io8 state; pomological socie;ty. 



ment to the plant. Nothing of the sort has ever come to my 

 notice before. 



[Mr. ChurchilFs raspl3erries are evidently troubled with the 

 root gall {Rhodytes radicuni) and all affected plants should at 

 once be removed and burned. — W. M. M.] 



STRAWBERRIES. 

 E. W. WoosTER, Hancock. 



DOES CLIMATE AFFECT TIME OE MATURITY? 



Under the above heading I saw an article in the American 

 Gardening, on page 848, December 16, 1899, written by C. W. 

 Benson of Alvin, Texas ; T here quote from it: 



"I have noticed that plants shipped in here from the North 

 commence to fruit two or three weeks earlier than the same 

 variety, which has been grown on our grounds for three or four 

 years. Conversely, it may be possible that our plants, among the 

 late varieties, may be as much later when transplanted to the 

 North, and that this characteristic is retained for at least two 

 years. 



"It is probable, therefore, that the picking season in a great 

 many localities might be nearly doubled, by shipping in early 

 plants from a more northern latitude, and late sorts from the 

 South every two or three years, or until they have become accli- 

 matized." 



Now there is not the least doubt that Mr. Benson is on the 

 right track of a "happy hit," at least, as far as the Southern fruit 

 groAver is concerned ; for every farmer should know that that 

 class of vegetable life which has the ability to adapt itself to 

 climatic conditions is greatly affected by season's influences 

 in hastening or retarding the time of maturity, and that this 

 influence wull last for two or more years. 



Take, for instance, our Indian corn ; every enterprising market 

 gardener of the South knows the value of northern grown seed 

 of early varieties over his home-grown stock. Where can you 

 find a vegetable life with greater powers of adaptability than 

 the strawberry? There is not a state or territory in the Union 



