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have tried them on a larger scale. We note, however, that at La Salle, 

 according to the journal above mentioned, the Warfield has proved itself 

 a magnificent berry, and is described as being a magnified Wilson, '* a great 

 producer of plants, with enormous, healthy foliage and plenty of very large 

 fruit, which has some of the characteristics of the Wilson, such as appear- 

 ance, texture and flavor." 



THE WILLIAMS STRAWBERRY. 



A T our meeting at Niagara, a wonderfully fine seedling strawberry was 

 Sr\ exhibited for name. Samples of the same berry had been sent the 

 secretary by express, about a week previously, by Mr. David Greig, 

 of Cainsville, Ont., accompanied by the following letter : 



Sir, — I send you by express to-day a few strawberries as a sample of a local seedling 

 that is creating quite a sensation in this section at present. It was on this place when I 

 purchased it, but its merits did not seem to be much known until last season, when I had it 

 on the Brantford market in quantity ; since then the verdict is that it is the coming berry 

 for this section. 



It was raised by a Mr .Williams of Brantford township, from Crescent seedling, fertilized 

 by Sharpless. It is an enormous bearer of very large berries, which must be allowed to 

 ripen before picking, or will show a little of the white tips of the male parent. Planted 

 beside the Sharpless on this soil, which is a rich sandy loam, it will yield four times as much 

 in weight of fruit to the acre, and will carry well to a distant market in an ordinary season, 

 but has ripened soft this season from the great rainfall. Grown in the same field with the 

 " Jessie " it gives a much heavier crop, and its berries are quite as large as those of "Jessie " 

 and the plant much hardier and will stand an amount of bad usage that would kill tender 

 varieties. 



If you think it worth bringing before your fruit committee, I wish you would do so, and 

 if you would like to test it at Maplehurst I will send you plants in fall or spring. I had a 

 great demand for plants of it this season, but only in this section. I think it should be 

 widely distributed, as I find there is more money in it than in any other variety that I know. 

 It has two names, viz., Williams' Improved and Prince of Orange. 



Cainsville, Ont., /une sj, i8go. DAVID GREIG. 



The samples were wonderfully fine, being large, of a good high color, firm 

 and well shaped. These would not keep until the meeting so that it was 

 fortunate that a fresh box of them was brought to us at Niagara, by a Mr. 

 Lee, of Virgil, with the same object, viz., a name. No better proof of its 

 good quality is needed than the rapidity with which this boxful disappeared 

 from the table, after judgment had been passed on its merits. The com- 

 mittee, having learned that it had originated with a Mr. Williams, in the 

 township of Burford, decided to name it the Williams, after its originator. 

 The berry is creating a great sensation wherever it is known, and may, after 

 all, be the coming berry so long sought for. 



Mr. Greig, writing later under date of the nth July, says further : "This 

 berry has far exceeded all others for length of season, bearing, heavy crop- 

 ping, size of berry and fine appearance in the market." And again, in 

 response to enquiry whether the plants could be secured for distribution to 

 our members, he wrote: " I am willing to sell you a sufficent number of the 

 Williams strawberry to give four to each member of the Fruit Growers' 

 Association. Mr. Lee who showed the berries at your summer meeting is 



