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The Dixie Tomato. — This v;iriety is more prolific than the Tilden, 

 Keyes's Early, or any other known to me. It is larger than either of them ; 

 one pulled yesterday weighing sixteen ounces, and measuring fourteen inches. 

 It is uniformly large, though not as smooth and round as the Tilden. It is a 

 new variety, and will be much sought after for its immense yield. In deep, 

 rich soil, the stalks grow large and strong, bearing their heavy loads well up 

 off the ground. I think the yield per acre must be almost twice as great as 

 any other. It ripened, this summer, the same day as Keyes's Early ; both of 

 which ripened a week earlier than the Tilden. — Dixie Farmer. 



D. W. Beadle of St. Catharine's, C.VV., in a report to the Directors of the 

 Fruit-Growers' Association of Ontario, speaks as follows of the Philadelphia 

 Raspberry : — 



" In flavor, it is not quite equal to most of the Antwerp class. The Brinckle's 

 Orange stands at the head of all the raspberries growing in these grounds for 

 richness and delicacy of flavor; and Franconia, Hornet, Imperial, and Naomi all 

 take precedence, in the writer's estimation, of the Philadelphia, in point of 

 flavor : not that there is any thing unpleasant in the latter variety ; but it lacks 

 the richness of the others. 



" It is much more pulpy and juicy than the Black-cap, — and in this respect 

 is a decided advance on that variety, — yet not quite as juicy as the other varie- 

 ties above mentioned. 



" It is also larger than the Black-cap, — considerably larger, — yet not equal 

 in size to the Franconia, and much short of the great Hornet. 



" In productiveness, it far exceds any of tlie sorts mentioned in this report, 

 and is in this respect far superior to any variety that has been cultivated here. 

 Indeed, the load of fruit is quite surprising ; and, were it not that the canes are 

 more stout than most varieties produce, the burden of fruit would drag upon 

 the ground. In abundance of fruit, it is (as was stated by Mr. Arnold of Paris 

 at the last meeting of the association) among the raspberries what the Wilson 

 is among strawberries, — head and shoulders above its fellows. 



" The test of five winters leads the writer to believe that the Philadelphia is 

 perfectly hardy, — as hardy as our native Black-cap. It has not killed back at 

 all in some winters, and in others only the extreme tips have suffered. The 

 blossoms are not injured, but come out along the whole length of the cane : 

 hence the very abundant crop it produces every year. 



" It also endures perfectly the heat and drought of summer, growing luxuriant- 

 ly and perfecting its fruit much better than the Franconia. Not that, in such an 

 extreme drought as has prevailed in this vicinity for the past five weeks, it per- 

 fects every berry, or shows no lack of moisture, or that in hard or nearly sterile 

 soils it will not flag under such intense heat and continued drought ; but in the 

 same row with the Franconia, in the same soil, and receiving the same treat- 

 ment, it suffers less from heat and drought, and brings to perfection a heavier 

 crop. 



" The habit of growth is unusually vigorous, stout, and upright, enabling the 

 plant to sustain its enormous crop ; the foliage is deep-colored and heavy ; and, 

 thus far, there has no disease, or symptom of disease, appeared." 



