304 Notes and Gleanings. 



Metcalfs Seedling. — The fruit on my plants was so small and inferior, that I 

 am scarcely willing to give it place for another season. 



Kitley's Goliah. — A large, beautiful variety. Valuable on account of its late- 

 ness and size. It should be found in every amateur collection. 



Nbnrod. — An immense egg-shaped fruit. Flesh firm, tinged with pink ; 

 color a pale scarlet ; moderately productive, and ripens later than the Kitley or 

 Jucunda. Mr. Knox is growing these two sorts largely for the market. 



Jucii7ida, or Knox's 700. — This variety reigned supreme over my entire col- 

 lection, as I am told it has done in the New- York and Philadelphia markets. 

 For productiveness, certain maturing, size, beauty, and fine keeping-qualities, 

 all combined, the Jucunda far surpasses all others on the list. I am even 

 more partial to its flavor than to that of the Agriculturist. I fully believe 

 that tne grandest dis^^lay of strawberries ever seen on this continent was a 

 plantation of five acres of the Jucunda on the Knox Farm (June 25). On most 

 of the plants, there were ten to twelve ripe berries ; together sufficient to fill 

 a quart measure. When the Wilson was selling in our market for fifteen cents 

 per quart, the Jucunda sold freely for fifty and sixty cents ; specimens as high 

 as one dollar per quart. I have seen a gentleman pay twelve dollars for twelve 

 quarts, while other sorts could be purchased for three dollars per bushel. Mr. 

 Knox informs me that he has realized sixty cents per quart after shipping the 

 fruit four hundred miles. In the extensive propagation and cultivation of this 

 variety, Mr. Knox has exhibited good judgment, horticultural skill, and a com- 

 mendable spirit of progress. Even our immediate strawberry cultivators shared 

 in the doubts expressed in regard to the great merits of this sort. The result is, 

 that Mr. Knox controls the market whenever and wherever he chooses to send 

 his invmcibles. The sales of strawberries from his farm were immense this 

 season, and doubtless very profitable. Many suppose that his success is owing 

 to expensive culture and high manuring. Such is not the case. The plants, 

 while young, receive timely and careful tillage. The vines are cultivated in rows 

 two feet and a half apart, and ten to fifteen inches between the plants. He cov- 

 ers lightly with straw in the winter, and mulches heavily in summer ; in which 

 method these are evidently pre-eminent advantages. 



Having extended my article much farther than your patience will justify, I am 

 obliged to omit some minor points we spoke of 



Yours very truly, 



Pittsburg. Jas. S. Negley. 



The Large-flowered Campanula. — This is the queen of the campa- 

 nulas. The flowers are of the size of a large hen's Qgg cut through the middle. 

 In one variety, they are of a deep-purplish blue ; in another they are white. 

 The bud, just before opening, looks like a little balloon. The plant does not 

 much exceed two feet in height, with neat, compact, dark-green foliage. The 

 root is large and fleshy, like a carrot. It is perfectly hardy in any moderately 

 dry soil and warm exposure ; and it is one of the best of perennials. It is 

 known as the Wahlenbergia or Platycodon ; but we prefer to return to the 

 broader and simpler name. F. P. 



