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vated in that city. The members proceeded to the nursery 

 of Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, where they found some thirty 

 or forty kinds of strawberries in full bearing. Mr. Thomas, 

 who was one of the members of the party, thus writes re- 

 specting the newer sorts, that are cultivated in Rochester : 



"Among the new varieties originated by Messrs. Ellwanger 

 (fc Barry, the Genesee still continues to be a general favorite ; 

 and although not high in flavor, its large size, beautiful ap- 

 pearance and productiveness, place it high in the estimation 

 of fruit growers. Their seedling, designated as No. 1, was 

 found to exceed any of their other sorts in quality, and is 

 regarded by many as nearly or quite equal in this respect to 

 Burr's New Pine. Their Prolific Orange, of moderate pre- 

 tensions as to flavor, proves to be the most profuse of all 

 bearers. Nearly the whole surface of the ground was covered 

 with the trusses and piles of ripened berries. Swainstone's 

 Seedling, although not excelled in flavor, has been discarded 

 on account of its bad bearing qualities. Of the British Glueen 

 a few very large berries were found, some nearly six inches in 

 circumference, but such specimens are rare, and this variety is 

 evidently unsuited to our climate. McAvoy's Superior did 

 not aff'ord the satisfaction to the members of the party, that 

 the high commendation at the West had led them to expect ; 

 the fine flavor it possesses not being combined with a hand- 

 some, fully grown berry. This imperfection was observed at 

 all the ditferent places visited. 



'•' At Bissell & Hooker's, Hooker's Seedling strawberry 

 attracted much attention on account of its high promise. 

 The berries, so far as a single examination aff'orded an oppor- 

 tunity of judging, were fully as large as those of Hovey's 

 Seedling, and they are evidently superior in flavor. They 

 are of a dark color, partaking somewhat of the characteristics 

 of the Black Prince, but of a more decided and higher 

 flavor." 



The Wyman Grape. — This new variety, which attracted 

 considerable attention last season before the Massachusetts 

 ^orticultural Society, we suspect is only an old kind under 

 g. new name, and nothing more than the To-Kalon grape 



