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undoubtedly of little value, while others, of the new ones, 

 may prove great acquisitions. We are glad to see such exer- 

 tions made, not only to introduce new kinds, but to cultivate 

 them successfully, so that their merits may be fully tested. 



MoYAMENSiNG PiNE STRAWBERRY — This is a ucw secdliug, 

 raised by Mr. Schmitz, of Philadelphia. It was awarded 

 the prize by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, in 1849, 

 and is said, by a cultivator in New Jersey, to be " superior in 

 every feature (except size) to Hovey's Seedling," which was 

 its parent. It is an abundant bearer, of robust habit and 

 growth. 



American Oranges, — In our volume for 1851, (XVII, p. 

 129,) in a communication on the culture of the orange, a 

 correspondent alluded to the quality of the fruit when raised 

 in the Southern States, and remarked that "■ though some 

 fruit is produced, it is only for looking at it, and is scarcely 

 more fit to eat than a lemon ; and though I have seen growers 

 enthusiastic in favor of the fruit produced by their own trees, 

 the fruit is as unlike the oranges of St. Michaels', as the Fox 

 grape is unlike the Muscat." 



This sweeping charge induced our friend and correspond- 

 ent, Capt. Chisholm, of Beaufort, S, C, to send us a box of 

 oranges produced in Jiis garden, with the accompanying 

 letter, wbich, though not intended for publication, we claim 

 his indulgence for its insertion : — 



"Dear Sir, — I noticed the article in your Magazine, some 

 year or two ago, of one of your correspondents, who asserted, 

 among other things, that no oranges fit to be eaten could be 

 raised in the open ground in any part of the United States. 

 The best reply I think that I can make to this assertion is 

 to send you a few oranges raised by me here, in order that 

 you form your own opinion understandingly, and if you 

 think proper, sa.y what that opinion is. If you think that 

 your correspondent deserves it at your hands, you might 

 invite him to taste a few ; but understand, that you do it, and 

 not I, for I would be afraid of curdling all the milk of human 

 kindness left in him by sending such sour fruit. 



I have, as yet, only .twelve or thirteen trees beaiing, but 



