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Souvenir de Kieff, and Unser Fritz. These, though perhaps 
not strictly new, are Continental varieties introduced chiefly by 
Mr. George Paul, and are all of value in a collection of Straw- 
berries. 
May I be permitted to point out that many growers in trying 
new Strawberries hardly give them time to show their true quali- 
ties in different and differing seasons ? For example, take the 
extreme heat and drought of 1893 and 1895, and compare them 
with the wet season of 1894, and it will be obvious to all who 
have any knowledge of Strawberries that you cannot expect the 
same satisfactory results from the same varieties in such 
opposite seasons, and, as a matter of fact, you will find the good 
varieties of 1893 amongst the bad ones of 1894, and vice versa. 
To ensure a supply in every season varieties suited to all 
seasons, wet or dry, hot or cold, must be cultivated, and 
therefore I would ask all growers to hesitate before discarding a 
new variety because it has not succeeded in any one particular 
season, for if it has failed in a dry year it may not unlikely prove 
very valuable in a wet one. Good gardeners should provide as 
far as possible against all variations of climate and divergency of 
seasons. For this reason I still believe in Noble and Comioetitor, 
for though they failed in 1894, and were then much spoken 
against, they have proved of the greatest value in hot, dry 
seasons, and may probably do so again. Fruit of really fine 
flavour can never be expected in seasons of soaking wet, when 
the sun cannot act on the fruit to advantage. 
Vines. 
From time to time wc receive really fine varieties, but new 
Grapes are very slow in making their way with the public. 
Grapes should, I think, soon be divided into two sections — 
(i) Showy, handsome varieties to grow for the market, and 
(ii) Choice varieties of high flavour to grow for one's own 
private table. The following can be recommended : — 
Appleij Towers. — This may be best described as a late Black 
Ilamhirrjh, and is very fine. F.C.C. 
Biamant Traichc, — A very fine Grape of the Sweetwater 
race. F.C.C. 
