TO BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



than thirty years — large, handsome and of excellent quality. 

 Being a pistillate, it is important to plant some variety near it, 

 say three or four rows of the Hovey, and one of some other va- 

 riety better supplied with pollen. It is better to set the rows 

 running from north to south, that our prevailing west winds 

 may carry the pollen over the whole bed. With such treatment, 

 the best growers have obtained great results. This variety is 

 excellent for family use or market. 



The Boston Pine, produced also by Mr. Hovey, is a high 

 flavored variety, good for home use, but not suitable for market, 

 as the fruit loses its color after being picked. 



The Brighton Pine is a very valuable sort that anybody can 

 raise who Avill take the trouble to plant it. A good grower, a 

 good bearer, of good-sized fruit, of good quality, hardy and 

 sure. 



The Wilson is now the strawberry for the million — we mean 

 the million who raise fruit to sell — for it is a very great bearer 

 of large fruit. It is hardy, fruit firm, bears transportation well, 

 and will probably yield more quarts of berries than any other 

 variety known. It is not a strawberry of the highest quality, 

 and yet many like it because of its acid flavor. 



Triomphe de Gand, if grown at all, should be grown in hills. 

 A good fruit, but not a large bearer. Plant it sparingly. La 

 Constante is a large and magnificent fruit, but fit only for 

 amateur cultivators. The Jenny Lind is a good early straw- 

 berry, but not a great bearer. We regard the Hovey, Brighton 

 Pine and Wilson as the most valuable varieties now under cul- 

 tivation with us. But we cannot pass from this subject without 

 calling particular attention to a new strawberry, which, if we 

 mistake not, is destined to prove a very great acquisition, raised 

 by our esteemed friend Hon. M. P. AVilder, and named by the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, " President Wilder," in 

 honor of its originator. For years we have been looking for a 

 fruit that would surpass the Hovey, and we think this variety is 

 bound to do so. In short, it seems to possess all the qualities 

 one could possibly desire in this fruit. My friends, if any of 

 you who own land are without a strawberry bed, take my advice 

 and set one next spring. 



We must not forget the other small fruits, for eacli is impor- 

 tant in its season. The raspberry is a fruit that immediately 



