48 RECORD OF HORTICULTURE. 



Strawberry-growers w^io practice higli culture — that is, 

 plow^ deeply, manure heavily, and keep their plantations 

 clear of weeds — will recommend a longer list of varieties, 

 and speak more highly of each than those who practice 

 the reverse. Not one cultivator in a hundred j^ractices 

 liigh culture w^ith the Strawberry, nor has learned that the 

 very best of culture is usually the most profitable. Each 

 individual grower fixes a standard for himself, and discards 

 all that do not agree with his notions of quality, hardiness, 

 size, or productiveness. With some, the main point must 

 be the perfect hardiness of the plant. This is truly a 

 great desideratum ; still, one of the most profitable varieties 

 we ever tested required protection to insure a full crop. 

 The additional expense of covering the plants in winter 

 wan doubly returned in the increase of fruit. All these 

 points have been discussed pi^o and C07i., and strawberry- 

 growers are as widely apart in opinion as ever. 



Among those varieties w^hich have been fully tested, the 

 following ten may be considered as a fair sample of the 

 numerous first-rate Strawberries of the difierent classes : 



Agriculturist. 



Autumnal Galande (Monthly Alpine). 



Boston Pine. 



Brooklyn Scarlet. 



Downer's Prolific. 



Early Scarlet. 



Hovcy. 



Ladies' Pine (small, but of exquisite flavor). 



Lenning's White (the best of its class). 



Wilson's Albany. 



