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The following varieties of Strawberries have been carefully selected from the 

 entire mass that have been brought to notice in this country and in Europe ; 

 and all the others have been rejected, except three or four that are under pro- 

 bation. As a general result, all the Hermaphrodite varieties that have been 

 introduced from Europe have proved worthless, on account of their unpro- 

 ductiveness. In fact, it may be taken as a general guide, that Pistillate 

 varieties can alone be relied on for abundant arid regular crops. A few ex- 

 ceptions exist among the American Heimaphrodites where fair crops are 

 produced ; but even these cannot be deemed equally reliable, in all respects, 

 as the Pistillates. It is mortifying to witness the ignorance displayed by 

 many of our Pomological writers when describing the qualities and relative 

 productiveness of the varieties they recommend to the public. To see such 

 long discarded varieties as the Swainstone's Seedling, British Queen, Alice 

 Maud, Burrs Seedling, and Duke of Kent's Scarlet, recommended by one 

 late author, and the two last named, together with Brewer's Emperor, 

 Grove end Scarlet, Black Prince, and Willey, recommended by another late 

 author, are the grossest wrongs which ignorance can practice on the com- 

 munity. And lately " A Complete Manual " on the Strawberry culture has 

 been published, than which a grosser humbug could not be palmed upon 

 the public. 'A writer may be sometimes excused for a lack of knowl- 

 edge on certain points, but when he pi'ofesses to give special instruction to 

 others, he is certainly inexcusable for presenting so absolute an abortion as 

 the work in question, and thus abusing the public confidence by the dis- 

 semination of a mass of errors and falsities, for which the ignorance and im- 

 becility of the author form no sufficient excuse. It is from such blind guid- 

 ance, that so many Nursery Catalogues still continue to recommend to their 

 customers miserable unproductive Staminates, and other worthless kinds. 



Of the following Select Assortment, fifty-five of the most splendid varieties 

 were originated by us, and selected from thousands of seedlings during the 

 past ten years, and the larger part are now offered for sale for the fii-st time, 

 and are not in the possession of any other Nursery whatever. These are 

 designated by an asterisk. No less than a dozen are sold of any one variety, 

 and no orders are desired for a less amount than SlO. P. denotes Pistillate, 

 and H, Hermaphrodite varieties, usually termed Staminate. 



SCARLET, PINE, AND CHILI STRAWBERRIES. 



1. ^Aromatic Crimson, P, secondary size, roimded or obtuse 



cone, crimson, sweet, juicy, very fine rich flavor, simi 

 lar to the old Black Prince when in its prime, of 

 which it is a seedling, productive 1 00 3 00 5 00 



2. Barry's Extra3Crather large, or secondary size, short 



cone, beautiful scarlet, excellent flavor, firm and suit- 

 able for market, productive ; plant hardy, foliage vig- 

 orous, leaves thick and leathery, unaffected by the 

 sun's heat, and the plants never die out 75 



2 50 4 00 



3. Bicton Pine, H, large, irregular form, often compressed, 

 white with a tinge of pink on one side, moderate fla- 



