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STRAWBERRIES IN 1867. 



I DESIRE to keep a promise made to the Editors of this Journal, and give 

 a brief resume of the behavior of various kinds of strawberries under 

 garden-cultivation the present season. 



The season itself has not been extremely favorable, and there has been 

 a general complaint of the sourness of most strawberries. 



Yet the fruit in the market has been fully up to the usual size, and timely 

 rains kept the berries on sale till quite late in July, 



Agriculturist. — One-year-old plants of this much-talked-of kind bore 

 this year a large crop of monstrous berries, from second to third rate in 

 color and flavor. Two-year-old plants bore a full crop of small to 

 medium poor-flavored and easily-decaying fruit, and are comparatively 

 _ worthless. The Agriculturist must be raised after the Belmont plan ; i.e., 

 annually. 



Bijou. — A moderately-good foreign kind, better than the Triomphe de 

 Gand, and not so good as La Constante. Of no special value. 



BoNTE DE St. Julien. — It is strange that this old variety should be so 

 ^ greatly neglected. It is vigorous ; productive beyond the usual run of for- 

 eign sorts. Its fruit is handsome in shape and color, and of an exceedingly 

 rich and sweet flavor. The berries are held well up from the ground. It 

 is a mistake to let less valuable kinds supplant this old favorite. 



Brooklyn Scarlet. — Plants vigorous, hardy, and moderately produc- 

 tive ; fruit small to medium, conical, scarlet, long-necked, of rich and 

 delicate flavor. Excellent for a family berry, but unsuitable for market. 



Exposition a Chalons. — Plants vigorous and hardy, not very produc- 

 tive ; berries medium, sometimes monstrous, often coxcombed, bright 

 scarlet, with a peculiar flavor, much like the Triomphe de Gand. This 

 kind perhaps deserves a place in a large 'collection, but has no great 

 merit. 



French's Early. — A native variety. Plants vigorous and hardy ; 



fruit medium in size, bright-colored, moderately-early, soft, and not very 



rich or good. 



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Frogmore Late Pine. — The fruit is large to monstrous in size, cnm- 



