20 THE STKAWBEEKY CULTUEI8T. 



raist, leedlings from, but only to illustrate the principle. From my 

 own uxperiments with them I have been somewhat disappointed, for 

 nine tenths of the seedlings from the Wilson fertilized by the Peabody 

 were more acid than the parent, although I succeeded in getting the 

 color and some of the other characteristics of the Peabody. But using 

 the Peabody as the parent, I have had better success, getting a better 

 colored berry, sweeter, and some plants that were quite prolific, witq 

 almost invariably the long neck, which is a peculiar characteristic of 

 the Peabody. 



Any two varieties of the same species, or two distinct species (unless 

 too far removed, like the Alpine, which, I believe, will not hybridize 

 with any of the others), may be brought together, and valuable vari- 

 eties grown from the mixture. 



But it must be remembered that the varieties now in cultivation 

 have been so mixed and cross-fertilized, that it is almost impossible to 

 get a true cross between any two of them. 



The effect of fertilization of previous generations will sometimes 

 show itself when and where least expected. Sometimes the best results 

 will be obtained by merely sowing seeds of any good variety, trusting 

 to its inherent good qualities being transmitted to the offspring. 



From the Austin I have got seedlings, all of which resembled the 

 parent, but were inferior ; and I have noticed that all of this class, 

 such as the Downer, Iowa, Charlton, Georgia Mammoth, etc., are very 

 likely to produce varieties no better than the wild Western berry 

 from which they evidently all originated. It is very easy to get a 

 large variety from this class, but seldom a good one. From the Bic- 

 ton Pine I have grown large, sweet, orange-colored fruit, but, like the 

 parent, unproductive. 



From the Oscar, which is a poor grower, I have produced fine 

 growers, and those that were moderately prolific ; but the fruit was 

 sweet and dry. 



The results of some of my experiments are exceedingly curious, 

 such as producing five distinct varieties from the Bartlett, all of which 

 had entire leaves, not lobed. They were very similar to those de- 

 scribed by Duchesne as raised by him at Versailles in 1761, and called 

 the Monophylla, it being just 100 years (so far as I have been able to 



