THE CANADIAN HOUTKCLTCHlS'l'. -1 



experiment; inasinucli as three of liis seedling; strawberries are men- 

 tioned in these transactions, the General Sherman, Hervey DaA'is, and 

 1 )elle. The Belle is stated to be the lar^jjest of his seedlings, indeed the 

 larj^est strawberry ever exhibited before tlie society, and the quality 

 good. Tlie General Sherman is spoken of as an early li'uit, very large 

 and handsome, and of "good" quality. The Hervey Davis is considered 

 by Mr. Moore to be the most valual)le seedling he has raised, it being 

 very hardy, prolific, and early; fruit very large, quality very good to 

 "best." The fruit committee considered either of these seedlings to 

 be in all respects superior to the Monarch of the West, or the Great 

 American. 



In our experience with new varieties of the strawberry, we have 

 very often found that change of soil and climate make a great change 

 also in the size and quality of the fruit, and the productiveness of the 

 plant. There is not another variety in cultivation that has so univer- 

 sally accommodated itself to all soils and all climates as the Wilson. 

 Many varieties h'ave risen into a short-lived notoriety, a few yet 

 remain that are generally cultivated in order to give variety and extent 

 to the strawberry season, but we are fully persuaded that there are yet 

 thousands of quarts of the Wilson grown and consumed, to every 

 hundred quarts of any other sort. Time will tell whether these seed- 

 lings of Mr. Moore's raising, or any of them, will be able to rank in 

 general usefulness equal to or above those we now have; meanwhile 

 we hope that some of the members our Association will procure them, 

 and give their opinion of the value they are likely to possess for us. 



In peaches, we notice that the Foster has become exceedingly 

 popular about Boston, for not only did it receive the prize for tlie best 

 single dish, but that more of this variety was exhibited than of any 

 other. It is a large, yellow tleshed peach, much resembling the Early 

 Crawford, rich and juicy. 



The variety of pear which attracted the most attention was the 

 Souvenir du Congres; the specimens exliibited averaged a little over a 

 pound each in weight, and the largest one measured seven inches in 

 length. The fruit committee state that this new pear ranks in quality 

 as "very good." It originated with M. Morel, of Lyon-Vaise, France. 

 The writer has found the tree to be a vigorous, healthy grower, but it 

 has not yet fruited. He has however seen the fruit on exliibition, and 

 noticed that it was of large size, having much resemblance in form to 



