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and is certainly a very remarkable variety. As to size, we 

 have measured many which averaged six inches in girth; as to 

 weight, we picked out seventeen which weighed sixteen 

 ounnes; as to productiveness, we have found several stems, 

 a foot high, bearing from five to seven strawberries, and in 

 two cases there were ten and eleven on a stem; finally, as to 

 quality, the variety is inferior to the old Pine and Myall's 

 Pine, but it is better than Keen's Seedling, having more 

 flavor; it is, in fact, a very delicate agreeable variety, without 

 the insipidity and wooliness of the coarse and large straw- 

 berries. The only variety with which it can be compared is 

 the Downton, itself one of our best strawberries: it has much 

 less acidity, and does not require to be almost black before 

 it is eaten; on the contrary, its greatest excellence seems to 

 be when it is of a clear bright rose color. Vines, we be- 

 lieve, have been imported, and probably another year we may 

 have the opportunity of seeing the fruit. 



JSI'ewsome''s Princess Royal. — This is the name of a new 

 variety, of which we have seen no account, except that in 

 the advertisement of the plants. It is there stated to be a 

 very large fruit, twelve of the berries having weighed sixteen 

 ounces: this excels, in size, the British Queen. Nothing is 

 stated in relation to its hardiness, habit of growth, excellency 

 of flavor, free bearing, &c. 



JMijalCs Eliza. — This is a third variety produced by INIr. 

 INJyalt, and is advertised as a celebrated fruit, though not, 

 of course, equal to the British Queen, as it was brought into 

 notice before that variety, and has now been cultivated three 

 or foin* years. Its peculiar qualities are not stated. 



The Ellon strawberry is yet quite a new fruit in our gar- 

 dens. It is one of the late Mr. Knight's productions, but its 

 excellence was overlooked by him until some time after its 

 production. His seedlings were given to the London Horti- 

 cultural Society, and when, a few years since, they came into 

 bearing, among them a superior fruit was found, which is now 

 called the Elton. Berries have been produced in England, 

 weighing an ounce and a half each. It deserves trial. 



Raspberries. — The old red and while Antwerp yet con- 

 tinue superior kinds, and by many writers are considered better 

 than any others. The Franconia is now becoming extensively 

 cuhivated, and from its great beauty and exceeding produc- 

 tiveness, is very highly esteemed. There is great confusion 



