No. 4. Two new Varieties of Strmcherries. — Peaches and Plums. 121 



No. 40, C. 



No. 62, B. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Tavo new Varieties of Strawberries, by 

 W. D. Brincklef, M. D. 



Mr. Editor: — 



the president. 



The President — No. 40, C. of my collec- 

 tion — was produced by artificially crossing, 

 in the sprioi,' of 1843, Hovey's Seedling 

 with the Elton. As soon as the berry wafe 

 ripe, which was on the 23d of June, the seed 

 was planted. The plant fruited for the first 

 time in June, 1845. Blossom large, with 

 perfect anthers. Leaf small, leaf stem hairy. 

 Fruit very large, highly glazed, irregular in 

 shape, of a dark rich crimson colour, with 

 seed of a lighter shade — flavour fine. 



CLARA VICTORIA. 



The Clara Victoria,— No. 62, B. of my 

 collection — so called after one of my little 

 daughters, is the result of a cross between 

 the Methven Castle and the Elton, the latter 

 being Uie male parent. This cross was also 

 made in the spring of 1343, and the seed 

 was planted on the 28th of June of the 

 same year. It fruited for the first time in 

 June, 1845. Blossom large, with perfect 

 anthers. Leaf of medium size, somewhat 

 cupped, and of a dark colour. Fruit very 

 large, beautifully symmetrical in form, broad 

 at the base, and gradually tapering to a 

 point; of a light crimson colour and fine 

 flavour. 



These two plants with many more of my 

 new varieties, have been sent to the follow- 

 ing nurserymen: Mr. Hancock, of Burling- 

 ton; Mr. Buist, of this city; Mr. Kenrick, 

 of Boston ; and Mr. Prince, of Flushing. 



Mr. Edwin Middleton, near Darby, has 

 upwards of fifty of my new kinds in culti- 

 vation, and will fully test their merits, Next 



summer I will probably give you a full and 

 interesting report on the subject of my re- 

 cent experiments. 



Yours, &c., 



W. D. Brinckle. 



Philadelphia, October 28th, 1845. 



Peaches and Plums. 



On the estate of Mr. Halsey, of Astoria, 

 L. L, is a peach orchard, in which he has 

 made an experiment between growing his 

 trees in grass land, and that of keeping 

 them under constant cultivation, treating 

 them otherwise precisely alike. Those in 

 the cultivated plot are at least twice the 

 :Size at six years old of those in the grass- 

 plot; they also bear well, while from the 

 others little fruit has been plucked, and that 

 of an inferior quality. The crop usually 

 grown amonar these trees is potatoes, well 

 manured. Where peaches are cultivated 

 in large orchards, it is generally considered 

 best to plough the land well, and keep the 

 ground in potatoes or corn ; but the smaller 

 grains, especially wheat or rye, have been 

 found highly prejudicial to both trees and 

 fruit. The finest variety of peaches culti- 

 vated here are the George the Fourth. They 

 are indeed juicy and luscious in the extreme. 



Another little experiment made by Mr. H., 

 was with plum trees. He had two rows of 

 these standing in the open garden several 

 I years, without producing fruit. He then 

 took them up, and set them against a high 

 brick wall, since which they have borne well. 

 He attributes this to the root pruning they 

 underwent in transplanting, and adds, that 

 since removed, they have not been attacked 

 by the curculio. For this exemption no rea- 

 son can be given, save that the insect does 

 not find the trees so readily when trained 

 against a wall, as when in open ground. — 

 American AsricuUurist. 



