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AMERICAN AGRICULTURISl'. 
fAuerst, 
and is worthy the attention of those who prefer 
quality to quantity. 
Ladus^ Pine. — P. Fruit small, round, pale 
orange scarlet, not very firm ; sweet aud of the 
most delicious flavor. Despite its small size and 
unpleasant color, this is the very best berry, as 
to flavor, with wliich we are acquainted ; unfor- 
tunately it is not productive, and it commends 
itself only to those amateurs who prefer a quart 
of good fruit to a bushel of poor. It is well to 
have a bed of this as a standard of flavor, and 
very few varieties can stand its test. 
" Burr's Neio Pine" — P. A medium sized, 
conical, light scarlet berry, very early and pro- 
ducing well with good culture. Mr. Knox re- 
gards it as his most valuable early variety. Tliis 
is in most collections under the above name, but 
Ohio pomo]ogist3 declare that this berry is not 
tlie true Burr's New Pine, which is a much 
lighter colored fruit, and is now, as far as they 
know, lost to cultivation. Whatever the berry 
may be that now goes by the name of the " lost 
tribe," it is a fruit of great excellence for the 
family garden or for early marketing. 
Agriculturist. — //. This variety was fully de- 
scribed, and some of the larger specimens fig- 
ured in August, 18G3, and we now engrave an 
average specimen from a basket put up for 
market, from a bed which liad been allowed to 
run. We have no interest in this variety, oth- 
er than that which naturally comes from the 
fact that we were instrumental in introducing 
it, and in disseminating it free, more widely than 
an)' other variety was ever distributed. We of 
course wish it maj' do elsewhere as well as it 
has done with us. Tliat it would do so every- 
where, was not to be expected, with tliis or any 
other fruit. In some places it has not borne 
well, but in the majority of instances, it has 
proved valuable, and there is, perhaps, no one 
variety tliat may be planted at a venture more 
safely tlian this. Tlie only very large crop of 
strawberries we have seen this season, was at 
Mr. Parry's, Cinnaminson, N. J., of this varie- 
ty. We saw good crops of it at Mr. Pullen's, 
Hightstown, N. J., E. S. William's, Montclair, 
N. J., a fair one at F. Brill's Newark, N. J., and 
a poor one at Mr. Knox's. It is perfectly hardy 
and fruited this year where tlie Wilson failed. 
Green. Prolific. — P. Fruit large, depressed 
globular; seeds slightly sunken ; pale orange 
scarlet; flesh solid, colored, soft, very juicy, acid 
and not high flavored. As a fruit this can not 
rank as first class, but it has an unequalled vigor 
of foliage, great productiveness, large size, and 
showy color, and is altogether a variety of re- 
markable character, and will commend itself to 
those who do not look for high quality. This 
is one of the parents of the Agriculturist whicli 
is a cross between this and the next. 
Peabody. — // Fruit medium to large, of a rich 
crimson color, and with a long distinct polished 
neck; flesh solid and colored to the center; 
sweet, and of excellent flavor. This is an old 
variety, which originated in Georgia. It is a 
poor bearer, and we only mention it by the side 
of the Green Prolific, as being the other parent 
of the Agriculturist. We have examined sever- 
al hundred seedlings of the Agriculturist aud 
found many plants with fruit which seemed 
quite like that of one or the other parent. 
Durand's Seedling. — H. Fruit large, of a pe- 
culiar oblong shape, and flattened; seeds but 
slightly sunken ; color, a peculiar light bright 
scarlet ; flesh firm, solid, nearly whjte ; juicy and 
well flavored: Tliis we have only seen in the 
grounds of Mr, P. Brill, Newark, N. J., where 
it seems to be an abundant bearer, and to pro- 
duce fruit a long time. Kroni what we have 
seen of it, we regard it as a variety of great 
promise for family and market purposes. 
Perry's Seedling— H. Fruit medium to large, 
nearly globular, with a slight neck ; seeds de- 
pressed in well defined cavities ; color bright 
crimson; flesh colored, but not uniformly so; 
moderately firm, sweet and with a rich spright- 
ly flavor. Introduced by Geo. Perry & Sons, 
Georgetown, Conn. We have seen tlie fruit 
only of this variety, and it appeared to be like 
McAvoy's Superior (unwarrantably called Buf- 
falo). It is suflicient praise to this fruit to say 
that it is as good as the McAvoy, and we have 
the assurance of the proprietor that it is perfect, 
l^ijrdy, and very productive. To be looked after. 
MauVs Seedling. — H. Fruit conical, often flat- 
tened, and with an obtuse apex; seeds prominent, 
and when fully ripened, much darker colored 
than the lively light crimson of tlie surface; 
flesh very solid and firm, juicy, and of a spright- 
ly, but not very high flavor. This variety orig- 
inated with Peter B. Mead, Esq., and has merits 
which should not be overlooked. We h.ave not 
seen any but recently set plants, and can only 
quote others who say that it produces well. 
Jucunda, 700. — U. Fruit lai-ge, conical, reg- 
ular in shape and size ; bright crimson ; flesh 
firm, white, hollow, juicy, and of a flavor that 
will please those who lilce Triomphe de Gand. 
This variety has been described by Mr. Knox, 
as well as by horticultural editors and commit- 
tees, and we feel a little hesitation in giving an 
opinion after so many distinguished persons 
have put themselves on record. In this disas- 
trous year it is the best producer Jlr. Knox has 
upon his grounds, and with his system of cul- 
ture, has a good crop. The fruit is large — very 
large — show}', of good shape, and cari'ies well, 
as we know from the state in which we found a 
basket wliicli reached home on the fourth day 
after picking. These are all good qualities, but 
its flavor is not to our individual taste, it being 
much like but hardly equal to that of the Tri- 
omphe de Gand, whichis not a favorite with us. 
On good soil, and with close culture, it produces 
a great crop of large and very showy berries. 
Golden Seeded. — 3. Fi-uit medium to large, 
bluntly conical, and flattened, crimson, with 
prominent yellow seeds. This was produced by 
Mr. Read, the originator of the Ladies' Pine, and 
is not generally cultivated. Mr. Knox regards it 
as one of his best early varieties, and it is pro- 
ductive and showy, and a valuable market vari- 
ety with him. Not esteemed at the East. 
Lennig's White, — II. Globular or deprcssetl, 
white with a fine blush ; flesh solid, buttery, and 
of excellent flavor. This variety is called Wliite 
Pine Apple, and by several other names. It is 
a specialty with Doct. Hexamer, of AVestchest- 
er Co., who raises it in great perfection. It is 
really a fine fruit, very productive, aud the best 
of all the white strawberries. 
Lady Finger. — Elongated conical, sometimes 
broadly so ; seeds sunken deeply in well defined 
depressions; color brilliant scarlet ; flesh solid, 
remarkably firm, somewhat colored, not very 
juicy; sweet and of good flavor. This variety 
originated in Burlington Co., N. J. Mr. Wil- 
liams of Montclair, N. J., states in his catalogue 
tliat it combines more good qualities than any 
otlier berry that he grows. It is certainly a 
lyost handsome fruit on account of its brilliant 
color, and beautifully honeyoombcd .surface, has 
a firmness that is unusual, and witli good cul- 
ture produces fair crops. Scott's Seedling, a 
very different fruit is sometimes sold for it. 
"Scotch Runner." — Under this name there 
are brought to the N. Y. market great quanti- 
ties of -a small berry, much like tlie Lady Fin- 
ger as to color and surface, but much smaller, 
and more acid. It is a more generally elon- 
gated fruit. It is also called " Pine Apple" and 
Scarlet Runner, and probably has other syn- 
onyms. It is small, very showy, of a good straw- 
berry flavor, and an esteemed market variety. 
Fi^. 1. — A magnified flowpr of a ronimon green Ovelil*. 
called by Botanists Plnianthefa orbiculfxla ; ft-ont view, 
a— One of the two pollen-masses witli its stalk and sticliy <llsk. 
Insects and Plant Fertilization, 
THIRD ARTICLE. 
If there ever was a flower made for being 
fertilized by moths or butterflies, and absolutely 
dependent on their aid, it is one like this Orchid, 
fig. 1, a flower from the larger Green Orchis, 
called in strict botanical language, Platnntlierit 
orbiculatd. The same may be said of most Or- 
chids, altliough the ways, or contrivances, as wc 
must call them, are difitrent in the difi'erent sorts. 
Four years ago Mr. Darwin published a most 
interesting volume "On the various Contri- 
vances by wliich British and Foreign Orchids 
are fertilized by Insects," which opened up tliis 
whole subject. This Green Orchis will show 
in a general way what takes place in all our Or- 
chises, although some are arranged to be served 
by insects of a certain sort or size, and some 
by another. Take this, then, as a specimen. 
The greater part of tliecentre of the blossom, 
Fig. 1, consists of tlie anther, the two cells of 
which, splitting down lengthwise, show the pol- 
len within, and are continued forward into the 
two widely separated horns. Each horn bears 
at its tip a miniature button (the disk), the face 
of which is very sticky and will adhere to the 
finger or whatever you touch it with. As you 
remove the finger, you bring away, sticking to it, 
this little button or disk and all that belongs to 
it, viz. : the whole contents of the anther-cell, 
fig. 1, n. Tlie button, it appears, is borne 
on. the end of a slender stalk; and the large 
mass at the other end of the stalk is the pollen, 
not here a light powder, as in most plants, but 
its grains are stuck together in little ma?ses or 
coarse grains, and these grains strung together 
and tied fast to the main stalk by threads as 
