Notes and Gleanings. 301 



Strawberries. —To those interested in the cultivation of tliis first and 

 most delicious of our summer fruits, the following notes will possess very 

 great interest. The writer is an enthusiastic horticulturist, and a successful cul- 

 tivator of fruits and flowers, who has now hung up the sword, and resumed the 

 pruning-knife, after years of absence on the tented field. He comes back to 

 the peaceful walks of the garden with no less love for their attractions than that 

 which actuated him before he responded to the calls of his bleeding country. 

 The "Ji'ortunities for observation of this fruit are ample at Pittsburg, Penn., the 

 reoi^ence of the writer. His own plantations, and collection of varieties, are 

 extensive and numerous ; and, among his neighbors who cultivate this fruit, he 

 has had frequent access to the celebrated grounds of Mr. Knox, whose reputa- 

 tion as a successful horticulturist has become famous through his very pleasant 

 annual re-unions in June and October, where pomologists from all parts of the 

 country assemble to study the strawberry and the grape. 



Some account of the fruit-farm of Mr. Knox was intended for a previous 

 number of the Journal ; but it has unavoidably been omitted. The general facts 

 of his mode of treatment, and of his successful results, have been long familiar 

 to the horticultural public ; but the exhibition of strawberries upon his grounds 

 last June was the most remarkable ever beheld in this country. The Jucunda, 

 or " 700 " as it had been called, was the most astonishing display of noble 

 fruit, in its extent, size, and beauty, as well as productiveness, we have ever 

 witnessed. — Eds. 



Dr. John A. Warder, — I will give you my pencillings through the beds 

 of strawberries in this vicinity, not omitting the dominions of the strawberry 

 king, — Knox. 



Btirr's New Pine. — This variety ripened its first fruit with us on the 5th of 

 June. Berries rather below medium size, conical, and regular in form ; seeds 

 slightly depressed ; color pale red ; flesh soft, and tinged with pink ; sweet, 

 aromatic, and highly perfumed. Esteemed for desserts, but too tender for long 

 journeys. The habit of the plant is hardy and productive. 



Golden-seeded. — Ripening after the Burr's Pine. A delicious, sweet, dark- 

 crimson berry, studded over conspicuously with large yellow seeds. Above 

 medium in size, obtuse-conical, often irregular ; flesh tender ; habit vigorous, 

 and moderately productive. One of Mr. Knox's most profitable early sorts. 



Crimson Cone. — An old favorite. Esteemed for its earliness and wonderful 

 productiveness ; with the remarkable quality of retaining its spicy flavor, however 

 ripe. Too small for the market, and a troublesome runner in the garden ; but I 

 shall always grow a few rows for my own table. 



Col. Ellsworth. — A large, irregular, conical berry; deep scarlet ; flesh dry, 

 sweet, and very pleasant. Plant a moderate grower, rather dwarf ; very prolific 

 on some soils. Desirable for its flavor and earliness. 



New-Jersey Scarlet. — A favorite on light, sandy soils : however, it succeeds 

 well with me on a strong clay. It is a very sweet, high-flavored, early variety. 

 Fruit of medium size, conical, with a long neck ; light-crimson and tender flesh. 

 Plant strong, hardy, and productive. Particularly desirable in the amateur's 

 collection. 



