Zhc 



Canabian 



Iborticulturiet 



Published at yof\ONTo and Gi^imsby, Pnt. 

 OFFICE ADDRESS— GRIMSBY, ONT. 



VOL. X.] 



MARCH, 1887. 



[No. 3. 



§.t\xi J-^nitt5. 



THE ITASCA STRAWBERRY. 



" Rather out of season," we imagine 

 we hear our readers say as they open up 

 the March No. of this Magazine, and 

 see still another frontispiece of ripe 

 strawberries. We hope however they 

 may appreciate a sight of the imitations 

 all the more, considering that the real 

 article is three or four months distant. 



The past season has brought into 

 public notice several new strawberries 

 for which gi-eat things are claimed by 

 the originators, but which have as yet 

 been wholly untested in Canada. 

 Among these the more prominent seem 

 to be the Itasca and the Jessie, the 

 latter of which was described last 

 month in these pages. 



The Itasca was originated by Mr. J. 

 H. Haynes of Delphi, Indiana, and 

 will be introduced into Canada bv our 



old friend Mr. J. Little of Granton,Ont., 

 who says of it : "I saw the plants on 

 Mr. Crawford's grounds after the meet- 

 ing of the American Horticultural So- 

 ciety at Cleveland, and he spoke so 

 highly in praise of it, that I thought if 

 the expense would not be be too much, 

 I would bring it before the strawberry 

 loving gi'owers of Canada." 



Mr. Haynes in his circular claims for 

 the Itasca the following points of ex- 

 cellence, in which we hope he may not 

 be disappointed. We quote his own 

 words : — 



" In offering the Itasca to the public 

 I feel confident that it will fill a place 

 now vacant on the list of strawben-ies. 

 I claim for it that it is a rival of the 

 Crescent in productiveness, health, 

 vigor, size and beauty, and that it is 

 very superior to the Crescent in quality, 

 manner of ripening, and for endurance 

 to the end of the season in ripening its 

 entire crop. It is a seedling ' of the 



