98 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



The Hubbardston originated in a town of Hubbardston, in Massachu- 

 setts, from whence, of course, it takes its name. 



The tree is a fine vigorous grower, forms a handsome well branched 

 head, and is quite productive. 



The fruit is thus described by Mr. Downing, in his " Fruits and Fruit 

 Trees of America." — Fruit large, roundish, oblong, much narrower toward 

 the eye. Skin smooth, striped with splashes, and irregular broken stripes 

 of pale and bright red, which nearly cover a yellowish ground. The calyx 

 open and the stalk short, in a russeted hollow. Flesh yellow, juicy and 

 tender, with an agreeable mingling of sweetness and acidity in its flavor. 

 Very good to best. October to January, 



NOTES FROM THE WESTERN NEW YORK 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.— H. 



BY A SPECIAL REPORTER. 



THE paper by C. E. Hunn was interesting and instructive, giving a 

 resume of the work done by the New York State Farm in connection 

 with the Strawberry, and giving an idea as to the arrangement of the 

 test grounds, so that clay loam and gravelly soils will be in conjunction, 

 and so be able to give the public a better knowledge of what varieties to 

 plant on a special soil. 



In planting for the purpose of comparative testing, they plant two rows, 

 each row containing twelve plants, the rows being three feet apart ; one 

 is grown in the stool system, the other being allowed to mat to the width of 

 two feet. Hr. Hunn says : " It is often said that the strawberry sells more 

 by its appearance than from its quality, but I find a growing demand for 

 berries of fine flavor, and buyers are asking what are your best flavored 

 varieties, not, which one yields the most. This leads me to think that the 

 public are slowly discovering that there are strawberries and strawberries. 



" I should recommend the following as a good choice for market and 

 kitchen garden : 



" Market sorts include Hoffman, Haverland for early ; Daisy, Burt, 

 season medium ; Bubach and Crawford, for late. 



" Garden sorts include Bomba and Haverland, for early ; Ivanhoe as 

 medium; Farnsworth and Middlefield, as late." 



Concerning the matter of growing seedling strawberries, Mr. Hunn pre- 

 sented some very interesting facts. " There were also fruited on the station 

 grounds upward of i,ooo seedlings, a number being crosses, and out of the 

 whole number only twenty were saved because of showing any indication 

 of being better than the parent plants, but in the study of them I found 

 many interesting facts as regards the variation in pollen bearing blossoms. 



