Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-07-24


Tri0mph dc Gondis generally admitted
to be the most valuable of all the foreign
varieties in this country The plant is
hardy and vigorous, and highly produc-
tive, if we'll cultivated The fruit very
large and beautiful, (bright crimson
and of excellent flavor. AS an amateur
variety we count it one of the very best.
Victoria CTrollope's) is another ex-
eellent imported variety, scarcely infe
rior to the last, except in color, which
is a couple of shades lighter.
/ Duc tle B,ubant is handsome and
good early fruit, but not sufficiently pro-
ductivc in this climate.
Pwamiclal Chiiion has done very we'll
here for the first crop. Fruit large, con-
ical, of fine crimson color and good fla
yor.
Princes Mageutc and G1o5ose Scarlet,
done very poorly-not half fruit enough
to pay for use of ground, although the
plants were strong and> healthy, one
| year old. The hot sun and dry weather
seemed to cause the blossoms to fail.
Peabody's Seeding fails utterly, from
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clayey soil; but on deep and moist sandy
soils, it produces fair crop.
Wilson's Albany has been more praised
than any other for year past, especi-
ally for its great productieeness, and for
this quality alone it is fully up to the rec
concentrations; so for time, at least, it
! is likely to maintain quite a run of pop
ularity with market gardeners, but l be-
lieye 1t will soon be discarded, on ac-
count of the inferior flavor of its fruit,
which is not only sour but has disagree
able tang or after-taste, which leads
young children even to shun the rows
of it, and seek other varieties, if to be
found in the garden and buyers in the
markets cannot always remain as igno-
rant as now of the difference between
good and bad varieties of fruits. 1t may
be, however, that for the making of wine,
| (of which there is some talk:) and for
cooking purposes, this strawberry will
prove as valuable as its best friends
claiaa.
/ E!ctru Red (MeAvoy's)-This variety
has always done finely with us; berries
large and handsome, plants cery rigorous,
hardy and productive, and but for the
acid quality of the fruit, it would rank
among the very best. AS it is, l would
only recommend it for cultivation where
better varieties are liable to fail, and
sugar is pretty cheap, or for making
tarts, etc.
Mc-4coy's Superior with us proves IN
terior to many others in productiveness
and appearance, although the fruit is of
excellent quality.
named, and deserving of more notice
than it has hitherto received. All things
considered, we know of none that excels
it as market variety, for this region.
Burr's New Pine is decidedly our fa-
vorite as an amateur variety and for
home use-all the ladies and children
are with us in this preference-and I
notice that committees and individuals
in many other parts of the country agree
in pronouncing this the best of all straw
berries for quality of fruit. 1t is also of
good size, ripens early, plants hardy and
| productive. CThe fruit is too tender and
juicy for carrying to market.) We feel
proud of this variety as Columbus pro-
duction, and from having first given it
introduction to the public, through the
Ohio CaltiUator, July 1, 1916.
Genesee-This variety has heretofore
done finely with us, but this season the
plants standing too thick, it suffered
more from the dry weather than most
others. With better culture and deeper
soil, we saw itdoing we'll in other places.
We count it the handsomest and best of
Ellwanger & Barry's varieties, and de-
serving of general cultivation.
Hooker is another Rochester variety,
and deservedly popular. We have had
| it bearing only two years, and have not
fairly tested it's productiveness. The
plants seem hardy and vigorous, and the
fruit is of good size, handsome deep
color, and good quality.
Scots Seeding we place along with
Extra Red--handsome and productive,
but too sour for times when sugar is dear
Houey's Seeding-We- have tried
various parts of our ground and different
modes Of culture now for five years, in
the hope of making this variety do well,
and for the sake of inducing its origina-
tor to admit that we know something
about strawberries-but all in yain!-
We shall have to 60 to Boston to getin-
struction. We have seen it do we'll at
Cleveland, but that was on deep sandy
soil, and in moist season; and then the
fruit was so deficient in flavor that we
| could scarce believe it was the same
variety we had tasted elsewhere in a
good sunny time. And this leads us to
say in conclusion, that no fruit is more
affected by climate, soil and seasons
than the strawberry, and writer's on this
subject should always keep this fact in
mind. NJ. b. b.
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