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BOTANICAL INDEX. 
NEW STRA WBERRY, Huddleston’s Favorite. 
ACII year adds at least half a dozen new varieties of Strawberries to the al- 
ready long list, and each one, of course, must be considered the best. How- 
ever, only a few ever come up to the required standard, or at least only a 
small portion retain their superiority with ordinary cultivation, such as they 
must necessarily receive in the market garden. This being the case, we na- 
turally look with much interest to the reports of practical fruit-growers for 
their opinion respecting every new fruit offered. The above named new variety of 
Strawberries having been grown for the past five years on the grounds of several 
different horticulturists as well as amateur cultivators, has proved a genuine, distinct 
and constant variety worthy a place among the very best. It was found growing 
between a row of Wilson’s Albany and a row of the Agriculturist, in the garden of 
Mr. D. Huddleston, who was so well pleased with it that he immediately commenced 
its propagation and culture. From the appearance of the fruit it evidently came 
from the seed of the good old Wilson’s Albany, fertilized with pollen from the 
Agriculturist. The plant is a vig- 
orous grower, very hardy, standing 
the late frosts in spring much bet- 
ter than the Wilson, Monarch of the 
West, Kentucky, &c., with large, 
glossy foliage, which does not sun- 
burn in summer. The fruit, which 
is faithfully represented in the il- 
lustration, Fig. 155, is of the very 
largest size, of a bright glossy crim- 
son, llesh scarlet next the outside, 
paler towards the centre, firm, uni- 
form in shape, ripening evenly 
throughout, with a rich, spiey 
flavor, but hot so tart as the Wilson ; 
an excellent shipping berry. Plant 
very productive, and the large size 
of the berry, holds out well to the 
end of the season. 
E. Y. Teas, of Dunreith, Indiana, 
is the possessor of the entire stock 
of this valuable Strawberry, and 
all communications regarding it 
should be addressed to him. In his 
circular, announcing his choice 
fruits, he says in regard to Straw- 
berries : 
“ Pot grown plants, of many of 
the newer varieties, are grown 
Fl<i - 155 - for those who wish for a good crop 
of berries as soon as possible. These, if planted during August or September, may 
be relied upon for a crop of berries the following season. ‘A full crop in nine 
months.’ ' ‘ One hundred pot-grown plants will produce more fruit and finer, than a 
thousand ordinary layer plants set in the fall.’ Pot-grown plants cannot be sent per 
mail. Layer plants will be sent prepaid per mail at the dozen and hundred price.” 
Our advice would be, pay a little more and get plants by express. 
NE W STRA WBERR Y, The Garden. 
Another new Strawberry, called The Garden, is being offered by P. II. Foster, of 
Babylon, Long Island, (N. Y.,) that has received the commendation of many promi- 
nent horticulturists as well as the horticultural press in general, but as we have 
never seen the fruit we can not speak of its merits from personal knowledge, but 
from its strong recommendation it must lie of value and well worth a trial. It is a 
seedling of the “ Monarch of the West,” large and handsome, fine flavored, and has 
already taken several first-class premiums. 
