302 The Second Congress of Fruit Growers, 



Boston Pine Strawberry. — Mr. Hancock had had in 

 the course of three or four years only one crop from this 

 variety. It was a good fruit but a shy bearer. 



Mr. Pardee had found it at New-Haven a strong and excel- 

 lent bearer, and the fruit of a delicious flavor. Mr. Terry 

 said it had succeeded admirably at Hartford, with several 

 gentlemen who tried it on different soils. It was esteemed 

 very highlj/- for its mild and agreeable flavor. It was better 

 than Hovey's Seedling, which grew near and was fertilized 

 by it. 



Mr. Manice said it grew very well in hills, but not so well 

 in beds ; in hills it was a great bearer — better than Hovey's. 



Mr. Miller said it was a ver}^ pleasant and productive fruit, 

 with a large, fine-appearing berry. It was fully equal to 

 Hovey's, and inferior perhaps to the Black Prince alone. 



Mr. French had seen it very fine indeed at Hovey's garden 

 and elsewhere. In 1848 he tried the experiment of culti- 

 vating a square yard each with the Boston Pine, the Willey 

 and the Jenney. They were all picked by a careful hand, 

 and the result was — Boston Pine, \\ pints ; Willey, 1 quart, 

 3 gills ; Jenney, 1 quart. 1 gill. Mr. Lines said that after he 

 planted his out, for the first year, the bearing was small ; in 

 the second it improved ; and in the third it was enormous. 

 It was better to grow the fruit in hills. 



Mr. Walker said that for the first year or two he had not 

 been very favorably impressed by the Boston Pine, and had 

 not yet substituted it for the Early Virginia. But what he 

 had seen of it the present year had greatly raised it in his 

 estimation. Grown in hills, he had seen very large crops and 

 fine fruit. By the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, this 

 season, the first and third prizes were awarded to the Boston 

 Pine. 



Dr. Monson had cultivated Hovey's and the Methven, and 

 had been perfectly satisfied with them, till he became 

 acquainted with the Boston Pine. He had never seen so 

 prolific a bed as that of this variety belonging to Mr. Terry. 

 He at once engaged plants of him and dug in one half of his 

 Hovey's Seedling to make room for planting them. This 



