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are large, dark crimson, firm, with a pleasant, sub-acid flavor. 

 Its qualities of vigor and of fruitfulness have not been tested 

 in this country. 



President Wilder. — There are two varieties bearing this 

 name, — the one originated in Europe, and but very little known 

 in America; the other raised by the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, 

 President of the American Pomological Society. The latter 

 variety has been very widely disseminated, and we may soon 

 hope to see how weU it will adapt itself to all soUs and 

 locaUties. In the grounds of the originator it is very productive, 

 and the berries are large, bright crimson scarlet, sweet and rich. 



Eussell's Prolific. — For all practical purposes this variety 

 should be treated as pistillate, though there are usually a few 

 stamens more or less perfect. We have noticed that it thrives 

 best, and the berries are of better flavor, in sandy soils, and 

 that if plentifully supplied with poUen there is an enormous 

 crop of fruit, which is large, light crimson, soft, and pleasantly 

 flavored. 



Triomphe de Gand. — So widely has this variety been dis- 

 seminated- that it is now well known, and has proved itself to 

 be better adapted to a great variety of localities than is usual 

 with European sorts. It is vigorous and hardy, yielding its 

 largest crops and finest berries in clayey soils, with high culture 

 in hills and with the runners cut off. Though the flowers are 

 hermaphrodite, there is frequently an insufficiency of pollen 

 to fertilize all the seed germs, hence the fruit is sometimes mis- 

 shapen, and the apex of the berry hard. The berries are large, 

 light crimson, firm, bearing carriage weU, glossy, pleasant 

 flavored but not rich. 



Trollope's Victoria. — Golden Queen. — TremUifs Union. — 

 A large, handsome and excellent English variety, which has 

 been a good deal disseminated under one name or the other. 

 The plants are vigorous and healthy, but only medium in pro- 

 ductiveness. The berries are very large, light crimson, juicy, 

 rich, and with a peculiarly pleasant and almost aromatic flavour. 

 Hermaphrodite. 



