The Goliah Strawberry. 
One of the last fruits to which the lamented A. 
J. Downing called attention, ‘in the pages of the 
Horticulturist, was a strawberry sent to him by 
Messrs. Hogg & Son, the respected nurserymen 
of New-York, called the u Goliah,” the favorable 
accounts of which there given by Mr. Downing, 
appear to us to derive new interest from a state¬ 
ment which has recently been put forward by Mr. 
James Kitley, of Lyncombe Yale Nursery, Bath, 
England, as to its bearing qualities, which he thus 
describes:— 
A bed 36 feet by 9 feet, six years old, produced the 
lsst season 90 quarts of fine large fruit; and a bed 36 
feet square, three years old, in which the plants were 
2 1-2 feet apart, produced 255 quarts of high colored 
pine flavored fruit. 
We give, from the pages of the Horticulturist, 
a figure of this fine variety. Mr. Downing’s ac¬ 
count of it is an ample testimony to its merits; 
and we shall like to hear from Dr. Hull, and any 
other growers of it, how far Mr. Kitley’s state¬ 
ment of its'produce agrees with its yield in this 
country. We hope our friends will make a mem¬ 
orandum, to oblige us with this information when 
the season arrives, and Mr. Longworth among 
them; for it is most desirable, (as it will be one of 
our special objects) to ascertain and record, for 
general information, the comparative real value 
of new fruits of all kinds. And this, in many in¬ 
stances, can only be efficiently done by the aid of 
our friends. In giving the crops of many small 
fruits, and of the strawberry in particular, the 
number of berries, of average size, that are requisite 
to weigh a pound , should be stated. This is a 
great assistance to the formation of a correct es¬ 
timate ; although we by no means intend to im¬ 
ply that size is the primary test of excellence. 
Far from it. B. M. 
The Clinton Grape. 
A correspondent of the Horticulturist, who has 
kept specimens till mid-winter, “as fresh and as 
perfect as they came from the vine,” considers 
this variety superior to any other for its keeping 
qualities, which appears quite probable from its 
very high-flavored juice, as it is well known to 
those who practice preserving fresh cherries, 
which resemble grapes in texture, that the Dukes 
and Morellos, corresponding in their flavor to that 
of the Clinton grape, remain in a finer state of 
preservation than other cherries. Will not this 
characteristic of the Clinton grape, in connection 
with its extraordinary vigor of growth, its entire 
freedom from rot, and its productiveness, render 
it one of the most valuable grapes for marketers, 
to preserve for winter sales? 
Although this variety ripens some two or three 
weeks earlier than the Isabella and Catawba, 
there is reason to believe that a hot summer is best 
for developing its full flavor, as we observe it is 
more highly spoken of in the neighborhood of Cin- 
cinnati than farther north; and in the vicinity of 
