304 NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST. 



Late from Berkshire county, Massachusetts. Origin 

 unknown. 



38. *BAYNE'S EXTRA EARLY. 



New; productive; of medium size ; round; color deep 

 scarlet ; flavor superior ; extra early. Such is the undoubt- 

 ed description of Dr. Bayne, of Alexandria, D. C., where 

 the fruit was first originated or found. Sent hither in 1843, 

 as earlier than any other varieties he could ever obtain. In 

 that climate it begins to ripen by the 29th of April. 



39. *BAYNE'S INCOMPARABLE. 



New ; foliage very luxuriant ; fruit very large, roundish, 

 some being cockscomb formed; seeds rather prominent; 

 flesh firm, pale scarlet ; flavor very superior. Its produc- 

 tiveness unsurpassed, and exceeding all others known. A 

 native, first found or originated at Alexandria, D. C., by 

 Dr. Bayne; and, with this undoubted description, sent 

 hither by him in 1843. 



CULTIVATION. 



Some varieties of the strawberry have male blossoms 

 only, and are sterile. Some have blossoms both male and 

 female in the same plant, and bear moderately. Others 

 have female blossoms only ; such are most productive of 

 all, but only when set near the former kinds. 



Dr. J. H. Bayne, an amateur, and distinguished cultiva- 

 tor, of Alexandria, D. C., by letter of 1843, states that he 

 extirpates all sterile plants. The Melon Strawberry, which 

 possesses blossoms both male and female, he has found 

 answering every purpose. In its proximity, Hovey's Seed- 

 ling is productive ; and the Melon, when set in rows al- 

 ternate with the Hudson's Bay, will impregnate every 

 flower, causing the latter to yield enormous crops. 



It is recommended that, as early in summer as the 

 young runners have taken root, they should be transplanted 

 into nursery beds five or six inches asunder. By this 

 management they will by autumn have become fine, strong 

 plants, capable of producing fruit the following summer. 



For the reception of these plants, the ground may be 

 trenched twenty inches deep, and a quantity of half-rotted 

 manure incorporated to half this depth. For economy, 

 it is also recommended, in the final transplanting, to 

 set the plants in beds of four rows each ; the rows run- 



