264 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



Mrs. Cleveland. — Pistillate ; origin, same as the Eureka. It is a strong 

 grower, berries large and plenty of them, and pretty (like the fair one for whom 

 it is named), and promises to rival Bubach. 



Enhance. — Perfect flower, valuable, originated by Mr. Young, Ohio. I have 

 fruited it twice ; it is a strong grower, sending an unusual number of fruit stems 

 from the same plant. Indications are that it will rank high among varieties 

 grown for profit. The berry is large, some are mis-shapen, but of good color and 

 quality. 



Greenville. — Pistillate ; originator, E. M. Benchly, Ohio. I have fruited this 

 once. Plant healthy and vigorous, dark green foliage, without blemish this trying 

 season ; berries large and abundant, good form ; worthy of trial by fruit men gen- 

 erally. 



Boynton. — -Pistillate. The plant is a good grower and free from blight ; it is 

 thought to be a cross between Crescent and Sharpless (a good parentage). The 

 strong points claimed for it are : 



Its earliness and long-continued season ; its large size maintained until the 

 last picking ; its bright color and remarkable firmness ; its wonderful productive- 

 ness, surpassing all others in this respect. The largest yield ever taken from half 

 an acre in Albany County, N. Y. was from half an acre of Boynton least season, 

 without another kind within an eighth of a mile. 



The following are too well known to need an introduction, such as Haver- 

 land, Warfield, Gandy, Logan, Crescent, Capt. Jack. Of the new introductions 

 that seem promising, are Gillespie, Auburn, Princess, Bessie, Boynton, West- 

 brook, Lovett's Early. 



Granton^ Ont., 12th August., i8gi. John Little. 



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The Heading of Cabbages. — It has recently been stated, as the result of 

 an experiment in one of the United States stations, that if cabbages are slightly 

 tilted over with the plough in the fall, it produces a tendency to make them 

 have larger heads. We now learn, as an experiment by Prof. L. H. Bailey, of 

 Cornell, that if the cabbages are planted shallow and earthed up, the percentage 

 of large and heavy heads is much greater. As a matter of physiological princi- 

 ples these two experiments in different directions both accord. It goes to show 

 that whatever favors the nutritive power, is against their disposition to produce 

 hard heads. In Mr. Bailey's experiment the plants got the benefit of abundant 

 moisture and nutrition, when headed up. When not headed, or when not 

 earthed up, or slightly tilted, there is an obstruction to complete nutrition. 

 Although these experiments seem of a somewhat unimportant character, they 

 afford very interesting lessons to the study of plant life, from a practical point of 

 view. We think the experiments ought to be repeated in view of these valuable 

 and suggestive lessons. — Meehan's Monthly. » 



