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were showy, vigorous, and handsome. Those from the Agriculturist were 

 astonishingly exact reproductions of tjie parent plant, two of them only 

 being good enough to save ; and the seedlings that pleased me most were 

 raised from a large and beautiful strawberry which I bought three years ago 

 as the Quinquefolia. I cannot find any nursery-man who now has plants of 

 this name ; and I shall be greatly obliged to any one who has the genuine 

 Quinquefolia if he will send me his catalogue. 



The seedlings I mentioned from the so-called Quinquefolia are very 

 handsome, large, rich, and sweet. I have preserved two of them ; and an- 

 other year, I hope, will prove them to be of some value. 



Still it must not be forgotten that one's own swans are very apt to be 

 geese, after all. 



The finest seedling, however, and perhaps I may say the finest strawber- 

 r}'^, I have ever seen, is Mr. Marshall P. Wilder's No. 13, — a cross between 

 the Hovey and La Constante. Starting with the two best berries we had, 

 Mr. Wilder has produced a strawberry of almost unapproachable excellence, 

 whether we regard its delightful perfume and flavor, or the immense size 

 of the fruit. 



The plants are vigorous, and extremely productive. 



y. M. Merrick, Jim. 



NEW GRAPES. 



I HAVE nothing now to speak of as regards fruit in New Jersey, except 

 to describe two new grapes of promise, under the names of Conqueror and 

 Challenge. They were grown from seed by Rev. Acher Moore, and sup- 

 posed to be a cross between Concord and Royal Muscadine. The Con- 

 queror has long, loose-shouldered bunches ; berries medium, glossy-black, 

 with a bloom ; flesh slightly pulpy, juicy, sweet. The Challenge has short, 

 compact bunches, shouldered ; large, round berries, pale red, with flesh 

 slightly pulpy, juicy, very sweet. — William E. Basseit, Am. Pom. Soc. 



