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SELECTION OF VARIETIES, 



name any variety possessing any superior quality, not 

 possessed in an equal or larger degTee by some of the 

 best of those we have named ; in fact, some of the 

 varieties we have noticed are not equal to other varie- 

 ties we might name, of our own seedlings and others ; 

 and we have only referred to them because they are 

 popular in manj^ parts of the country, and supposed 

 there to be a first-class fruit. 



Many of our horticultural friends and nurserymen 

 may be disappointed that we have not referred more 

 extensively to their favorites ; in answer we say, we 

 do not suppose them superior to some of those de- 

 scribed. If they are, they will soon be extensively 

 proved and noticed. Others, we do not personally 

 know anything about, which are not merely recom- 

 mended by individual originators, but Horticultural 

 Societies of the highest authority; for instance, the 

 new seedling "Pennsylvania," of Philadelphia, and 

 Scott's Seedling, &c., of Boston, Hooter's seedling of 

 Eochester, and Lucy Fitch in the "West. A seedling 

 that will surpass McAvoy's Superior in average size, 

 productiveness^ and good flavor, or Hovey's Seedling 

 in size and beauty, or Burr's Is ew Pine in flavor, pro- 

 ductiveness, and early fruit, and Longworth's Prolific 

 in size, beauty, prodftctiveness and flavor as an herma- 

 phrodite, has got to be an extraordinary fine berry, 

 but there is hope that it may be obtained. 



