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derstand it was imported direct from Lima, by T. P. Ives, 

 Esq., of Providence, Rhode-Island, and I doubt its being yet 

 in Europe. 



Early Hudson. This has round fruit, of a pale red co- 

 lour, ripens about ten days earlier than the Red Chili, and 

 forms, with that, the principal bulk of this fruit sold in the 

 New-York market, It is a good bearer, and of fine flavour. 



WilmoCs Sufierb. This seems a monstrosity of its spe- 

 cies, and I never could have supposed a variety could have 

 been produced of such enormous size. I have now be- 

 fore me the coloured filate and description from the origina- 

 tor himself, Mr. Wilmot, of Isleworth, near London. He 

 states, that this strawberry is from six to eight inches in cir- 

 cumference : and as this fact is corroborated by the publica- 

 tions of the London Horticultural Society, by Loudon in his 

 Gardener's Magazine, and others, we cannot doubt its accu- 

 racy. It ripens later than the Pine, and most other kinds. 

 It is represented as not so highly flavoured as some others, 

 but it is probably equal to the Red Chili, with which the 

 New- York market is supplied. 



Bishofi's Orawgvr. The largest of the scarlets. 



Grove End Scarlet. A good bearer, and of fine flavour. 



HOPS. 



This plant, English writers state, flourishes most in a loam, 

 on a light sandy bottom. In forming plantations, suckers are 

 preferred, which should be cut short at planting, and well 

 manured every two or three years ; they should also be fre- 

 quently topped, and kept down to six feet, till they have 

 gained strength. In Massachusetts, large plantations of the 

 hop exist ; but it is very probable that this culture might 

 afford greater remuneration, if some of the finer varieties, 

 which are cultivated near London, were introduced to our 

 plantations, as great distinctions are made in Kent, and other 

 parts of England, on this point. 



LIQUORICE, OR GLYCYRRHIZA. 



This plant, which produces the Liquorice of the shops, is 

 cultivated in England for the use of brewers and distillers 

 but Liquorice is manufactured from it only in Sicily and 

 Spain. It grows naturally in these countries, and in Langue- 

 doc; and in such abundance in some parts of Sicily, that it 

 is considered the greatest scourge of the cultivator. Its roots 

 penetrate to a great depth, and the deeper the ground is 

 opened, with a view to eradicate them, so much the more 



