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FEBRUARY. 57 
It is easier to account for the deterioration of British Strawberries 
when grown in America; the dryness of its climate and severity of 
,its winters would affect both the quality and constitution of Straw- 
berries, natives of the milder climate of Britain; and that varieties 
raised in America are found to be stronger in constitution and surpass 
ours in flavour, when grown together, is not surprising. The same thing 
happens with their best kinds, when fruited in this country, as they are 
inferior in that delicacy and piquancy which characterise our best kinds. 
But although the climate of America does not suit European Vines 
or Strawberries, Pears and Apples grow to great perfection, with a few 
exceptions. Some of the Apples raised in America are not surpassed 
by the best European kinds, and America may well be proud of 
originating such sterling varieties of the Plum as the Jefferson and 
Washington, as well as several first-rate kinds of Peach and Cherry. 
But looking at the question in reference to our immediate inquiry, we 
find there, as at home, and elsewhere, that the same peculiarities as to 
soil and locality exist, according to the annals of American pomologists. 
But let us again look at the fruits of our own country. The Cornish 
Galliflower Apple makes a vigorous tree and furnishes its rich-flavoured 
fruit in abundance on the clay slates and decomposed granite of Corn- 
wall, but is weakly and bears inferior fruit everywhere else, so far as 
we have ascertained. Take, again, that fine Apple the Bess Pool ; 
located on the marls of the old and new red sandstones of Shropshire, it 
grows to a large size, and when out of its teens is a prolific bearer; yet 
we do not remember ever seeing a respectable tree on the London clay 
or the Eastern side of England; on the calcareous soils near the writer 
of this, it can only be said to exist. To conclude: why is it that the 
Winesour Plum luxuriates on the magnesian limestone formation 
exclusively 2? We have tried it on several descriptions of loams and 
clays, but its growth is puny, compared with the trees we have seen in 
North Notts and Yorkshire. We could readily multiply these instances, 
were it necessary to do so. 
The steps taken by the Fruit Committees of the Pomological and 
Horticultural Societies, to ascertain the cause of these peculiarities in the 
habit, flavour, and productiveness of fruits, as affected by soils, are of 
the utmost importance to fruit growers, and we hope in time that suffi- 
cient evidence will be collected to form exact data as to the influence 
certain soils exercise on the quality of fruits, which, once ascertained, 
will greatly faciltate their labours, and make success more certain. 
(To be continued.) 
EXPERIMENTAL GARDENING.—No. II. 
Fruit Tree Training.—The object of training fruit trees consists in so 
arranging their branches against walls, trellises, &e., that the foliage 
may be more fully exposed to the influence of light than when growing 
in a normal state. ‘Training also, assisted by the twin operation of 
