very strong cane, and a marvel in 



