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NEW YORK. AUGUST 7, 1886 
PRICE FIVE CENTS. 
$2.00 PER YEAR. 
Entered according to Act of Congress, In the year USB, by the Rural New-Yorker in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. 
the middle than above; sometimes winged and 
broadly flat at tip. Seeds yellow; flesh color¬ 
ed aud of good quality. The berry is not very 
firm. The vines are fruitful, and for Lome 
use it is a desirable late variety. 
Seedling <15. From the same firm as the 
others. Same parentage—planted at the same 
time. Pistillate flower. Our notes are not 
very full as to this variety. The berry is light 
scarlet, broadly heart-shaped, sometimes wing¬ 
ed, as in Fig. 809, page 511, and the quality is 
much like that of Jewell. It is quite firm. 
The plants are vigorous, though less so than 
those of Seedling 87. The following note ex¬ 
plains itself: 
"The history of the Dewey and the Strawberry Seed- 
| lings Nos. 87 and 65 Is the same as that of Jewell, as 
it must be considered that the portraits of all 
fruit (if not exaggerated) appear smaller in 
print than they really are. 
prevailed, and the berries assumed their nor¬ 
mal condition as to quality, and maintained it 
to the close of the season. 
The Crescent proved my earliest berry 
and was very productive and lasted till July 1, 
maintaining a fair size to the end and proving 
perfectly healthy. While the quality is not 
of the best, yet when served with sugar and 
cream (or without cream), cake, good bread, 
and genuine butter, as they usually are, I have 
never yet seen Crescents refused. I only wish 
every table in che land could be well supplied 
with as good. 
The Sharpless stands at the front as one 
of our largest and most attractive berries; but 
it is not very productive, and a large portion 
of the fruit rots before ripening during such 
weather as prevailed this 
season. The quality is not 
high, but as it has less acid¬ 
ity than some others, it 
pleases many tastes when 
fresh and not too ripe. Its 
popularity seems to be on 
the wane. 
Jersey Queen has prov- 
ed to be one of the largest, 
X. handsomest and most pro- 
\ ductive of our late sorts. 
% The plants are vigorous an d 
1 healthy, and the fruit is 
of good quality, though 
^ acid. This acidity would 
toned down in a drier 
u season and there would be 
less loss from rot. 
Manchester was large, 
late and immensely pro¬ 
ductive but it blighted so 
badly that the bulk of its 
crop was lost. It has never 
been so badly affected with 
me before. If the tendency 
proves permanent the va¬ 
riety must be discarded. 
The Jewell proves to be 
one of the most vigorous 
and productive, as well as 
the largest and handsomest 
varieties; but the excessive 
moisture proved too much 
for it in matted rows. 
Blight and rot injured it 
severely, though in single 
rows it withstood these 
troubles. While its flavor 
is not of the best, its other 
qualities promise to make 
it a leading popular sort. 
The Atlantic disap¬ 
pointed me early in the 
season, in its promises, and 
later it disappointed me in 
doing even better than it 
promised. 
The preceding four varie¬ 
ties composed my last pick¬ 
ing, aud closed the season. 
Durand's Prince main- 
(Srxpmmcnt (Ground,$ of the gluval 
glero-gjovlur. 
STRAWBERRY NOTES AND EXPE 
RIENCE. 
MORE NEW STRAWBERRIES, 
The strawberry season of ’86 has been con¬ 
spicuous for its length, the abundance of the 
crop, and low prices. It commenced June 
first and ended July 10, a week later than 
usual and lapping that time on to raspberries. 
During all that time strawberries formed a 
prominent feature of our three daily meals 
very much to our satisfaction and enjoyment. 
In fact the only really satisfactory portion of 
Dewey. Received from P. M. Augur & 
Sons, Middlefield, Conn., April 29, 1885. It is 
a seedling of Jersey Queen. According to our 
notes, it begins to ripen with the Sharpless, 
aud continues later. The plants are low-grow¬ 
ing, stocky and healthy. The peduncles are 
strong and often upright, aud often hold the 
berries above and sometimes resting upon the 
leaves. Each plant pro¬ 
duces a number of fruit 
stems which, having short 
pedicels, bring the berries 
in close clusters. The color 
when the berry first begins 
to ripen, is a bright crim¬ 
son in the sun, aud whitish 
in the shade; but when fully 
ripe, it is scarlet. It is firm 
enough for a near market, j 
and perhaps for a distant 
market in a drier season. 
Seeds not deeply imbedded. — 
The shape is variaole. It is .. 
often nearly round and 
puckered about the tip, as 
if a flesh wound had been M 
sewed together. It is rare¬ 
ly heart-shaped or regular; 
often broader than long. 
The neck is more or less 
stubby, reminding one of 
the Prince (of Berries). The 
flesh is slightly colored, 
quality good. The flowers 
are perfect. The size is very 
variable, the average being 
that of the largest berry 
shown at Fig. 808, p. 511, 
drawn from nature. The 
Dewey is very productive 
aud is worthy of trial. 
Seedling No. 87. Also 
from Augur & Sons, and 
also a seedling from Jersey 
Queen. Plants received r 
May 18, 1885 (pistillate). 
The foliage is strong and 
tall, remaining green and 
healthy through the season. 
Fruit ripens with Sharp¬ 
less. The berries are large 
to very large aud shapely, 
often broadly heart-shaped 
with short nocks. They are 
sometimes contracted be¬ 
tween the middle and tips 
like Orescent. Seeds yel¬ 
low; flesh whitish; quality 
good to flue. Color scar¬ 
let; fli-m enough for near 
market only. This variety 
was at its best July 17 to 
SEEDLING STRAWBERRY No. 8 
From Nature 
81. The berries were not then very firm, but 
of flue quality, largo aud rich. A later note 
states it was the best of our berries Juno 21. 
Our remembrance is that it coutiuuod to ripen 
its fruit as long and as lute ns any other kind. 
It is certainly a flue and desirable lajrry for 
home use, aud is shown ut Fig. 807. 
Gold. From same. Received and planted 
April 29, 18S5. Same parentage as the above. 
Pistillate, It is a late berry, with tall, strong 
foliage, though less vigorous than thatof seed¬ 
ling 87. Berries large, and of a light red 
color. The shape is roundish ovate, somewhat 
necked, not always fully ripened at tip. It is 
sometimes nearly round, sometimes larger in 
they all came from the same batch of seed. The seed 
sown was one quart of Jersey Queen and one quart of 
Prince (of Perries). As It was sowed at one time, we 
cannot tell which arc from one and which are from 
the other. Another time we shall keep seed separate 
when we sow it. 
The seedlings you have from us were nil raised In 
1880. Jewell is the only Cue we have yet offered to the 
public. r. it. arauR & sons. 
For home use we should prefer either No, 87, 
Gold, or Dewov to the Jewell. The Jewell is 
earlier, tinner ami perhaps more prolific. But, 
No. 87, Dewey, and Gobi are of good quality 
and as productive as need be desired. Of the 
three our lirst choice is No. 87, second Dewey, 
third Gold. Our illustrations show the berries 
true to life. If they seem small to the reader 
the crop has been that consumed at home; the 
resulting profits, though not measured by dol¬ 
lars and cents, were none the less real. The 
quality of t he crop may bo likened to that of a 
modern barrel of faced apples—good at both 
ends and poor in the middle. For the tiret 
quarter, the weather conditions were favor¬ 
able for a slow, well developed maturing of 
fruit of the best quality. Then followed 10 
days of dull, rainy, misty and foggy weather, 
out of 14. This was a little too much of a 
good thing; the berries were gorged with 
water, the flavor impaired, anil rust and rot 
attacked the plants aud berries. During the 
last quarter less moisture and more sunshine 
tains its position as the 
best in quality of all I have fruited this sea¬ 
son, and gave a good c-op. I was surpris¬ 
ed to see the Editor of the Rural report that 
it ripened unevenly, I have never seen any 
tendency of that kind, either on my grounds 
or elsewhere, aud l incline to think it a break 
on the Rural Grounds, that will not prove 
permanent. 
Downing. This old favorite bore a light 
crop aud was badly affected with blight. 
Lard’s (Vineland; Seedling bore a large 
crop of medium-sized, soft berries of only 
medium quality. The foliage and fruit-stalks 
are very tall, exceeding any other lhave. 
Cumberland Triumph sustained its repu- 
