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south of Washington City, to whom, we sent a few gen- 

 uine plants a year or two ago, writes : "Monroe Scarlet 

 proved with me last season exceedingly productive, 

 and nearly covered the entire surface of the ground 

 with trusses of fruit. It is a decided acquisition." We 

 are aware that the Alpines, and some other kinds, 

 will produce many berries in a single hill, but they 

 are very small fruit, and will not produce near the 

 quantity. It is a hybrid of Hovey's Seedling and the 

 Duke of Kent. The plant is very vigorous : pistillate ; 

 fruit large, roundish, short neck, and beautiful, of good 

 fair flavor, hard flesh, a long bearer, and good for 

 market; does well partially shaded. 



burr's new pine. 



This variety originated in Colum- 

 bus, Ohio, in 1846, on a clay soil, 

 and is remarkable for its agreeable, 

 delicious, aromatic flavor, surpassing 

 all other varieties; and also for its 

 early bearing and uniform pro- 

 ductiveness. It is usually of large 

 medium size, although we have seen 

 on exhibition large dishes of fruit ^^^^'^ ^^ "^^• 

 measuring nearly four inches in circumference, and 

 have measured single specimens from our own garden 

 full four and a quarter inches ; and when thus well 



