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the White Grape or Cherry would give the starting-point 

 for great improvements. We have native species and vari- 

 ties producing fruit of various colors — red, black, violet, 

 and one of a deep golden yellow. The last is probably 

 the only really yellow currant known. It is worthless as 

 an edible fruit, it being too acid and slightly bitter ; still, 

 new varieties may be produced from it which would retain 

 the original color and be improved in flavor. American 

 horticulturists should not neglect the native currant until 

 some enterprising foreigner produces one that will be 

 very valuable from our native varieties, and for which 

 we w^U have to pay good prices. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



The immense number of varieties of the Strawberry which 

 we now have in cultivation, with the diversity of opinion 

 in regard to their various merits, places the subject beyond 

 the reach of any one individual to do it justice. To learn 

 all the peculiarities of soils, climates, modes of cultivation, 

 and the various phases which are developed in their cul- 

 ture, would require one to be everywhere present at the 

 same time and at all seasons. Consequently, we will not 

 attempt to recommend any particular variety, or any num- 

 ber of them, but leave it for each individual to try and 

 learn which are the best for his particular soil, location, or 

 mode of cultivation. Some of our varieties will only suc- 

 ceed in strong, moderately compact soils, while others do 

 best in a light sandy one. The same is true as to cultiva- 

 tion ; some require to be grown in hills, and all runners cut 

 off, to produce the best results, while with others this 



