STRAWBERRY. IGl 



inglj fine flavored, as, for example, those abounding in 

 the northern states and British provinces, still the best 

 cultivated kinds have been brought from Europe. Ni- 

 chol enumerates twenty-three varieties, among which 

 are the American red and black, the Long Island, the 

 Virginia, the Ohio ever-bearing, and the Pennsylvania. 

 Some of the American varieties may be propagated by 

 layers, so as to produce fruit the second year. New 

 kinds of choice qualities from the seed of the best Euro- 

 pean, often hybridized with native American varieties, 

 are produced in the United States. One of the most 

 successful culturists is Dr. Wm. Brinckle, of Philadel- 

 phia, who has originated many kinds of the highest 

 merit. 



The American Congress of Fruit-growers^ at its meet- 

 ing in the City of New York, in 1849, agreed upon the 

 following varieties as most worthy of cultivation : The 

 Red Antwerp, Yellow Antwerp, Franconia, and Fastolff, 

 and as giving promise of being worthy to add to the 

 list of Knevett's giant. 



The Straw^berry {Frag aria) belongs to the same na- 

 tural family as the raspberry. Amongst the numerous 

 kinds cultivated in English gardens, botanists have dis- 

 tinguished several species,hvit as these distinctions imply 

 no difference in culture, and as it is difficult to trace 

 them amid the sportings of the hybrids, we shall not 

 pretend to enumerate them. Scarcely any plant more 

 readily slides into seminal varieties; and, indeed, till 

 lately, in consequence of the irregular prevalence of 

 local names, their whole nomenclature was a chaos of 

 confusion. At the instance of the Horticultural Society 

 of London, i\h'. Barnet undertook a revision of the sub- 



