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11 any other berry grown here. It was tested alongside of such good sorts as Bubach 

 sie, Warfield, Haverland, Mrs. Cleveland, Eureka, Itasca, Daisy, Viola, Ladyj Rusk' 



than 



Jessie, Warfield, Haverland, Mrs. Cleveland, Eureka, Itasca, Daisy, Viola, Ladyj „„ 



and a few others considered the best sorts ; Init it far outstripped all competitors and com- 

 manded one or two more cents a basket in the Brantford markets than any other variety. 

 I consider it the best all-round berry I have ever seen during an experience extending over 

 forty-tiiree years in strawberry growing. 



Wm. Grek;, f'aimvilh, Ont. 



[Sir, -The five Williams' strawberries received of you in 1891 wintered well ; far better 



than the Sharpless. They are a very thrifty growing plant. The apple tree Gypsy Girl 

 received'from you this spring was in good condition and is doing finely. 



A. i^- Crosby, Complin, Que. 



CANADIAN APPLES FOR FIRST-CLASS FAMILY TRADE IN 



ENGLAND. 



Sir,— Kindly allow me to call the attention of your leading apple shippers to the im- 

 portance of putting up a really choice line of Baldwins, or other specially sound keeping 

 fruit. Until recently the green fruit business in the United Kingdom has almost ex- 

 clusively been done by fruiterers, but last season, my principals, Messrs. .Marples, Jones & 

 Co., Liverpool, sold a considerable quantity of apples, particularly Baldwins, at good prices 

 to provincial grocers with whom they do a very large trade. These were consigned through 

 the Imperial Produce Company, of Toronto, and paid the shippers a good profit. In mov- 

 ing around amongst tlie provincial grocers I find an inclination to go into this business 

 more extensively, especially if our Canadian friends can send forward really choice, selected 

 keeping fruit, packed in cases containing about a bushel of apples, looking quite' as large 

 as they are and neatly branded on the end. What is needed is a package that can be sold 

 whole to the consumer, containing such goods only as will be a credit to the Dominion. 



Walter Stark, Toronto House, Newsham Drive, Neivsham Park, Liverpool. 



SEEDLING STRAWBERRIES. 



Sir,— I send you to-day a sample of seedling strawberry. Would you kindly pass 

 judgment on it in your next number. Three years ago it was discovered growing where "a 

 large number of refuse berries were thrown out. It was transplanted, and last year we 

 had quite a number of plants, which flowered profusely, but were all killed by a late frost • 

 This year I have quite a bed, and they bear very abundantly. They are very hardy, and 

 strong growers, and their roots penetrate deeply. I think they are a seedling of the Wilson 

 possibly fertilized by the Sharpless. ' 



Robert McIntosh, Neivcastle. 



[Unfortunately these berries were too loosely packed, and came in bad order. The 

 appearance of them, however, leads us to want to see more of them. — Editor.] 



THE HONEY STRAWBERRY. 



Sir,— This new strawberry belongs to the Alpine species, indigenous to the Sierra 

 Nevada mountains. Fragaria chilensis is the botanical name of this variety. It is an ever 

 bearing variety and yields its greatest crops during the months of August and September, 

 after other varieties are gone. The berries are glowing red in color, exceedingly sweet,' 

 juicy, aromatic, delicious, melting in the mouth, without a particle of hard core. The ber- 

 ries are not large, but, by proper cultivation, will average three quarters of an inch in 

 length ; they are oblong in shape. This season I noticed berries that were the inch and a 

 half in length and a half inch in diameter at the base. I have counted at one time sixty- 

 five berries on a single plant and found numerous young shoots loaded with blossoms 

 besides, and this plant was no exception. 



The Honey strawberry is exceedingly prolific and, in favored climates, will bear abund- 

 antly all the season long; here it continues in bearing about eight months. It will also 

 stand shipment well. The Honey strawberries raised in this country, are shipped to that 

 great pleasure resort, Lake Tahal, where they bring a good price. It is a perfect flowering 

 variety and would be valuable as a fertilizer among pistillates. In a word I might sum up 

 the good qualities of the Honey strawberry as follows : great productiveness, spicey, 

 aromatic, flavor, delicious sweetness, sweet fragrance and splendid coloring. 



S. L. Watkixs, Orizdy Flatu, Col. 



