I40 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



one single fellow-traveler o'er the sands of time in his life-battle, its object 

 is gained. The demand for fruit is steadil}' increasing. Fruit as an 

 article of food, and not merely of luxury is rapidly, growing consumption, 

 bringing its own results. 



The field is a wide one, and the intercourse between countries and 

 nations thus engendered cannot fail — where each conscientious!}' meets 

 each — to bring a measure of prosperity and happiness to all within its pale. 

 Edinburgh, Scotland, January, i8go. WOOD, ORMEROD & CO. 



A FEW GLEANINGS ABOUT MV FAVORITE STRAW- 

 BERRY, AND WHAT OTHER GROWERS SAY 

 ABOUT IT. 



THAT a constant improvement in this fruit has been going on of late 

 years, and that in some cases so great has been the change as almost 

 to constitute new specimens, is too well known to need more than 

 the mention. Notice the origin of the many magnificent varieties of the 

 improved strawberry. They all owe their present excellence to the improve- 

 ment wrought in them by intelligent hybridization and cultivation. How 

 long and to what extent this process of improvement can be continued is a 

 question more easily asked than answered : and another, equally important, 

 is whether some of the standard varieties of old-time favorites have in 

 reality degenerated. 



I truly believe that the strawberry, with proper management, is as pro- 

 ductive as it was thirty years ago. Careful cultivation and the season of 

 blossoming have all to do with the crop. Extreme wet weather during the 

 blossoming is a detriment to the crop. But let us perform our part pro- 

 perly and nature will do her part. Then we will have far less to complain 

 of. Some varieties seem better adapted for some soils than others. Thorough 

 culture and plenty of manure, judiciously applied, will make the road to 

 success. 



The following are our own and other people's opinions about the first to 

 ripen and the best of the new strawberries. The queen of strawberries is 

 the Jessie ; there is no doubt about its being the finest large berry in culti- 

 tivation {Prairie Farmer). The Jessie stands at the head of one hundred 

 varieties as the best large producing kind that is perfect in blossom. 



Bnbach's No. 5 is big, productive, will pay to raise for near market as 

 well as the Jessie {Farm and Fireside) Great American — This is the finest, 

 large shipping berry we have yet seen, and brings the most money of any 

 we know. Stayman's No. i — We find this an excellent grower and bears a 



