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New Strawberries. 



for sorting over fruit, though the latter work is better performed in a 

 separate apartment, or ante-room. Boxes or shelves made of bass or 

 w^hite wood would be preferable to those of pine, or other resinous 

 wood, as the latter, when new, are apt to impart their taste to the fruit. 



NEW STRAWBERRIES. — L 



By J. M. Merrick, Jr., Walrole, Mass. 



Dr. Nicaise. — This great strawberry, which excited so li^'ely a war 

 of words in France when it first appeared, has pi'oved of no value here. 

 The specimen figured was raised b}' Davis & Bates, of Cambridgeport, 

 Mass., and was selected as one of the best sliaped that could be found. 



The surface of this berrv was covered witli lan^c wrinkles, or folds, 

 which were puckered together at the apex. Seeds large, on the sur- 

 face, set wide apart. Color pale red, shading to white ; looking unript; 

 .even at maturity. One side, indeed, is often green and unripe when the 

 other is fully colored. Flesh red near the suriace, white at the centre ; 

 hollow, pasty, and very deficient in flavor. Only a curiositv. J^dy lo. 



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