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pet seedling strawberry. Even the precious metals and 

 royal families do not escape the honor of having their 

 names blazoned before the world in connection with this 

 choicest of fruits. 



Our old Victoria strawberry has been re-gilded and 

 re-christened, under the name of Golden Queen j' and 

 having again entered the field with all the pomp attain- 

 able in an advertisement, she will no doubt receive a 

 conspicuous place in many an amateur garden. Fruit- 

 growers' societies and conventions may enter their pro- 

 tests against this practice of sending out old varieties 

 Tinder new names, but it is of no use so long as the adver- 

 tising columns are open to all who choose to use them. 



Many an old variety has been sent out under a new 

 name, and still no blame could be attached to the dissemi- 

 nator, because he was not aware that it was an old 

 variety ; but when the discovery was made, he restored to 

 it the original name. "We Imve to regret, however, that 

 this course is not always pursued ; if it were, we should 

 have less cause for complaint. 



Brooklyn Scarlet. — We have received more letters in 

 the past year commending this variety than in the six pre- 

 vious ones. It was alwaj^s one of the reliable varieties 

 for home use with us, and we are happy to hear that so 

 many have discovered its good qualities. It is quite 

 probable that if it had been sold at five to ten dollars 

 a dozen when first sent out, it would have been considered 

 valuable ; but, unfortunately, one hundred and twenty-five 

 thousand were distributed gratuitously, and that was 

 enough to destroy the reputation of any strawberry. 



