380 Tkaxsactioxs of the AjrEEicAX Institute. 



head and under the wings, &c. I suppose most gardeners learn from 

 sad experience the fondness of fowls for the top of the sweet turnip 

 and cabbage. I suggest, where large numbers are kept, that these 

 should be sown for pasture for them, to which they can have access 

 after they have obtained a sufficient start. 



ExHrBiTioN OF Stkawbeeries. 

 There was a fine exliibition of several varieties of this favorite 

 fruit. Mr. Spencer Springfield, of Unionpc*-t, N". Y., sent hand- 

 some specimens of Seth Boydens, " No 30 " large and excellent in 

 appearance, and said to be especially productive. Mr. E. Williams, 

 of Montclair, N. J., displayed the following sorts, and gave some 

 interesting notes of each: "Downer's prolific" — On my place this 

 grows in stiff" loam. I regard it as the best early variety I have ever 

 tested. It is rather soft for long carriage, but it is earlier, full as 

 productive, a better grower, and of better quality than the Wilson, 

 and keeps better. Though an acid berry, it has more saccharine and 

 strawberry flavor than the Wilson, and though early it holds on as 

 late as others. "Stringer's seedling" is a Philadelphia variety 

 which does not sustain its home reputation. It yields a medium 

 crop of good sized berries of fair quality. " Barnes' mammoth " is 

 a good grower and promises well. The fruit is large and handsome. 

 '' Jucunda Knox's YOO," does not grow as well as might be desired ; 

 but it yields some very attractive berries of prodigious size. In 

 point of quality and productiveness, it is a great improvement on 

 the Triomphe de Grande. " Charles Downing," is a seedling of 

 Downer's prolific, by J-. S. Downer, of Kentucky, is a very promis- 

 ing variety, and gives me more satisfaction than any new variety I 

 have ever tried. It is a good grower, and produces a fine crop of 

 large, handsome berries, very uniform in size. There ai-e those of 

 higher flavor, but this seems to possess such qualities as must make 

 it very popular. 



IIoAv Seedling Stkawberries are Grown. 

 Mr. A. S. Fuller. — Take one of these fine berri6s, mash it to a 

 pulp, and mix sand with it. Sow in a box or bed of sandy loam, 

 and water frequently. Soon little plants will appear; when they 

 are as big as a dollar remove to their permanent bed. The first year 

 they may bear a little ; the second year one can judge very well of 

 the quality and amount of the fruit they will yield. Some may be 

 better than the variety you sowed, but most seedlings are worse. 



