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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[August, 
down the sides, was glowing with 
strawberries and roses, and crowd¬ 
ed with gratified visitors from 1 
' o’clock on Friday till 6 o’clock on 
Saturday evening. Before visitors 
were admitted, the Committee, 
consisting of Dr. I. M. Ward of 
Newark; P. B. Mead, Editor of 
the “Horticulturist”; R. G. Pardee, 
8 author of the “ Strawberry Man- 
1 ual,” and Lowell Mason, jr., Esqs., 
had finished their examination, 
, and very soon after, the names of 
exhibitors and the cards indicating 
the awards were placed upon the 
plates. The show 1 was a very in¬ 
structive. one, on account of the 
great number ofvchoidh varieties, 
and the. perfection’ of the berries. 
There -.jyak considerable competi¬ 
tion for the prize offered for the 
largest’three berries. The prize 
was taken by Mr. Heins of Wood- 
stock, an amateur, with three ber¬ 
ries of the Triomplie de Gand, 5.1, 
52, and 6 inches in circumference, 
and weighing altogether 2 ounces. 
The cut which we present repre¬ 
sents them very well, and shows 
the tendency of the Triomphe to 
assume the cockscomb shape, so far 
as to form almost perfect rosettes, 
the stem being in or near the center 
of the flat, circular fruit. The 
show of varieties from the Mar¬ 
shalls was very fine, the berries 
being of large size, in fine order, and of valua¬ 
ble varieties. Mr. Heins showed other very well 
grown berries of choice kinds also, doing great 
credit to him as an amateur cultivator. Mr. 
Fuller has for some years been growing famous 
on account of his success in raising fine seed¬ 
lings; the choicest of his collection were pre¬ 
sented, with the exception of some which were al¬ 
ready past, among 
which v r as the Bart¬ 
lett, a fine berry; 
and very early; it 
is also one of those 
varieties, plants of 
which we have 
been distributing 
free to new subscri¬ 
bers. Mr. E. Wil¬ 
liams’ berries were 
fancifully arranged 
in cones, and made 
quite a show, at¬ 
tracting much at¬ 
tention from visi¬ 
tors, but the berries 
did not appear by 
any means so well 
as if they had been 
in plates, though 
the collection in¬ 
cluded many choice 
kinds. The collec¬ 
tion of Mr. Prince 
was interesting 
from the number of 
his own seedlings 
j Ghat it contained. 
J I It was,' however, 
1 commendation genekal scott. entered for exhibi- 
We give a list of exhibitors and varieties shown I tion only, therefore shielded from criticism, and 
by each on next page. The spacious office of the ought not perhaps to be compared with the 
Agriculturist, with tables extending through the beautifully grown berries exhibited by others, 
middle from Park-Row to Nassau-street, and I We give engravings of three of the seedlings, 
FIRST PRIZE SEEDLING—BROOKLYN SCARLET. 
The Agriculturist Strawberry Show. 
The time appointed for the exhibition of 
Strawberries at the Office of the American Agri¬ 
culturist, was well selected, taking into view the 
lateness of the season, as it came in the very 
higlit of Strawberry time. A few valuable vari¬ 
eties were .pasf, but most'were in their prime. 
which received the notice of the Committee, and 
regret our inability to show also a cut of Mr. 
Burgess’ Little Monitor, which received the pre¬ 
mium as the best flavored seedling. 
Brooklyn Scarlet, raised by Mr. A. S. Fuller, of Brook¬ 
lyn, as announced in the list of premiums published last 
month, took the prize as the best seedling. It is well rep¬ 
resented in the engraving. Berry large, long conical, 
symmetrical; color bright scarlet; flesh nearly white, 
firm, and juicy ; seeds brown, prominent; calyx large ; 
flower-stalk stout; flavor good ; quality best. Plant hardy, 
vigorous, very productive, rather late; flowers perfect. 
Garibaldi, raised by Mr. Wm. A. Burgess, of Glen 
Cove, received the second prize. Berry large, elongated, 
semi-cylindrical, (often more so than the cut represents); 
color rich crimson ; flesh light colored, firm ; seeds mod¬ 
erately depressed ; surface glossy ; flower-stalk erect and 
stout; flavor sweet and excellent; quality best; plant 
hardy, productive; foliage large, vigorous, and shadowing 
the fruit; early ; flowers perfect. 
General Scott, also raised .by Wm. A. Burgess, received 
the high commendation of the Committee. Berry large, 
nearly round,-with neck and calyx easily separable ; color 
blight scarlet; flesh streaked with color, firm; seeds 
deeply imbedded ;• fruit-stalk erect, stout, flavor and 
quality best. Plant very vigorous, hardy; foliage large 
and of a dark, rich green ; flovvers perfect; ripens early. 
SECOND PRIZE SEEDLING—GARIBALDI. 
Little Monitor (Burgess) is a medium-sized, round, 
light-colored, white-fleshed berry of excellent flavor and 
exquisite quality, firm, but smooth .and delicate in texture. 
Monitor, another of Fuller’s choice seedlings, was 
exhibited', but being the last pickings of the season, was 
not entered’for the premium. We esteem it very highly 
as one of the very best of the larger terries. It is de¬ 
scribed by the committee of the Farmer’s Club as follows: 
Berry very large, obtuse conical; color scarlet; flesh 
light colored, firm, and moderately juicy: seeds dark 
brown, prominent; calyx large, and easily parting from 
the berry ; foliage large, coarsely serrated ; flower-stalk 
stout; flavor good; quality best; very productive; 
early ; flowers perfect. 
[Mr. Fuller requests us to state that his 3 Seedlings, Brook- 
lyn Scarlet, Col. Ellsworth and Monitor, are disposed of.) 
The engravings we present were very care¬ 
fully drawn from tbe fruit, and represent faith¬ 
fully the size and character of the individual 
berries, of which they are portraits. The out¬ 
line below the General Scott, is the size of a 
berry not of the group drawn, but not of an un¬ 
common size. The berries selected for drawing 
the seedlings were not the largest in any case, 
but onty a little above the average, and selected 
for'’showing the characteristic shape of each va- 
