i?i the Southerfi States. 443 



Seeing that the question about strawberry plants being 

 perfect or imperfect, is still unsettled in the pubhc mind, I 

 was forcibly struck with the strong confirmation of Mr. Long- 

 worth's assertion by Mr. Keen, in the cultivation of the 

 strawberry, as quoted by Loudon in his Encyclopedia of 

 Gardening, edition of 1822, page 822, $ 1476, var. the Haut- 

 boy. As the truth is doubtless your object, you will render 

 a service to the growers of this delightful fruit, by publishing 

 what Keen says on the subject, though it militates against 

 your opinion. I have never seen either a male or perfect 

 flower on any plant of your seedhng, which I have been cul- 

 tivating since about the time that Mr. Long worth's statement 

 was first published in the Cultivator, and a friend, to whom 

 I sent some of the plants last year or the year before, re- 

 marked to me last week in Charleston, that he had never 

 seen so unproductive a variety of strawberry. I did not send 

 him any other plants, nor did I apprise him of the fact that, 

 for a good crop from them, it was necessary to have some 

 other variety with male flowers in the immediate neighbor- 

 hood of these plants. 



I forgot to mention that I saw somewhere last winter, in 

 Liebig, I think, that salt litter in the winter is beneficial to 

 strawberry plants, and I attribute part of my success in rais- 

 ing strawberries to the saltness, as well as the moisture and 

 clayey texture of my soil, 



Beaufort, S. C, Nov. 1, 1845. 



We are highly grateful to receive the communication of 

 our correspondent, detailing his experiments with the culti- 

 vation of the pear tree, because the success which has fol- 

 lowed his efforts, will tend to induce others to introduce this 

 most valuable fruit into the gardens of the Southern States, 

 where till lately it was thought by many the pear would not 

 succeed. In the south of France, the pear in most places 

 grows well, and produces fine fruit, and we see no reason 

 why similar success should not follow in the southern portion 

 of our own country, with a similar climate, and a good soil. 

 The experiment of Mr. Chisholm shows that success will at- 

 tend every judicious and well-directed effort. We shall wait 

 with much interest the results of another year's experiments, 



