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Strawberries — Which is the Best ? 



Mr. C. Tabor says this question is quite as unsettled as it was a 

 year ago. " None of the fanc}^ sorts seem to increase in market. 

 A few new kinds make their appearance every year, have a short 

 run, and are then heard of no more. Triomphe de Gand, Union 

 and Austin show less this year than last. The sort which made 

 the greatest sensation a year or two ago, the Agriculturist, is 

 scarcely to be found in market. Perhaps those who have this 

 sort are growing plants for sale. They certainly do not grow 

 fruit for market. The few offered look well, but marketmen say 

 they are too soft to carry or keep well. The Triomphe de Gand 

 loses ground every year. The fruit is good, appears well and 

 sells well, but the plants are not reliable for a crop. Wilson's 

 still takes the lead and comes out a long way ahead. Growers 

 maintain there is more money in it than in any other variety. The 

 Early Scarlet and Scotch Runners, small as they are, have paid 

 well the present season. After all, it is a difficult matter to give 

 advice about the varieties of strawberries, for a kind Avhich does 

 well in certain localities with one kind of culture, may fail entirely 

 in another locality with different culture. Wilson's succeeds over 

 wider range than any other. Upon the whole, growers differ 

 about as much in their opinions as they did one year ago — some 

 of them say they know less." 



Geo. Perry & Son, Georgetown, Fairfield Co., Conn., exhibit 

 Perry's Seedling, an accidental variety, which they have had five 

 years. It looks and tastes much like the Wilson, and if better, 

 we do not see wherein. 



Durand's New Seedling Strawberry. 



The undersigned, appointed by the Farmers' Club of the Amer- 

 can Institute a committee to examine and report upon the 

 " Durand," a new seedling strawberry, respectfully report : 



That your committee, after the adjournment of the Club on 

 Tuesday, the 19th of June, repaired to Newark N. J., where we 

 were met by Mr. Francis Brill, and conducted to his garden situ- 

 ated about one mile from the Market Street depot. There were 

 also preseJit Mr. Seth Boyden, the originator of the " Agricultu. 

 rist" and "Green Prolific" strawberries, Mr. Durand, the origi- 

 nator of the strawberry we were called upon to examine, and Mr. 

 John Brill, who for thirty years has been a successful horticulturist. 



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