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at that period. Such large crops were often raised that the theory 

 was advanced by many that pistillates as a class would be more productive 

 than staminates, and horticulturists became as controversial as the most 

 zealous of theologians. The berry and the vexed questions that it 

 raised have both ceased to occupy general attention, but many of the 

 new varieties heralded to-day are not equal to this old-fashioned sort. 

 Mr. Downing thus describes it: "The vines are vigorous and hardy, 

 producing moderately large crops, and the fruit is always of the largest 

 size and finely flavored ; the leaves are large, rather light green, and the 

 fruit-stalks long and erect ; fruit roundish-oval and slightly conical, deep, 

 shining scarlet, seeds slightly imbedded ; flesh firm ; season about 

 medium." 



HuddUstoris Favorite. New. Thus described by E. Y. Teas, of 

 Dunreith, Ind. : " A vigorous grower, with large, glossy foliage, that 

 stands the sun well ; berries of the largest size, round, with small calyx, 

 of a bright, glossy, crimson color, ripening evenly, firm, with a rich, spicy 

 flavor; late; very beautiful in appearance." 



Jucunda. A slow, rather than feeble grower, on heavy soils; light 

 green foliage ; leaf-stalk smooth ; truss 5 to 7 inches ; berry high-shoul- 

 dered, conical, of a bright, glossy crimson, very showy ; flesh scarlet, firm ; 

 flavor fair and good when fully ripe ; calyx close ; season late. 



I am indebted to Dr. Hexamer for the following history : " The late 

 Rev. Mr. J. Knox, of Pittsburgh, told me that in a bed of what he received 

 as Bonte de St. Julien, he found a number of plants that seemed to him a 

 new variety. Supposing them to be a new and very desirable seedling, he 

 separated them from the others and propagated them under the name of 

 ' 700.' Before he offered them for sale, he discovered that they were identical 

 with the Jucunda, and when they were brought out, in 1865, it was under 

 the true name, Jucunda (Knox's 700)." One authority states that it 

 originated in England, with a Mr. Salter ; another says that it was imported 

 from Belgium. This is of little consequence, compared with the fact that it 

 is the finest foreign berry we have^ on heavy soils. I do not n commend it 

 for light land, unless the runners are cut and high culture is given. Mr. 

 M. Crawford, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, makes the interesting statement that 

 Mr. Knox "sold over two hundred bushels of this variety in one day, at 

 $16 per bushel.' It has always been one of the most profitable on my 

 heavy land. The young plants are small and feeble. Staminate. For 

 illustration, see page 67. 



Kentucky Seedling. Plant tall, vigorous, but slender and apt to fall ; 

 light green foliage ; truss 8 to 10 inches, with 8 to 10 berries ; berry scarlet, 



