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Mr. Longvvortb, in a communication describing ibis fruit, 

 in tbe Gardeners^ Magazine, states that the plants, in light 

 dry soils, are not very productive in the autumn crop; but if 

 grown on a stiff loam, on a chiyey subsoil, bear profusely till 

 destroyed by frost. From all that has been said in relation 

 to it, it appears a desirable fruit, and we bope soon to test its 

 qualities ourselves. 



Art. IV. Observations on different varieties of Slraivbcr- 

 ries; and the mea^is of producing good crops of fruit. By 

 N. LoNGWORTH, Esq., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



I SAW a bed of Hoveys' seedling strawberry, last spring, 

 in a gentleman's garden in New Jersey. There were no 

 other kinds near them, and there was not a perfect fruit on 

 the whole bed. It was out of blossom; but I cannot be un- 

 der a mistake when I say that your strawberry is, in common 

 with the Methven Castle, Hudson, and all other good bearers 

 that produce very large fruit, defective in the male organs, 

 and must, in your variety, amount to a complete separation of 

 the sexes, and require other plants, perfect in the male organs, 

 near them. I have kept the male and female Hudson in sep- 

 arate compartments for twenty years, to enable me to make a 

 suitable selection in putting out new beds; those never had 

 either produced a perfect I'ruit. When at Mr. Cushing's, at 

 Watertown, I was surprised to learn that his Keen's seedling 

 bore fruit in a compartment where there was no other variety 

 near. The Keen's seedling imported by Mr. Buist and my- 

 self, is defective in the male organs, and an acre of them, if 

 not mixed with males, would not produce a perfect fruit. I 

 examined Mr. Cushing's Keen's strawberry when in blossom, 

 and found them perfect in the male organs, and generally per- 

 fect in the female organs also. His fruit cannot be as large, 

 or his vines as abundant bearers, as mine, but his plants would 

 be valuable to mix with mine, say one to ten. His will be 

 found to ripen some days earlier, the fruit less abundant but 

 of greater sweetness, and a portion of the blossoms will blast. 



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