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petioles. An enormous bearer, and continues for a long 

 time. One of the most desirable varieties. A standard 

 sort. 



Hovey's Seedling, When we consider the size, flavor 

 of its fruit, and its habit of long-continued bearing, this is 

 one of the finest of strawberries. Like all the pistillate ber- 

 ries, it needs a fertilizer. It is an old variety, and still 

 remains one of the best, and is excelled in flavor by few 

 of the new kinds. Leaves large, bright green, with long 

 petioles, which stand erect ; fruit very large, conical, 

 bright scarlet ; seeds slightly imbedded ; flesh firm, with 

 a rich, luscious flavor. Should be in every garden. 



McAvoy'S Superior. This won a prize of $100 at Cin- 

 cinnati, as the best pistillate variety, for size, flavor, and 

 fruitfulness. Leaves dark green, serrate ; footstalk long, 

 trusses of fruit full; berry large, of rich dark color, 

 irregular, roundish conical ; seeds large, slightly sunk ; 

 flesh crimson and white, tender, and juicy; core of rather 

 open, coarse texture ; too soft for a market fruit. 



Triomphe de Gaud, A foreign variety, but one that 

 succeeds well at the South. Leaves large, bright green, 

 on long petioles, or footstalks ; fruit large, and in high 

 trusses, bright scarlet, and of excellent flavor; fruit 

 resembles Hovey's Seedling in appearance. 



JllCimda, or " Our 700." A fruit of great merit, dis- 

 tributed by J. Knox, of Pittsburg, Pa. Fruit very large, 

 of a conical form, occasionally cockscombed ; color bright 

 scarlet ; of firm flesh, yet tender and juicy, sweet, and 

 delicious. Probably the most popular variety now grown, 

 if we except Wilson's Albany. We do not hesitate to 

 recommend it for general cultivation. 



Agriculturist, A seedling by Seth Boyden, of Newark, 

 N. J., which, from the encomiums bestowed upon it, must 

 occupy a very prominent place in the great list of new 

 and desirable varieties ; as we have never seen the fruit, 



