340 SUCCESS WITH SMALL FKi'ITS. 



Boyden (as it should be named) is one of the largest and 

 S'.veetest berries in cultivation, — too sweet for my taste. It 

 responds nobly to high culture, but it is impatient of neglect 

 and light, dry soils. It is one of the best market berries, 

 and although not hard, is firm and dry, and thus is well 

 adapted for shipping. It is one of the few fancy berries 

 that will endure long transportation by rail. As I have 

 stated, Mr. Jerolemon has raised 327 bushels of this variety 

 on an acre, and received for the same ^1,386. Give it 

 moist soil and cut the nmners. 



Bickucll. — Foliage light green, plant very vigorous ; 

 truss 3 to 5 inches high ; berry very conical, bright scarlet, 

 with a neck highly glazed, glossy ; flesh firm, pink ; calyx 

 close ; season very early. 



Not yet fully tested, but giving remarkable promise. It 

 has seemed to me to be the best of the new early berries. 

 Staminate. 



Beauty. — Plant fairly vigorous, leaf crinkled ; truss 4 to 

 6 inches high ; berry obtusely conical ; long, glazed neck ; 

 crimson, 3 to 6 inches in circumference ; flesh light pink ; 

 flavor excellent ; calyx spreading ; season early, — a very fine 

 and beautiful variety for the amateur and fancy market. It 

 requires petting, and repays it. It makes very few runners. 

 It originated with Mr. E. W. Durand, of Irvington, N. J. 

 Staminate. , 



Black Defiance. — Plant vigorous, if the soil suits it ; 

 foliage dark green, low, bushy ; downy leaf-stalk ; truss low ; 

 2^ to 4 inches ; berry very dark crimson ; very obtuse coni- 

 cal, often round and irregular; early; flesh dark crimson, 

 flavor sprightly, high, and rich ; moderately productive ; 

 calyx spreading ; inclined to stool ; its runners bear fruit in 

 September. It is one of the best varieties originated by 

 Mr. Durand, who has given me the following history. " It 



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