New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-04-29

cfsusvh4 rrisA He said kssv that Line e valuable
upon sua-bery heds.
outside and bsnee the small varieties and Wild bs,se
are % highly esteemed. Watering beSs with diluted
tar -haik liquor lie highly bea. 6eisi AL Inorganic
utsta ees better than animal substances for me-
NJ P.KprE-Other line will probably do % vel
a. ,,st,r-.tel lime. hsve tried many sxp.nneuts
Min wS straw b. rries, and 30 far as po-sble have
proved BY several persons o. careful Judgment that
stue Of the cultivated vsre,iss are very superior 70
,hs wild berries | DC not consider any crop good
ON. that produces lees than one hundred oashes 70
The scre II ough believe thirty bushels Per scrs is
considered good crop ~ teis v'ciniy. IF
Prof MAPIs-l AN satisfied about the sAcsneocs OF
a,xor nj I'D str.vberries When growing Wild, Par
,iculsrly thoee tba; grow on the Catekin M'unSs"e
the edor is very reusrksoe. .,.
Prof. NAsH-l have esten the best slaSoefr'os .ns'
7 ever Ate from wild vines ard believe great ms-
chief ss been done by recommendation Tor hisa mA-
buring. Leaf mold or swamp muck u the best ma
rure hat car ute and il will bring greater crop
Of straw berries than high manuriog.
Mr.. WIsr-I have heard that cold water wss tns
beet insure used for this fruit. 49,,
Mr. P.Rprr-CoL Stoddsrd Of Palmyra, n. T., did
succeed wonderfully by literally watering hs VINES
upon thin soil of sardy land His vines took the
name of Sioddards seeding Alpine; but when moved
TO other gardens, where they were not wsersd, aid
rot succeed. In bed, | would never have say RINGS
nearer than foot apart, sud the large kinds NUT
have more room. All strawberry plants need nscn
water ard all are benefited by tanbark water or tan
bark as q mulch. My most successful growth wss
upon made land old brook.
Mr. ATWOOD stated that green sand mail was the
beet fertilizer for straw berries that he bad ever snsd,
ard Prot. NASH gave the same opinion.
Dr. WARp-The strawberry loses its flavor IN pro-
portion 10 the amount Of rsin That was the casc last
Summer. Water nereases the quantity, but not
auslity As to mapuring have long since ceased "
u,e YARD manure. am satisfied that green ssad mari
Is the best manure that can be used when II cen DO
obtained easily. am using marble muck, esmbiosd
with shell lime and a the ashes that can get
as top dressing. If rich roll does favor the growth
of vines 10 the exclusion OF fruit should IKE tn know
it. fer have found that my biggest berries come rom
the very highest manued spots around my pear trees
| From .tiip feet by 20, my daughter picked one
morning - quart. Of foe strawberries. lever TIED
| how much an acre produced.
| Mr. PARpEE-We may get the largest berries from
high ms nured land but rot the greatest quantity.
still answer thst think Wilson's Seeding stands at
the head of all the varieties They are early, but
| think Burrs new pine the earliest. At Washington,
| the Alice Maud is the fsvorite early variety. The
| Hauttoy is q bigb-havored berry, wish 70 rsmAsk
that have theory to maintain nor interest 10 Iecsm-
ending any particular variety, or mode OF culsere
only wish to this fruit more generally cultivated
| The hour Of adjournment having arrived without
fpishipg this subject or reachog the other the cluo
sgreed to continue the discussion next Monday. me
attendance to-day very full. and the meeting much
| interested in the discussions.