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duction ; and, as the committee made no remark in relation 

 to its qualities, by which it could be compared with other 

 known kinds of merit, we made the inquiry at that time, 

 hoping that the committee, or some of our Cincinnati 

 friends, would inform us of the size or weight of the berries. 

 Mr. Kelly, nurseryman of that city, in a note accompanying 

 a few plants which we purchased to give the variety a fair 

 trial, states that " there is no mistake about the merit of this 

 strawberry. I cannot remember having seen any of the fruit 

 from them of such great size and weight, as those stated to 

 have been obtained from your seedling. The general size 

 of the berries, and the quantity of the crop, as jvell as its 

 quality, are the questions here." 



Beyond this we have learned nothing definite in regard to 

 it, until the last Rural New Yorker came to hand, in which 

 we find a letter from H. P. Norton, of Brockport, N. Y., 

 which states just what we supposed to be the truth in regard 

 to the alleged merits of this new seedling. Mr. Norton's 

 remarks are as follows : — 



I saw the " Q,ueen City," Cincinnati, and have a Avord or 

 two to say of what I learned there. One fact I became con- 

 vinced of is, that they of that city do not produce so large 

 strawberries as we raise in Munroe [county.] I made the 

 acquaintance of Mr. McAvoy, in honor of whom the new 

 prize variety was baptized " McAvoy's Superior," a plain, 

 sensible Hibernian, from whom I obtained plants, and who 

 exhibited what he declared to be an*accurate colored repre- 

 sentation of the fruit of this variety. I inquired, " How large 

 were the largest you raised ?" 



'' That one," pointing to the picture, "was the largest." 



" Well, how much did it measure ?" 



" Oh ! four and a half inches." 



" Are they really larger than Hovey's grow with you ?" 



" Oh, yes." 



" But we, in New York, have Hovey's of larger size than 

 that. I raised them this year considerably larger." 



" I dare say. I don't doubt they grow larger in your state 

 than here. Your season is longer, and the berries have more 



