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SELECTION OF VARIETIES. 



SO decidedly as some of those we liave qnotedj yet we 

 can say we are mucli pleased witli it, and liope it will 

 equal tlie liigli expectations excited ; so far, it seems 

 to excel anj^ hermaplirodite of our acquaintance in 

 size and productiveness, and is of good flavor. Tlie 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society had it on exhibi- 

 tion from the garden of Caleb CopC; Esq., in 1853, and 

 speak of it as verj^ large, roundish obovate, brilliant 

 crhnson ; seed of the same color, sometimes yellowish, 

 set in rather deep indentations, with rounded inter- 

 vals ; flesh red, flavor fine, quality ' very good,' a 

 variety of great excellence, perfect in its sexual organ- 

 ization, and remarkably productive, a rare cn"cum- 

 stance with staminate varieties of large size." The 

 plant is very vigorous and hardy; large broad leaf, 

 long foot-stalks, setting the fruit well up in large full 

 trusses, productive and sure bearer; ripens at the 

 medium season, and onlv loses its fine color Avhen 

 over-ripe. AVe have seen the fruit from four to five 

 inches in chcumference. 



VrALKER's SEEDLIXO. 



The last of the six we name above is also one of the 

 new berries, not so extensively proved as yet. The Hon. 

 Samuel Walker, ex-President of the Massachusetts 

 HorticultuiYil Societ}', originated and sent it out some 

 two or three years ago, when he politely sent us a 



