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Art. IV. Pomological Gossip. 



The Ohio Seedling Strawberries. — Ever since the four 

 varieties of strawberries were introduced to cultivation by 

 the recommendation of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society 

 our amateurs have had a great desire to see the fruit. A 

 strawberry to take the one hundred dollar prize ought to be 

 a good one, and consequently McAvoy's Superior, raised by 

 Mr. Longworth's gardener, with three others called McAvoy's 

 No. 1, Schneike's Pistillate and Longworth's Prolific, have 

 been an especial object of interest. How well they have 

 fruited with other cultivators we are not aware, but with us 

 they have had good attention and have shown their true 

 merits. To say that they have fulfilled our expectations will 

 not probably be expected ; but we readily admit they have, 

 for we never believed they would come up to the standard of 

 cultivators in our vicinity. The truth is, from some rea- 

 son, our Cincinnati friends do not appear to have a correct 

 standard to judge by ; either the eastern varieties do not suc- 

 ceed in the city of Cincinnati, or they have not yet discov- 

 ered the method of growing them, or else they have not the 

 genuine varieties, free from mixture of sorts ; there can be 

 no mistake about this. The following is the report of the 

 Cincinnati Horticultural Society, for 1851 : — 



" McAvoy's Seedling, No. 1. — Pistillate, large, prolific, 

 bright scarlet ; not high flavored but the handsomest dish on 

 exhibition. 



Schneike's Piotillate. — Large, medium quality. 



Longworth's Prolific. — The largest and most prolific her- 

 maphrodite strawberry known to the committee, and equally 

 prolific with any other variety. The plant is more hardy 

 thaa Hovey's, and recommended for general cultivation after 

 four years trial. 



McAvoy's Superior. — Pistillate, very prolific, large, dark 

 colored, high flavored and luscious — a hardy plant ; the spe- 

 cimens exhibited superior to Hovey's Seedling or any other 

 strawberry that came under the examination of the commit- 

 tee, and entitled to the premium of ^lUO oflered by the 

 society in 1847." 



