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BABUSKINO, OR GRANDMOTHER APPLE. 



By some oversight the engraving of this apple was omitted from page ii, 

 where it should have accompanied Mr. Niemetz' description of it. We shall 

 certainly appreciate the kindness of our Russian correspondent in thus intro- 

 ducing to our acquaintance from time to time the finest of the Russian fruits. 



The Parker Earle Strawberry. — R. E. Williams writes in the H., iV: K as 

 follows : — Of the dozen or twenty kinds set this spring the most noticeable is the 

 Parker Earle. I received from Mr. Munson a round dozen of these plants on April 

 22nd, and set them immediately. They were in bloom and had berries on as large 

 as peas when received. Most of them were removed. The plants took hold at 

 once and started to growing. The few berries left on, just to get an idea of the 

 character of the variety, ripened, and every plant since has seemed determined not 

 to be deprived of its right to bear fruit, has thrown up new fruit stocks, and yester- 

 day (July 3rd) I picked a handful of ripe berries, and the plants are still blooming. 

 Whether this is the mission of the variety to produce an annual crop of fruit, 

 under any or all circumstances, or whether it is the acquired Southern habit seen 

 in other varieties grown there— as shown in Florida — of ripening berries for two 

 or three months in succession, I can't say. It is a feature I have never noticed 

 in any other variety, and its performance next season, when thoroughly acclimated, 

 will be interesting. 



