THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



•111(1 when planted on rich soil and well cultivateil will produces 

 heads of ten td twelve pounds in weight, hut if given only poor soil 

 iand treated with neglect it will produce a solid head, though it may 

 be no larget thaii a goose-egg. The heads of this sort are sugar-loaf 

 or cone shaped. 



FoTTLEU^s EiUiLY DRUMHEAD. — We are indebted to our co-laborer 

 for a package of the seed of this vatiety-^^which he thinks he has 

 greatly imptoved siilcS it came into his haiids^-^and intend to give it a 

 careful trial. He considers it to be the bfest variety for all purposes, 

 being intermediate between the Winningstadt and Mat Dutch, and 

 producing large; white, flat heads, which often attain to twenty pounds 

 in weight. 



Perfection DrumheAd Savoy is considered by all growers to be 

 the best of this class, which is the Vei-y best class in point of flavor; 

 The heads of this variety are large, solid, and finely curled. 



Large Flat Dutch. — Some have given the prefix "Excelsior" to 

 this variety as a distinguishing mark of a distinct strain, but our trials 

 have not enabled us to see the difference. The advantage of this 

 variety over some others is that it will endure the summer heat and 

 drouth that prevail in some parts of Ontario better than any other 

 sort. It is very sure to head, and the heads are large, flat and solids 

 Having less outer leaves than most large growing varieties, the planta 

 can be set closer together. 



5:0 PEEVENT GEUBS EEOM DESTEOYING YOUNG STEAW-^ 



BEEEY PLANTS.' 



A correspondent of the Fruit Recorder says that the ravages of 

 \vhite grubs in new strawberry beds can be wholly prevented by 

 dipping the roots of the plants at the time of setting in a solution of 

 copperas and salt, made by dissolving half a pint of salt and one 

 ounce of copperas in a pail thtce-fourths full of water. The plants 

 should be formed into bundles as large as can be conveniently handled) 

 and the roots thoroughly dipped in the solution, and set out at once-. 

 He says that he has used this for a number of years with perfect 

 Success, thereby securing a vigorous growth and unbroken rows ; and 

 that he is very much in favor of salt and copperas for all kinds of fruit 

 and vegetables, having used copperas on strawberries at the rate ot 



