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SELECTION OF VARIETIES. 



vation, with every plant two feet apart from all others, 

 and will bear richer soil than almost any other variety ; 

 with such treatment it will produce a good crop of 

 uniformly large, round, handsome fruit of high flavor. 



BLACK PRINCE. 



A. large, handsome, very dark crimson or blackish- 

 purple fruit, of English parentage and pistillate flowers. 

 The plants are vigorous and hardy, quite productive, 

 usually too watery and insipid in flavor, but some- 

 times we have found it to be of the richest flavor. A 

 few plants are worthy of a place in most private 

 gardens. 



BARTLETT. H. 



Medium size, good form, crimson, firm, sweet and 

 rich flavor, moderately productive. 



SWAINSTONE SEEDLINa 



An English staminate of the highest flavor and 

 great beauty, but unfortunately so fickle in its bearing 

 habits as to drive it from all but the amateurs' and a 

 few of the best nurserymen's gardens. 



MYATT'S BRITISH QUEEN 



A splendid English variety of the largest size and 

 richest flavor, but unfortunately, in this country, so 



