42 Domestic Notices. 



horn's Seedling, which ripens at the same time. But the Seclcel, and Flem- 

 ish Beauty, grow well only for one year, with me, and die ofT, or slop 

 growing, the second year. The Surpasse Virgalieu, (not A'irponlouse, 

 as you have it,) is a fine pear, when the season suils it, say one out of 

 three. 1 am aching to get hold of the seventh numher of your Frvi/s of 

 America. I hope to see our favorite Seckel occupy one of its pages, in some 

 future number. — Yours, i especlfully, J. R. C, MabbctlsviUe, N. Y., Dec. 

 28, 18-18. 



[Our correspondent, who we are happy to liear from, will find the lists of 

 fruits he alludes to, in our first article. The seventh number of the Fruits 

 of America is nearly ready, and the succeeding numbers will regularly fol- 

 low. Delavs, beyond our control, as well as circumstances which we could 

 not foresee, in getting up so expensive and laborious a work, have prevfntcd 

 us from issuing them at the intervals originally intended ; but \\e believe 

 we have now so far overcome all difiicullies, that hereafter the numbers will 

 appear every two months. — Ed.] 



The Felch Apple. — I send you herewith, a few samples of the fruit, known 

 here as the Felch apple ; it is a superior winter fruit, and, if known under 

 any other name, elsewhere, we should be glad to learn it. It is believed 

 by many, to have originated in this county ; but I doubt its being a new 

 seedling, — can you throw any light upon it? — Yours, S. L. Goodale, Saco, 

 Dec. 14, 1848. 



[We can inform our friend, Mr. Goodale, that his Felch apples were some 

 of the finest specimens of the Baldwin, we have lately seen, — which he 

 may truly say, is a " superior winter apple." How an apple so well known 

 as the Baldwin, should be supposed a seedling, originating in Maine, we 

 are at a loss to imagine. This is, however, only one of the many instances, 

 ehowing the importance of a comparison of fruits, from various sections of 

 the country, in order to arrive at a correct and uniform nomenclature. — F-d.] 



'/he Best four varieties of Strawberries. — Our old correspondent, Mr. 

 Longworlh, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was greatly surprised tliat we should 

 state that there were only three varieties of strawberries really worthy of 

 cultivation, viz. : — Hovey's Seedling, the Boston Pine, and Early Virginia, 

 (or Large Early Scarlet.) We see, by a notice in the American Agricul- 

 turist, for December, that we are not alone in our opinion ; an experienced 

 fruit-grower writes the editor, " that, after trying thirty of the best and 

 most }K)pular modern varieties of strawberries, he has come to the conclu- 

 sion, that hut four are worth cultivating on the light sandy lands of Mon- 

 mouth county. New Jersey. These are Hovey's Seedling, the Boston 

 Pine, Large Early Scarlet, and Crimson Cone, or Scotch Pine." 



Another cultivator of the strawberry, Mr. C. H. Starr, of Groton, Con- 

 necticut, states the result of his experience with Hovey's Seedling, as fol- 

 lows ; — The soil was a moist loam, half an acre in extent, well pulverized 

 by ploughing, and manured at the rate of 20 cords to an acre of seaweed 

 and fish. The variety was Hovey's Seedling, with a few English plants 

 as fructifiers, and were set in April, in rows, three feet apart. The product 

 from the half acre, under cultivation last season, was 2000 quarts of fruit, 

 some of which measured 4^ inches in circumference. 



