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STRAWBEKEIES. 



TVno, as,at this season of the year he enjoys his 

 dish of strawberries and cream, or looks with ad- 

 miring eyes on his neighbor's glowing crop, does 

 not again resolve to make a strawberry plantation ? 

 And again the question, " What to plant," recurs. 



Much attention is now being paid to the improve- 

 ment of this delicious fruit, and new seedlings are 

 beuig sent out from different parts of the country 

 every year, many of which fall into disuse and ob- 

 scurity as suddenly as they are brought to notice. 

 Several years of culture are required before a cor- 

 rect opinion can be formed of the merits of any 

 fruit ; and although every new fruit giving promise 

 of extraordinary value should be sought after to be 

 tested, yet the planter can not use too much dis- 

 crimination nor care in obtaining the most reliable 

 information in selecting standard varieties. 



One of the oldest, most reliable and valuable 

 early sorts is the Large Early Scarlet^ extensively 

 cultivated in all sections for an early crop, and as 

 a starainate plant to use with the pistillate varieties; 

 it is hardy, productive and good. In direct com- 

 petition with this sort, within a few years the Jen- 

 ny Lind has been gaining public favor. It origin- 

 ated at Cambridgeport, Mass., and has for the last 

 three years received premiums at the exhibitions 

 of the Mass. Horticultural Society, and also been 

 the subject of special mention by the fruit commit- 

 tees, in whose opinion it is a great improvement on 

 Large Early Scarlet^ and fully equal to it as a 

 fertilizer. 



It is nearly double the size of the Scarlet, ripens 

 it the same time, and produces more ; and we can 

 aot hesitate to recommend it to our readers as the 

 best early sort. 



The engraving here representing this variety, is 

 uhat of only a small sized specimen. The shape, 

 is will be observed, is conical ; the color is a rich, 

 :5lossy criinson ; the flesh is sufliciently firm to make 

 it a valuable market variety, and at the same time 

 ibounds with a sprightly, rich, sub-acid juice. 



Burr's New Pine is an old and justly high-prized 

 sort. It is hardy, productive, and of a delicious 

 flavor. As it is a pistillate variety, it requires to 

 have some staminate sort planted with it. 



Cushirig is a sort that has long been grown about 

 this city as a market fruit. It is a large, light col- 

 ored berry, of excellent quality, and quite product- 

 ive. 



E'ovey''s Seedling is too well known to need des- 

 cription. It is gradually giving way to other vari- 

 eties ; but many of the best cultivators still regard 

 it as the most valuable market berry. 



HooTcer — A very large, dark colored, handsome 

 berry, of exquisitely fine flavor. It is a vigorous 

 grower, hardy, productive, and an estimable variety, 

 of the highest quality. 



ScoWs Seedling is a fruit of second-rate quality, 

 but beautiful in form and appearance, and so very 

 productive as to make it a highly profitable market 

 sort. 



Among all the endless varieties of strawberries 

 in cultivation, the Wilsoii's Aliany is a perfect mar- 

 vel for its productiveness ; there is nothing else 

 that will at all compare with it in this respect. The 



THE JEXNT LIND STEAWBEERT 



fruit is quite large, roundish, and sometimes irregu- 

 larly shaped ; of a dark red color; the flesh is firm, 

 with a brisk acid juice. Its qualities altogether 

 are such as render it probably the most profitable 

 sort for market purposes. 



Triomph de Gand is of Flemish origin, and has 

 rapidly gained public esteem within the last three or 

 four years ; it is of the very largest size, usually of 

 an irregular 'shape ; the color is a beautiful crimson ; 



