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thus about six weeks earlier than the “Indian” Peach. It 
is, unquestionably, the best and earliest clingstone in this 
latitude. It is, like all clingstones, very firm, and will 
bear shipping well. 
The tree is of luxuriant growth and a regular bearer. 
Robert Nelson. 
Macm, Ga., May, 1855. 
[From the Ch/ronicU <& Sentinel of May 17.] 
AUGUSTA FRUIT IN CHARLESTON. 
"Wk find the following notice of Mr. Redmond’s fine 
Strawberries in the Charleston Courier of Monday last; 
“We received on Saturday a specimen box of most 
luscious strawberries, from the “Fruitland Farm” of D. 
Redmond, Esq., Editor of the Southern CuUirato7\ nea^ 
Augusta, Ga. We are gratified to learn that if suflBcien* 
encouragement be afforded him, Mr. Redmond intends to 
keep our market fully supolied with this delicious fruit dur 
ingthe season, at reasonable prices, and we are confident 
that if all bis strawberries are of the same quality sent us, 
the supply will scarcely equal the damaad.” 
The Charleston Standard, of yesterday, also says : 
Strawbeebieb. — We ha/e received from the editor of the 
Southern Cultivator, at Augusta, Ga., a mess of most de- 
lightful Strawberries. They were from his “Fruitland 
Farm,” near that city, and with proper encouragement, it 
is proposed to supply our city with this dilicioas fruit. We 
commend his efforts to the favor of our citizens, and can 
say that the samples which we had were truly fine. 
Mr. R. has given this delicious fruit particular attention 
for a few years past, and has now in cultivation several acres, 
embracing more than thirty of the choicest varieties. Not 
more than eight or ten varieties, however, are fully worthy 
of general cultivation ; and these Mr. R. intends to pro- 
pagate largely. He has handed us a select list of the follow- 
ing varieties, a further account of which will appear in the 
July number of the Southern Cultivator. 
Strawberries bob General CuLTivAnoN.— Seed 
ling, (pistillate— very large, fine and productive); Mo 
' Avoy's Extra Red, or No. 1, (an enormous beirer, fruit large, 
and of fine fiavor— pistillate) ; Crescent Seedling, (very large, 
prolific, a little tender— pistillate); McAvoy's Superior, {extra 
large, a good bearer, hardy— pistillate — received $100 prize 
from the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, in 1851) ; Burrh 
Ntw Pine, (medium size, delicious fiavor, rather too soft 
for marketing — pistillate.) 
As Impbegnatoes eos the above, Mr, R. prefers the 
Large Early Scarlet, (staminato) and the Boston Pine, (also 
staminate.) 
For those who Cultivate but one Variety, LengworWs 
Prolife, an hermophrodite variety of superior excellence, 
is confidently recommended. 
For Amateurs, who desire Varieties. — All the above, 
and the following : MoyamenSing Pine,(^\^ih\\oXF)', Walk 
(staminate) ; Crimson Cows, (pistillate) ; Jew 
nei/s Seedling, (pistillate); Large White Bicton Pine (stami- 
nate) ; and Black Prince, (pistillate.) 
Stbawbebries. — We were presented on Saturday last by 
Mr. D. Redmond, of Augusta, Ga., Editor of the Southern 
Oultlvatcr, with a sample of Strawberries, which he is dis- 
posed, if properly encouraged, to supply plentifully and 
cheaply to our citizens. The berries, wo are informed, are 
picked from the vines directly into quart boxes, and ihej 
are not bandied again until they ro'.ch the purchaser. V/t 
found the sauiples to be of good size, of exquisite flavor, 
and in admirable condition, and we wish Mr. Redmond 
every success in his efforts to introduce this fragrant luxury 
among us. — Charleston Mercury of May 14. 
GEEENS-AND BACON. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — What a terrible 
drouth ! all gardens parched up, and it is almost impossible 
to gather a good mess of “greens.” But noticing this great 
calamity all around me, I would draw the attention ol'the 
public to a few plants, which, although not new, still are 
not in such general use, as they ought to be : 
RAPE, {brassica napa.') 
Mr. Landreth, in his catalogue of vegetable seeds, is 
evidently laboring under a great error when he says: “It 
is grown in Southern gardens under the name of bollards- 
or Greens, but is but a poor substitute for head cabbage.” 
Surely the Rape is an excellent vegetable in its season, 
and is sold in immense quantities in the European mar- 
kets in the spring, a long time before the cabbage comes 
into use. Again, Rape is entirely difterent from the Col- 
lard of the South. The true rape is grown extensively in 
Europe for the oil \vhich is pressed from its seeds, and is 
considered one of the most profitable crops a European 
farmer can raise. The seed, sown on rich ground in 
rows, 15 inches apart, in the months of October and No- 
vember (in the northern part of Europe it is sowed in 
August and September) will come up readily and grow 
luxuriantly, being hardy enough to stand our winters. 
When the top is about 6 inches high, it is fit for cooking; 
and if cut down a couple of inches above the ground, so as 
not to injure the very heart, the Rape will, in about two 
weeks, (according to the season) have grown sufficiently 
to admit of another cropping, and soon until April, when 
it will run into seed. When sown early in spring, say 
January or February, I have often had it ready for cut- 
ting in 4 weeks from the date of sowing, and then it will 
never run to seed. In fact, it furnishes an excellent sub- 
stitute for cabbage until the latter comes in. A variety of 
It has been introduced lately under the name of “Colza,” 
(a corruption of its German name, Kohlsaat) but the dif- 
lerence is very slight. The Rape will also be found of 
great importance in agriculture, furnishing an excellent 
winter forage for cattle, 
LETTUCE, 
The season for lettuce is a very short one in the spring, 
mostly because the proper way of using it is not generally 
known. Many new vegetables &re introduced, puffed and 
sold at high prices, not half so good as this invaluable old 
customer in every garden. The lettuce, when cooked, is, 
in my opinion, one of the finest “greens” in the spring, 
and I am confident that no person, who tries it once, will 
ever give it up again. During the hot season, when the 
whole cabbage tribe is infested with myriads of insects, 
the jettuce is never liable to similar attacks. It is true, 
the lettuce will soon run into seed during the summer, but 
even the flower-stem, when nearly a foot high, and before 
the topis spreading, is, in flavor, so much like an aspara- 
gus that it hardly can be distinguished. In short, the let- 
tuce is an excellent, palatable and wholesome vegetable, 
which ought to be grown extensively for cooking, In fact, 
it spreads so much and sows itself so readily, that it is al- 
most equal to weeds, and can be had nearly all the year 
round. 
NEW ZEALAND spiNAGE {tetragoiiia expansp,.') 
It is surprising that this vegetable, by which the cele- 
brated Captain Cook saved his crew from scurvey, and 
which already was cultivated in England in 1772, as yet 
seems to be almost unknown here in the South ; it is even 
not to be found in any of the seed catalogues of the North. 
The warmer the weather the better it grows, even fully 
exposed to the sun. It is of a trailing habit, with very 
thick, succulent leaves, and never troubled by insects. 
The leaves are the eatable part, and can be gathered very 
often. In fact, u bed of twenty plants, in good rich soil, 
will give a daily supply to a pretty large family, particu- 
larly when it grows where it can find some moisture in 
the bottom. Planted by the 1st of April in hills, 3 feet 
apart. Robert Nelson. 
Macon, Ga,, Aptril, 1855. 
