84 Notes and Gleanings. 



" Look on this Picture, and then on that." — We take the two follow- 

 ing paragraphs from the Horticulturist for January and February, respectively. 

 If the editor of that journal is not generally more correct in his information than 

 in the first of these paragraphs, it will take him a good while to establish a repu- 

 tation for accuracy. 



The Wilder Strawberry. — In the west the foreign variety is succeeding 

 better than the native, the latter dying out, at least only a moderate grower, while 

 the other is large, showy, of high quality, and very firm. It would certainly be 

 a singular fact if Mr. Wilder was to be indebted to a foreign source for the most 

 successful of the two varieties bearing his name. 



The President Wilder Strawberry. — Editor Horticulturist : In your Editorial 

 Notes for January, you speak of the native strawberry bearing the above name 

 as only a moderate grower in the west, while the foreign variety of the same 

 name is large, showy, of high quality, and very firm. I have no knowledge of 

 the foreign kind ; but my experience and observation with the native President 

 Wilder are directly at variance with the above statement. I set a few plants in 

 the fall of 1869, also a few more in the spring of 1870. They occupy three dif- 

 ferent positions in my garden — one in clay, one in sandy soil, and the other in 

 black loam. I think I did not lose a plant of those set out ; and although the 

 past season has been one of unusual heat and drought, I must say I never grew 

 any variety of strawberry which was more perfectly free from sun-burn or "dying 

 out " than the President Wilder. Indeed, its habit of growth has been, so far, 

 all I could desire. I had a few berries, the flavor of which was excellent, having 

 a good deal of the character of La Constante. I noticed particularly the bright, 

 lively color, fine size, and great firmness of the berries, and formed the opinion 

 that they would bear carriage fully as well as Jucunda, or even Wilson. Should 

 it prove, upon trial, to be sufficiently productive, I venture to predict for this 

 variety great popularity and real value, worthy of the honored name it bears. 

 I will add that I have taken some pains to inquire of my brother horticulturists 

 of Ohio, both north and south, as to the performance of the President Wilder, 

 and, with a single exception, their experience accorded perfectly with my own. 



Delaware, Ohio. George W. Campbell. 



New Seedling Grape. — We received from our correspondent, George W. 

 Campbell, Delaware, Ohio, a specimen of a new seedling grape — a hybrid be- 

 tween Concord and Joslyn's St. Albans. Mr. Campbell thinks it the nearest 

 approach to a fine foreign grape upon a hardy, healthy, native vine that he has 

 yet produced. The grapes were picked on the 9th of September, when they 

 had been some days ripe, and forwarded to us on the 20th, and consequently 

 were not in the most perfect condition when they reached us, but, so far as 

 could be judged, were of excellent quahty. A leaf which accompanied them 

 was perfectly fresh, and seemed to leave nothing to be desired for substance and 

 hardiness. It is a white grape. 



Cotton-seed vs. Lint. — Professor Hilgard says that cotton-seed takes 

 nine times as much nutriment from the soil as the lint. 



