2d [Assembly 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Ear!^ Vvgiina. — Mr. McIntosh granted tlint Uils was an early 

 fruit, but it was so small, poor and worthless, that it was unworthy 

 of general cuUivallon. 



Mr. IIovEY said that at Boston this was the same variety as the 

 Large Early Scarlet. It was a good sized strawberry. He had cul- 

 tivated it for twenty years and found it a very good berry on a light 

 soiL It came very early anc^ thus avoided drought — but gardeners 

 were gradually discarding it, except for a few days at the very first 

 of the season, when high prices could be obtained. 



Mr. Downing fancied that the two fruits were very distinct. The 

 Early Virginia was small, but the Early Scarlet, in New-York, was a 

 very fine, large fruit. 



Mr. Barry said that the Early Scarlet was cultivated greatly in 

 Western New-Vork, and was a very superior fruit. It had a much 

 rounder berry than the Early Virginia, and was only a few days later. 



Mr. Hancock stated the Early Virginia and the Early Scarlet to 

 be very distinct. The former was known as the Hudson. 



Mr. HovEY said the Hudson was too acid a berry for the Boston 

 market, and it was a poor fruit. 



Mr. French said that some very good judges in his region would 

 give up any strawberry as soon as the early Virginia. One neighbor 

 of his found it the best he had all last season. He was not so suc- 

 cessful with it himself, but he thought it a hardy berry and one that 

 could be relied upon. 



Mr. Barry said it was much inferior to the large Early Scarlet, and 

 from the very fact that being thus inferior, and only two or three 

 days earlier, it was unworthy of cultivation. 



Mr. Hancock said that in his region the Early Scarlet had taken 

 the place of the Early Virginia, and that both ripened at the same 



time there. 



Mr. Downing said that the committee decidedly preferred the Early 

 Scarlet to the Early Virginia. 



Mr. McIntosii thought the Early Virginia entirely worthless ; so 

 much so, that he had rooted it all up in his grounds and replaced it 

 with the Early Scarlet. 



On motion of Mr. Saul, it was passed by (equivalent to being re- 

 jected.) 



