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because vei-y early. The Genesee seedling is without an equal for its 

 beauty, and is of a pleasant flavor. 



The McEvoy's Superior is too soft for marketing and apt to rot, though 

 fine looking. 



Longworth's Prolific, which can be grown thirty-two to the pounds is a 

 remarkable fine berry. 



The Wilson Seedling has one objection for field culture — its heavy ber- 

 ries beat dowj to the earth and injure, without the land is well mulched. 

 It is. a vigarous grower, and very prolific — -the most so of all. 



The Virginia Scarlet is the earliest of all varieties, but it is good only 

 for a very early crop. 



The Monroe Scarlet grows in clusters and is easily separted fram the 

 stalk, and good on that account. 



The Wyllie is much like the Monroe, but not easily separated. 



The Walker is an excellent berry, but too soft for market. Yet it Li- 

 very rich when picked and eaten in the garden,, and well worthy the atten- 

 tion of private families. It is an honest berry. 



The Crimson Cone is a great market berry, but too soft for transporta- 

 tion without injury. 



Burr's New Pine is the richest berry that we have. It bears rather 

 shyly. It is not productive enough for a market-gardener's fruit,, but 

 should be in every garden. 



The Wilson Berry is a very good berry for transportation, as well as- 

 vory prolific. 



The Hovey Seedling is one that I cannot dispense with, it is always 

 satisfactory. The average is not very large, but very good, and bears car- 

 riage pretty well. 



The Boston Pine should always be grown by the side of the Hovey,. 

 both for a fertilizer and for its fruit. 



The Moyamensing Pine is a good late berry ; valuable for preserving a» 

 sweetmeats. 



Young's Seedling from Philadelphia is nothing but a Hovey seedling, 



A nameless berry that originated on my place has many good points ; 

 but I must not say too much about it. The excellence of the berry is, that 

 in itself it is all that we want ; it don't need sugar, has a fine aroma, is of 

 good size, and is very hardy ; the foot-stalk stands up well, so that the 

 fruit don't get dirty. 



The Peabody Seedling on the table was raised by W"m. Lawton, at New 

 Rochelle. 



Mr. Charles A. Peabody, of Columbus, Ga., originated this variety by 

 crossing the Ross Phenix with a wild strawberry of Alabama. It is her- 

 maphrodite in its character, producing fruit without the aid of another 

 plant, and it is in itself an excellent impregnator for pistillate varieties. 

 It is a vigorous grower, and sufiiciently hardy to Avithstand a considerable 

 degree of heat or cold. The plants attain an extraordinary size, some- 

 times so large that one can not be covered by a half bushel measure. The 



