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CINCINNATI HORTICULTDRAL. 



The spring meeting for the show of strawberries, &.C., took place on Sat- 

 urday, June 7, at Cincinnati. Judging from the Report, which we copy 

 below, the Exhibition was a very fine one. It will be seen that in the 

 " Grand Sweepstakes" which was especially offered to ascertain, after all 

 the emulation, which was the finest of all the strawberries, that Hovey's 

 Seedling won the prize : — 



Strawberries. — Best six varieties, Hovey's Seedling, Longworth's Pro- 

 lific, Genesee, Washington, McAvoy's Superior, and Monroe Scar- 

 let, one pint each, to W. E. Mears, $3. 

 Second best, six varieties. Prolific, Superior, Hovey's Seedling, Gene- 

 see, Hudson and Burr's New Pine, one pint each, to T. V. Pet- 

 ticolas, ^. 

 Best pint McAvoy's Superior, to John Johnson, $2. 

 Second best pint of Hovey's Seedling, to Wiley Bates, $1. 

 Best display in quality and varieties, McAvoy's No. 1, do. Extra Red, 



Longworth's Prolific and McAvoy'a Superior, to D. McAvoy, $4. 

 Second best display in quality and varieties, a new Pistillate Seedling, 

 Excelsior, a new Seedling, Hermaphrodite and Prolific, to Schnike, 

 $2. 

 Special Premiums. — Best two quarts Longworth's Prolific, to F. G. Gary, 

 $5. 

 Best two quarts McAvoy's Superior, to F. G. Gary, $5. 

 Gratuities. — Best two quarts of Hovey's Seedling, to J. C. Youtsey, $5. 

 For Hovey's Seedling, to John C. Youtsey, $2. 

 For Hovey's Seedling, to Mackintosh, $1. 

 For McAvoy's Superior, to A. J. Wheeler, $1. 

 For Longworth's Prolific, to S. Rintz, $1. 

 A seedling strawberry from T. L. Weltz, from Hautboy, of good flavor, 

 productive and uniform in shape, but small. Seedling strawberries, from 

 Geo. H. Heinshein, generally of good flavor, particularly a Hautboy, of a 

 rich aroma and taste, but quite small. 



Grand Sweepstakes. — For the best four quarts of any variety, the pre- 

 mium of $10 was awarded to John C. Youtsey, of Campbell county, Ken- 

 tucky, the variety being " Hovey's Seedling." 



This latter premium was the test of superiority among all varieties, hence 

 Hovey's Seedling has borne the palm of honor. 



Cherries. — Best pint, Early May, to M. McWilliams, $2, 



Second pint. Early May, to Wm. Orange, $1. 

 Apples. — For good natural preservation of apples, Pryor's Red, Romanite, 



White Pearmain, and Yellow Newtown Pippin, to T. V. Petticolas 



Gratuity, $1. 

 For excellent natural preservation of apples, Baldwin, RaVle's, Jannet, 

 and Jonathan, to J. E. Mottier — Gratuity, $1. 

 A number of apples, preserved by an artificial process, eight months be- 

 yond their season, were exhibited by John C. Schooley. Their flavor was 



