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L0NGW02TH 8 PROLIFIC. 



honor of Nicholas Longworth, 

 Esq. It is a great favorite with, 

 the gentleman whose name it 

 bears, who says '4t will do 

 what no other variety in this 

 country or Europe has ever 

 done — bear a full crop of good 

 fruit standing alone." In a 

 note to Mr. Barry in the fell of 

 1853, he says, '^You will find Prolific of more 

 value than all the seedlings ever raised." Mr. Elliott, 

 in his Guide, says, ^^For market culture we regard it 

 of more value than McAvoy's Superior ;" and we have 

 heard Dr. Warder bear the same high testimony to its 

 excellence. 



It has been almost impossible to get the genuine 

 variety. In our attempts, we have had repeated fail- 

 ures, until, at last, Mr. D. McAvoy politely took up 

 for us two plants, while in bearing, and enclosed them 

 in a letter. The plants lived, and we have been ena- 

 bled to experiment with them intelligently. AVe have 

 also seen the genuine in a few other gardens, hundreds 

 of miles apart, during the last two seasons ; and every- 

 w^here we have seen it, if it had a fair chance, it has 

 done w^ell. Many will, doubtless, discard ^'Long 

 worth's Prolific," i\iio have only tried spurious kinds. 



Our limited experience will not enable us to speak 



