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which has not grown large enough for autumn use 

 may be taken up from the open ground, and placed 

 where it can be protected. Tie according to the 

 demand; it will take longer to blanch in cold weather 

 than in hot, for which allowance must be made. 



A good head of Endive should measure from 18 

 inches to 24 inches in circumference, and should net 

 be more than 10 inches high when it is tied. There 

 are many sorts of Endive, but they may be classed 

 under three heads, viz., Batavian, Green Curled, 

 and French Creen Moss. Of the first named there 

 is a good sort very like Cos Lettuce, and useful for 

 stewing, but in its growth it is rather tender. The 

 next sort named is by far the best for a general 

 crop. The last is not so large, but it is nevertheless 

 a pretty, neat variety. The French export the lat- 

 ter largely during the spring months, and long after 

 our home-grown plants have started for seed. This 

 must be attributed to climate, as it is impossible to 

 grow Endive in England after May, whereas I have 

 seen good examples from France in June not at all 

 run. Some folks lay tiles over Endive to blanch it, 

 but it is not so good a plan as tying. 



This plant requires to be carefully selected anual- 

 ly for seed, as it is very apt to sport. If this is not 

 done, a good variety will soon- become worthless. 

 Seed plants of it might be grown in ornamental 

 grounds, as the flower is of a pretty light blue, and 

 the plant makes not at all an unsightly bush. When 

 the seed is ripe, guard it against the depredations 

 of biidsand mice. — J. M. M. in Gard. Chronicle. 



STRAWBERRY SHOW IN KEW YORK. 



We were invited by New York friends to attend 

 a grand strawberry show at the rooms of the 

 Cooper Institute, on the 18th of June, but when 

 we reached New York, we were told the show had 

 been "put off for a week." We don't believe in such 

 things. It is a grand humbug, and any board of 

 managers guilty of such tricks, ought to be indicted 

 as a common nuisance. 



The following week, on the 25th, we went again. 

 It was entirely too late for all strawberries south of 

 Newark, and the consequence, there were not many 

 competitors south of New York city ; and but very 

 few anyhow. These, however, exhibited very in- 

 teresting collection, and divided amongst them 

 valuable premiums. The chief kinds on exhi- 

 bition were remarkably fine Agriculturists, Ju- 

 cundas, Triomphe de Gands and Albany Seedling, 

 with some thirty of less popular ones. 



Amongst the newer ones not yet much known 

 were Ida, Ripawara, and Durand's Seedlings, all 

 of much merit in some particular character, but all 

 with some defects which will prevent them from 

 becoming the " one thing needful." 



Horace Greeley offered a premium, of $50 for the 

 best strawberry seedling that should be as large as 

 Wilson, as productive and firm in flesh, but of 

 better quality, — but none came up to the require- 

 ments as far as the committee could see, — though 

 Charles Downing "appeared" to be near the 

 mark. 



D. S. Gregory offered $50 for the best collection 

 in pots. — two competitors brought sets, the whole 

 lot of which would have brought perhaps $5 from 

 any nurseryman who wanted a few kinds for a 

 start. One of the competitors himself seemed to 

 think asking $50 for them rather too poor a joke, 

 and generously stuck in a large lot of stems with 

 fruit around his plants to make himself feel less 

 conscience-stricken. The plants then appeared to be 

 very abundantly set with fruit, and well worth the 

 money. An inquisitive committee man discovered 

 this secret of making kinds "very productive," 

 but failed to appreciate it ; and, in consequence, gave 

 the premium to the other lot; which we are sure 

 would have brought the lowest figure "in market," 

 There were other premiums of from $50 to $25, 

 down to $3, extremely liberal offers, and which we 

 think deserved a more liberal advertising in the 

 quarters likely to bring forth a liberal competition 

 from all parts of the Union, and thus meet the 

 wishes of the liberal gentlemen who really desire 

 to find out what is the best berry fcr general pur- 

 poses. 



In this the exhibition was a failure, although 

 the quantity and quality of the fruit offered on the 

 whole did credit to the exhibitors so far as it went. 



FRUIT GROWERS' MEETING, 



The ^Western New York Fruit Growers' Asso- 

 ciation held its Summer Meeting in this city on 

 Thursday, June 27th. The attendance was not 

 large, nor did the members seem incHned to discuss 

 very thoroughly the topics chosen by the Com- 

 mittee. The show of Strawberries was fair, par- 

 ticularly in the line of new seedlings. No other 

 fruit was exhibited, but some flowers graced the 

 tables. 



THE COMMITTEE ON FLOWERS 



Reported that there were only two exhibitors, 

 Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry and Frost & Co., of 

 Rochester, and the display of roses from each was 



