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has an opaque and fleshy appearance, and is much more acid than the 

 Dutch. 



The Victoria Currant. — Some of the most magnificent specimens of this 

 currant were also exhihited at the meeting on the 29th of July, from Capt. 

 Wilson, of Marblehead. The clusters were six inches long,y,nA contained 

 twenty-eight berries ; some of them one and seven eighths of an inch in cir- 

 cumference, far eclipsing all others ever exhibited. Our drawing in our last 

 volume (XIII. p. 393,) which some cultivators thought exaggerated, does 

 not do justice to this fine variety, as it was made from fruit produced on a 

 young plant. It should be in every collection. 



Great Crop of Slrawbtrries, — Our correspondent, Mr. 0. Johnson, of 

 Lynn, informs us that he gathered five hundred boxes (quarts) ol Hovey's 

 Seedling strawberry from one sixth of an acre of ground, and that at least 

 one hundred boxes rotted upon the vines ; indeed, the crop was so large 

 that it was almost impossible to gather them with the ordinary labor em- 

 ployed. We should be pleased to learn of such a yield as this from any 

 other variety. It will be seen that Mr. Johnson carried off the first prize ; 

 his berries measuring 5 to 5^ inches in circumference, and uniformly beau- 

 tiful, as this variety always is. 



Great collections of Siraivberries. — We see, by the report of the Genessee 

 Valley Horticultural Society, that upwards of twenty five varieties of 

 strawberries were exhibited at the meeting on the 15lh of June. With the 

 exception of Burr's new seedlings, and one or two other seedlings, all these 

 varieties have been cultivated in the vicinity of Boston for the last ten years, 

 and every one of them discarded as worthless, except Hovey's Seedling, 

 the Early Virginia, (called the large Early Scarlet,) and Boston Pine. 

 Ross's Phoenix has been tried again and again by our most experienced 

 cu'tivators, but only one quart of fruit has ever been exhibited, and that was 

 the present season by Messrs. Hovey & Co. ; they would not, however, 

 compare with other sorts. Our Rochester friends will have the gratifica- 

 tion of possessing all these kinds ; but they will come to the same conclu- 

 sion that our cultivators have, viz : — that nearly all the 25 are unworthy a 

 place in the garden. 



Albany and Rensselaer Horticultural Society. — The second exhibition of 

 the Society was held at the Court House, in Troy, on the 12th instant, Joel 

 Rath BONE, Esq., President, in the chair. 



The show was in all respects such as to satisfy the friends of the Society ; 

 and its officers are encouraged in their efforts by the spirit which is manifest- 

 ed, and the continued evidence of the growing taste among exhibitors in 

 the various departments. 



Fruit : The committee on fruit report that there was exhibited : — By J. 

 Raihbone, five varieties of gooseberries, viz : — Yellow Amber, Red War- 

 rington, Early Sulphur, Yellow Ball, and Yellow Champagne ; three va- 

 rieties of currants, viz : — May's Victoria, White Dutch, and Red Dutch, 

 also Stoddart's Alpine strawberries. 



By William Newcomb, Woodward's Whitesmith, and Crown Bob goose- 

 berries, Red Dutch, Black Missouri, and Black English currants. 



