46 The Strawberry Book. 
For hybridizing, no better pistillate plant can be found 
than the Hovey. For a fertilizer La Constante may be 
used with a tolerable assurance of good results. These 
two standard kinds by their union gave us the President 
Wilder, which combines the good qualities of both. In- 
stead of La Constante — which is not without its defects 
— choice may be made of Triomphe de Gand, or some 
of the immense but shy bearing English kinds. I have 
seedlings from Hovey crossed with Admiral Dundas, 
from which I look for some curious results. 
~ Again, Hovey crossed with Jucunda ought to give 
plants bearing fruit as immense as the latter and as good 
as the former. A distinguished experimenter tells me 
that his seedlings from the Jucunda come weak. I have 
found this true, having thrown away this year some 
showy Jucunda seedlings; but uniting this kind with the 
Hovey we ought to have fine results. 
Lennig’s White and the Bicton Pine crossed should give 
a berry as large and abundant as the former, with the 
shape of the latter, and a mingling of the high flavor 
of both. 
The Wilson, crossed with a high-flavored, productive 
kind, say the Bonté de St. Julien, would be likely to give 
good results. 
The Agriculturist presents a very fixed type, one hard 
to break, its seedlings all having a family resemblance. 
Some decent varieties have been raised, it is said, from the 
Agriculturist ; but Ido not believe that a very good one 
will be obtained without hybridizing, and perhaps “La 
Constante or Napoleon III., strawberries far removed 
from the Agriculturist, might break up its fixed habit. 
If the experimenter has size alone in view, he might 
cross Dr. Nicaise with Admiral Dundas; but the resulting 
seedlings would be valueless, save as curiosities. Where 
it is desirable to communicate firmness of flesh, nothing 
can surpass La Constante as a means of effecting this. 
