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Philadelphia* Old, but is still retained in a few col- 

 lections. Pistillate. 



Piper's Seedling. I have no information in regard to 

 this variety further than that it is named in a few 

 nurserymen's lists. 



Reed's Kansas Mammoth, New and little known. 



Russell's Advance, A good berry but a feeble plant. 



Sucker State, New and promising. 



Walden, New and untested. 



Warren, New; originated with Mr. H. L. Webb, 

 Bowling Green, Ky. 



Wilding, New; originated with Mr. A. N. Jones, 

 Troy, N. Y. 



Wieland, New and untested. 



FOREIGN VARIETIES. 



During the past dozen years there has been a very 

 marked change in the opinion of our Strawberry culti- 

 vators regarding the value of foreign varieties. Novel- 

 ties in European catalogues are no longer sought so 

 eagerly as formerly ; in fact, the importation of Straw- 

 berry plants is now confined almost wholly to amateurs, 

 and I am inclined to think that but few of these gentle- 

 men indulge in the once common practice of sending 

 orders out to Europe for the latest novelties mentioned 

 in the catalogues of English and Continental growers of 

 this fruit. It is not because new varieties are not pro- 

 duced as abundantly as ever, but simply because our 

 horticulturists have learned from experience that few 

 European sorts will succeed in this country, and that, at 

 best, they are inferior on the whole to our new improved 

 native varieties. The old Triomphe de Gand and Jucunda 

 still hold a place in the catalogues and grounds of both 

 amateurs and professional cultivators, but beyond these, 

 it is seldom that foreign varieties are exhibited at our fairs 



