Identifier: horticulturistjo1869alba (find matches)
Title: The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste
Year: 1846 (1840s)
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Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : Luthur Tucker
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pecimens we witnessed had evidently received no extra care, being grown entirelyaround the sides of a garden, and yet single stocks, of two years growth, averaged fromfour to eight full quarts of berries. One cane, of fifteen feet in length, contained one hun-dred and fifty trusses of fruit, each cluster averaging eight to fifteen berries. Another bush, grown within two years from a single cane, was so productive thatalthough three quarts were picked from it, there still remained nearly six more justripening. As a rule, it is exceedingly prolific, and has a most healthy, vigorous growth. Grownas a field crop, by the side of the Doolittle, the produce was much greater and berriesmuch larger and finer. There is no doubt that it is a distinct variety, and although we aim to indorse no fruituntil well tried, yet our observation leads us to believe it is a valuable addition to ourpresent list of varieties, and desirable either for market or famify use. irestchester Slack-Cap Raspberry. 229
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WESTCHESTER BLACK-CAP RASPBERRY 230 Merits of the JVew Yarleties of Strawbeiries. What are the Merits of the new Varieties of Strawberries ? BY THE EDITOR. THE spring strawberry exhibitions are over at last, and every one who loved fruit hashad a glorious opportunity to taste it. The exhibition tables have been loaded downwith hundreds of varieties, some of them tasted over and over again, while others havebeen touched only for the first and last time. The old standard varieties have not onlymaintained their popular reputation, but by reason of their increased abundance, size, andgeneral lusciousness, have far exceeded previous years. The new varieties of 1867 and 1868 have been fairly tested, and received, in the majorityof opinions, a final judgment; while the new kinds of 1869, ambitious for either a local ornational celebrity, have been as abundant as ever. The strawberry has been known and cultivated for so many hundred years, and hasincreased so much in populaiity and value ever

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