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Seedling has for several years been the British Qneen of this country. — 

 Longworth's Prolific is a good bearer, but superior in nothing to some of 

 the older sorts. At Pittsburg the Superior has proved almost a failure in 

 every case where it has been tested." 



In the Horticulturist of August, 1854, he says: " Hovey's Seedling is 

 among the best American varieties ; the finest flavored is Burr's New Pine ; 

 the largest, Hovey's Seedling." 



In July, 1855, he says, in his " Notes on Cincinnati," " I had a great de- 

 sire to see those famed Cincinnati sorts in full bearing on their own ground, 

 and in their greatest excellence. McAvoy's Superior and Longworth's 

 Prolific are the two of greatest note — the great prize-takers — and I felt 

 particularly anxious to see them. I was not so fortunate in finding good 

 collections as I had hoped to be. The nurserymen had sold themselves so 

 close they had but few left to bear, and these afforded no just criterion. — 

 Among the private gardens I found but two where these sorts were well 

 grown, and in one of them the beds were in fine order. The Superior was 

 the principal crop, having a few rows of the Prolific among them, which 

 were young and did not have a full crop. The Superior, as to flavor, would 

 iraok second only to Burr's New Pine. I am satisfied that both these vari- 

 .eties are valuable, hardy, productive, and of fine flavor. I took several 

 oGeasioos to visit the market ; found immense supplies of Iowa, Hudson, 

 and Hoi'ej''j2 Seedling — the last named were in all cases the best, and sold 

 at 25.eeiits a <qjiart; the other at 15 cents. The growers who supply the 

 market ijjfqrn>ed us that the Superior would prove too tender for market, 

 and would not he e;:tensively grown." 



Again, in September, 1855, Mr. Barry says: "Longworth's Prolific and 

 McAvoy's Superior, of which we had good beds in fine order for a fair trial, 

 have both turned out poorly. The crop has been light, and the berries of 

 both imperfectly filled out— this, by the by, is a general failing of all the 

 Cincinnati varieties." 



In the March number of the Horticulturist, 1855, Mr. Barry publishes a 

 list of fruits recommended by several States for general cultivation, in 

 which we find Hovey's Seedling recommended by Ohio, Indiana, Mississip- 

 pi, Missouri, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maine, Delaware, Connecticut, 

 New York, and Canada West, McAvoy's Superior, by Ohio and Indiana. 



In 1851, the Eaitor of the Horticultural Review says: "It should be 

 recollected that Hovey's Seedling is still assumed as the standard of good 

 in flavor." 



At the June exhibition Hovey's Seedling was in all the principal collec- 

 itions, and the editor remarks : " Among P. Outcalt's collection, were Wil- 

 Jey, Jenny, Hovey, Rival Hudson, Monmouth and New Pine, as well as 

 No. 12, (the Superior,) and one obstinate fellow insisted that the New Pine 

 was superior to all in flavor." 



A writer who flourishes over the signature of " Fragaria Occidentalis," 

 in the Horticultural Review of September, 1853, says : " As the standard of 

 comparison, if my recollection serves, our committee has always assumed 

 Hovey's Seedling as the criterion in their decisions." 



