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the size and flavor of the one, might be united the ever-bear- 

 ing character of the other. There is a wild, ever-bearing 

 variety in our State, that would cross with the Scarlet and 

 Pine, and is the only kind I have ever seen worthy of the 

 name of Ever-bearing; for the Alpine, after the first crop, 

 rarely produces much fruit through the season. Thirty 

 years since, I met with a solitary strawberry plant on Mount 

 Adams, then in bloom. I removed it to my garden, and the 

 plant not only bloomed freely till frost, but all the runners 

 threw out blossoms at the same time that they made roots, 

 and bore abundantly till late in the fall. The fruit was small, 

 but of fine flavor. A new hand in the garden, early the 

 next spring, supposed they were weeds, and destroyed them. 

 The old pioneer, LEWIS DAvis, informed me the same variety 

 grew in Greene county, on the cliffs, and had been frequently 

 seen by him. I trust it may again be discovered, and Ohio 

 have the credit of producing the only ever-bearing straw- 

 berry, as well as raspberry. The latter plant, to produce a 

 good crop, during the summer and fall, requires a moist soil. 

 My ground in the city is too rich and dry for it. I have 

 never seen the plant bear as well as in Newark, New Jersey, 

 on a side hill, where the ground is moist, poor and stony. 

 The plant did not attain half the size it does here ; but the 

 fruit was large and abundant till frost. 



N. LONGWORTH. 



REPORT ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE STRAWBERRY. 



(Made June 13th, 1846.) 



The Committee appointed two years ago, at the request of 

 N. LONGWORTH, Esq., to investigate the character and habits 

 of the Strawberry, having had the subject under, considera- 

 tion, beg leave to report : 



That after numerous experiments made by the members of 



