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the man of whom I purchased this place in 1887. He took 500 plants from 

 here to Niagara. He had plants from the originator (Williams) to test on 

 this place ; so this may be called the home of the Williams strawberry. I 

 am glad it is so highly valued, and would like to see it distributed as it 

 deserves. I think it a great acquisition." 



THE GRAPE-FRUIT. 



gOMPARATIVELY little is known in this country of the grape fruit, or 

 pomelo, which is now rather widely grown in Central America. The 

 pomelo tree is a native of China and Japan, and was first brought to 

 the West Indies, by Captain Shaddock. Thence it was taken to Florida 

 and California where upwards of forty distinct varieties are now in existence. 

 The grape-fruit is of the Citrtis family and somewhat similar to the orange 

 in appearance, though rather large and coarser. The pomelo can be grown 

 more easily than the orange, and, coming as it does at the close of the 

 orange season, it is in a fair way to becoming popular in the States. The 

 fruit grows in clusters, two, three or four hanging together from the stem, 

 from which peculiarity it has derived the name grape-fruit, by which it is 

 generally known. A comparatively small tree will, it is said, often bear as 

 many as two thousand pomelos at a time. These are cut down in the same 

 manner as oranges, and wrapped separately in tissue paper ready for the 

 market, where they fetch from a penny to sixpence each. The quality varies 

 as much if not more than does that of oranges. Those with smooth, clear 

 skins are considered the best. It is a singular fact that though widely 

 grown in Central America this fruit is not systematically cultivated to any 

 very large extent, many of the trees being planted more for ornament than 

 use. If properly treated, the yield would be much better than it is to-day> 

 and would give a very fair amount of profit to the grower. 



JULY STRAWBERRY REPORT OF OLD AND NEW 

 VARIETIES. 



EVERY year, in going the rounds of the berry trade, we give away 

 samples of the different varieties to be tasted, commencing with what 

 we judge to be the poorest. Much to our surprise, when we come to 

 what we call superior flavor, they still give the same adjective — " good " — 

 by which to express their judgment. Much chagrined to think that our 

 favorites called forth the same meed of praise as those we esteemed much 

 inferior, we made another effort to elicit stronger praise, and the reward 

 was only " The fact is, they are all good." 



