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AMKHICAN AGRICUI^TUllTST. 
The season 1ms, on the whole, been a success¬ 
ful one for the strawberry grower, though in 
some places, as in southern New Jersey, the 
heavy mins, which came just as the fruit was’ripe, 
causeil considerable loss. A very fine exhibi¬ 
tion was held by the American Institute, in New 
York^ on June 2.)th and 2Gth, and another by 
Mr. Knox, at Pittsburgh, on the 26th and 27th of 
the same month. We attended both of these 
exhibitions, and give such notes on varieties 
as we gleaned from these and other sources. 
Mktc.\i.k’8 K.vuly.—T his variety originated 
in Michigan. In a bas¬ 
ket note last month, we 
quoted Mr. Williams and 
Mr. Doty for its carli- 
ness. AVe have since 
seen Air. Parry, of Cin- 
naminson, and others, 
wlio do not give a very 
favorable account of its 
earliness, protluctiveness, 
or good quality. Figure 
'f' 1 gives the shape of the 
berry, which is of a light scarlet color. 
Rippowam. —A variety that has been before 
the public a few years, but has not lieen exten¬ 
sively cultivated. It originated with Air. J. W. 
F.mlkner, Stamford, Conn. The engraving, 
f^'g- 2, gives one of the exhibition berries. AVe 
have not seen it in bearing, but at several shows 
very large fruit has lieen exhibited. It has a 
remarkable tendency to assume the flattened, 
coxcomb shape, which tells strongly against its 
good qualities, which are a firm flesh and a very 
Fig. 2.—uii’PowAM. 
agreeable flavor. Growlers of this variety differ 
in their accounts of its productiveness. 
Stivoku’s SKEDT.ixa. —This berry originated 
with Air. AV. II. S'lntrer, of Gray’s Feny’, Pa. 
AA’'e give a figure of 
it, (fig. 3,) but from 
the fact that we 
have never seen the 
fruit in good condi¬ 
tion, do not care to 
say much about it. 
There arc very few 
berries upon which 
it is fair to pass 
J udgment after they 
3. 8TKiNOEa’.s. have been picked 
forty-eight hours. AVe can only say that some 
of our Philadelphia friends, in whose opin¬ 
ion we place confidence, think well of it. 
Sktu liovnKX. —Air. Stub Royden, W’cll known 
as the ('Hginator of the Agriculturist, exhibited 
at the late show of the American Institute his 
seedling No. 30, which, we understand, is to 
bear his name. Mr. B. stated that the exhibi- 
Fig. 4.— SETH boydex. 
Fig. 5. 
tion was at least ten days too late to allow him 
to show his berry in perfection. As exhibited, 
the berry was of great uromise, reminding one 
Newark^ N.’j. 
Romevn s Seedling. — Tins is a chance 
seedling raised from ^ 
grown together. The 
plants shown at the 
late exhibition were 
apparently very pro- WO 
ductive, though but a 
small portion of the 
fruit was ripe. It has 
Gand, and its shape 
is shown in figure 5. 
Cii.xs. Downing. —Air. J. S. Downer, of Elk- 
ton, Kentucky, with whom originated the well 
of the largest. 
Both Air. Car¬ 
penter and Air. Downing have grown it, and 
Bjicak in high terms of its productiveness and 
other good qualities. It is certainly a berry of 
remarkably higli character, as to flavor, and we 
expect a great deal from its present promise. 
# Ida.—AY e figure this va¬ 
riety, (fig. 7,) because so 
much has been said of it. 
It is reported as produc¬ 
tive, but as a fruit we do 
not consider it as good as 
theAVilson. The specimens 
we have seen are quite in- 
Fig. 7.— IDA. different It is pistillate. 
.Tucitnda. —Very fine specimens of this vari¬ 
ety were sluiwn at the exhibition of the Amer¬ 
ican Institute, and from all that we can learn, 
it is growing rapidly in favor. Mr. Knox’s farm, 
at Pittsburgh, is tJie headquarters of this variety, 
where it is also known as “ 700.” The show of 
this fruit upon his grounds was this year some¬ 
thing wonderful to see. To say that the crop 
was large, Avould not express it—it was immense. 
AVo never before saw berries run so uniformly 
Fig. G.—CHAS. DOWNING, 
large. 
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The fruit is of fine color, and that it car- 
Fig. 8.—.TUCUNDA. 
ries well is showm by the fact that it is sold in 
the New Aiork markets, after a long journey 
from Pittsburgh. The day we were at Mr. 
Kno.x’s farm, he shipped a hundred bushels of 
this variety to New York, a similar quantity to 
Philadelphia, besides supplying the home mar¬ 
ket. AVe figure a good sized beriy of regular 
shape, (fig. 8,) but it would liave been easy to se¬ 
lect a larger, if no regard Avere had to form. 
AnRAiTAM Lincoln. —A variety with this 
name was shown at the Exhibition of the Amer¬ 
ican Institute, As far as the fruit is concerned, 
it is not easy to see how it differs from Jucunda, 
Lucida Perfecta. —This is a foreign sort 
that is attracting some attention. Tlie fruit is 
medium size, (tig. 9), round, 
of a bright salmon color. 
For sweetne.«s and richness 
of flavor it is scarcely sur- 
passsed by any variety. The 
foliage has a very i-obust ap¬ 
pearance, and is of a deep 
green. From what avc have 
seen of it, it does not ap¬ 
pear to bear ivell enough for Fig. 9. 
market berry, but it is certainly a sort 
Avorthy the attention of amateur cultivators. 
Fillaiore. —This is a variety about whiih 
there is much ditference of opinion. On the 
strong soil of Air. Knox it proves itself a valua¬ 
ble sort, being there a good liearer, early, and of 
excellent qualit)^ The fruit is of good size, and 
its firmness allows ii to carry Avell to market. 
It has the disadvantage of being pistillate. 
Goli.vtii, {Kittley's).—A.n old variety which 
the American Pomological Society placed upon 
Fig. 10.—GOLIATH. 
their “ Rejected List ” some ten years ago, and 
the cultivation of Avhichis generally abandoned. 
Yet Mr. Knox finds it to his account to groAV 
it, and thinks more highly of it than of many 
newer sorts. Size and sliapo shown in fig. 10, 
