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serymaii. Under the name of Austin, it was at one time very 

 much lauded by a prominent member of this club. By all who 

 have grown it around New York, it is now generally pronounced 

 a poor, soft, sour, miserable sort. It grows large and spongy; 

 white inside, and frequently hollow. 



Green Prolific^ Mr. Cavanach thinks a profitable market berry, 

 although the fruit is of poor quality. The berries are large; the 

 plants of rank growth and pi-olific bearers. 



The Monilor and Brooklyn iScarlei, two of " The Tribune " 

 strawberries, Mr. C. considers among the best in his collection. 

 The Monitor is an excellent market berry; it bears transportatiou 

 better than the other. 



Triomphe de Gand he does not value as highly as some other 

 persons do. Although it grows large and sells well, it is some- 

 what tender in our severe winters. 



La Constunte, although only moderately prolific, is one of the 

 very best varieties he has. 



Frendi's Seedling^ a great favorite in Burlington county, N. J., 

 Mr. C. i^nds does remarkably well upon the sandy loam soil upon 

 Long Island. The vines are prolific, berries large, but rather too 

 soft for long transportation. 



Joounda or "700" is not yet ripe, nor does it promise such 

 excellence as it does at Pittsburgh upon Mr. Knox's strong clay 

 soil. 



FeasCs Fillmore, another of Mr. K.'s favorites, has not proved 

 at all successful upon Mr. Cavanach's soil. 



Garibaldi, one of Mr. Burgess's seedlings, is a good variety, 

 prolific, large berries. The ol)jection to it is the same as Wil- 

 son's — the fruit stalks are too short. 



Brighton Pine is simply good, nothing extra. 



Blade Prince is an old sort; a ahy bearer; too dark colored for 

 a market berr3% 



Scott^s Seedling, a very handsome, long cone-shaped berry, bet- 

 ter for private than market gardens. 



Badges Finger; a very high-flavored, excellent sort, medium 

 size, moderately prolific. 



RusselVs Seedling; prolific, large, soft, and sour. Yet Mr. 

 Cavanach considers this and Wilso.n's Green Prolific, neither of 

 them first quality, the most profitable for market gardeners. 



Manning^ 8 White is a good sort for those who like white straw- 

 berries. 



