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moderately large crops, and the fruit is always of the largest 

 size and finely flavored ; the leaves are large, rather light 

 green, and the fruit- stalks long and erect ; fruit roundish- oval 

 and slightly conical, deep, shining scarlet, seeds slightly im- 

 bedded ; flesh firm ; season about medium." 



Huddleston's Favorite. — Nev/. Thus described by E. 

 Y. Teas, of Dunreith, Ind. : " A vigorous grower, with large, 

 glossy foliage, that stands the sun well ; berries of the larg- 

 est size, round, with small calyx, of a bright, glossy, crimson 

 color, ripening evenly, firm, with a rich, spicy flavor ; late ; 

 very beautiful in appearance." 



Jucunda, — A slow rather than feeble grower, on heavy 

 soils ; light green foliage ; leaf- stalk smooth ; truss 5 to 7 

 inches ; berry high-shouldered, conical, of a bright, glossy 

 crimson, very showy ; flesh scarlet, firm ; flavor fair and 

 good when fully ripe ; calyx close ; season late. 



I am indebted to Dr. Hexamer for the following history : 

 " The late Rev. Mr. J. Knox, of Pittsburgh, told me that in 

 a bed of what he received as Bonte de St. Julien, he found 

 a number of plants that seemed to him a new variety. 

 Supposing them to be a new and very desirable seedling, he 

 separated them from the others and propagated them under 

 the name of * 700.' Before he offered them for sale he dis- 

 covered that they were identical with the Jucunda, and 

 when they were brought out, in 1865, i^ ^^s under the true 

 name, Jucunda (Knox's 700)." One authority states that 

 it originated in England, with a Mr. Salter; another says 

 that it was imported from Belgium. This is of little conse- 

 quence compared with the fact that it is the finest foreign 

 berry we have, on heavy soils. I do not recommend it for 

 light land, unless the runners are cut and high culture is 

 given. Mr. M, Crawford, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, makes 

 jthe interesting statement that Mr. Knox "sold over two 



