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the size of Wilson, and I think it bears 

 a little more, but the fruit is rather 

 rough and unattractive. It deserves a 

 better chance also. 



James Vick has not yet received a 

 fair trial with me. I was so anxious 

 to get all the plants I could, that I 

 suffered the runners all to grow ; and, 

 thus encouraged, it forms more strong 

 young plants than I have seen made by 

 any other variety. The taking vip of 

 these, or in some places the hoeing of 

 them out, of course injured the roots 

 to the shortening of the supply of sap. 

 Certainly no plant could mature a large 

 crop of fruit under such circumstances. 

 Yet nothing seems to discourage the 

 James Vick from the attempt. Every 

 plant covered itself with blossoms, and 

 persists in putting out new blossoms 

 for a whole month. I could not expect 

 berries of any size under such condi- 

 tions. Here and there I got one an 

 inch and a quarter in diameter, but I 

 am utterly unable from experience to 

 give a fair idea of the normal size of 

 this variety. But the size is the only 

 questionable point. It is one of the 

 handsomest berries — uniform in shape, 

 smooth in outline, bright in color ; and 

 it is a very strong healthy grower, and 

 remarkably productive, setting far more 

 fruit than Wilson. It ripened with 

 me about four or five days after Wilson 

 began. I think it firmer than Wilson. 



Manchester stands again about head 

 of the class in value. It began to ripen 

 about with James Vick, or say July 

 (Sth, and so it is too early to say how 

 the berries will hold out in size ; but 

 in respect of size, so far, it seems to be 

 outdoing even its fine record of last 

 year. Why I have hardly ever seen a 

 Sharpless that would excel the first 

 specimens of Manchester in bulk. 

 True, scattered specimens of Sharpless 

 would measure more in diameter or 

 circumference, and now and then one 

 will weigh an ounce and a half; but 



hei-e, on almost every plant, are Man- 

 chesters that would crowd the weight 

 of all, but the one or two selected 

 Sharpless. I have never seen any- 

 thing average so large as these Man- 

 chesters on rich loam, and the quality 

 tastes better to me than Bidwell or 

 Sharpless. I do not consider the Man- 

 chester a good shipper, though it may 

 travel a little better than Bidwell. 

 The color is a shade too light to suit 

 me, but most people do not mind. 

 Productiveness about like Crescent. It 

 is very smooth and regular. 



Jumho appears to be only Cumbei-- 

 land Triumph with a new name. 



Park Beauty is just Crescent re- 

 christened. 



Jockey Cap and Howell also appear 

 to be old soi'ts out with new names. 

 It may be too soon to judge from speci- 

 mens gi'own on plants set this spring. 

 But in color, shape, texture and quality, 

 as well as in habits of growth. Jockey 

 Gap too much resembles the old Miner's 

 Prolific, and Hoioell the old Jucunda, 

 for me to have mvich interest left in 

 either of them. 



Parry, set out this spring, bore a few 

 berries, that were very large for such 

 young plants, firm, and exceedingly 

 glossy and handsome. The flavor also 

 was excellent, and if the Parry can do 

 much of that sort of thing when full 

 grown, there are lots of varieties that 

 will have to get out of the way for it. 



Beyond all doubt the most beautiful 

 berry I have seen, grew this year on a 

 new variety which I got from New 

 Jersey this spring, and which is to be 

 sent out next fall (this midsummer in 

 fact) by Mr. J. T. Lovett, with a 

 floui'ish of trumpets, I suppose, that 

 will leave my praise of it in the rear. 

 Well, anyway, the fruit was about an 

 inch and a quarter long (lar^e for a 

 plant only set this spring) about the 

 shape of the best formed berries of 

 Atlantic shown in the coloi-ed j^late 



