New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-07-11

color crimson scarlet: flesh ist red moderately hrn, not
very juicy ed dark brow" moe5dst sys large ga ,T
'ro7t good; quality very good 'ey protective arc
20. Cherry very hrqe, cori'sl; color. bright
sc.flst ae,h site and icy seee hro~n prominent
CAY ig, psi.is.s foliage M jun cara s'"sa c'.I ely
enai,d fOueT-s'ss stout hty"r Teiy good g4ey prs
Very produc i've but lsie @omfaats
In conclusion the Committee YOU'D commend Mr. tubsTs
9eed.. bsrs selected entitled 20 some substantial
~ ri a. the hands OF the American lr'.ita's They VIII
their place s1ony the moe, valuable kinds that have thus
far been introduced
Al Of which s respectfully submitted
PETER b. MEAD, cns.snsn'
WIN :. lARtEN1EH/
/ < S3stSi, o'r'r'i'''''
Mr.. FULLER objected 10 The cOncli-on Of the
Committee upon NJ. became il is pi-tilae, AMI,
although il II Ii good b,Iry, lie will not send IL out,
became he thinks II an Imposition upon the puhhc
to -e ants that vi DOT produce fruit nn'e5s irue
tihed by some other -oIt which soon overliia sni
mil he bed TINS il the trouble with hOvey's
and McAvoys Seedlings, which sre excellent irut,
aud that in the trouble with all p-t.!la.es, Ad II Is
wrong to sell lben wien c lave 30 aaLy bi'seAAai
! sorts Of such eLcele.,t q"alty
Ifofc Seedlings ar. Prodnccd.-Mr. FULLER then
gave tho ClIb Interest," account OF Lis ADOis IL
procuring hi. seeding. tie s.ii;
Ia r,femlIul to pcoagoe l. ne variety OF straw
erries frcu seed IL shond frs. be derGed what zee
The ,n.i,ties desired, and then by selecting Two va
rieies TIA, possess these qualities ae ntr an usy
be AID Dy feriliziug one with the other, we eau
come nearer 20 TIE Object i. ytw tiGn we ehond BY
sowing iced collected Unfortunately from varieties
| not properly fortified. 49,
For Instance. let us take tie Wilson, which %
very prolific, quite large. mad Firm, out = r'theI
acid and too dark color, with eniyX tha[ does MOI
p.,t readily from the berry, aud q Peabody, VINCE
/. ror prolific though large and is Of superior Color
and sweet; and Las cal x TINT parts reAduy. =,
Now le, us place these two vafIs'i 81 some dts
rance fro other varieties, nut IN close proximity %
each other, that Trey can be ne more readily o.
.r.,ed MON When they como TO bloom we Ie-
move the ,lansne iron a. many how,ra ss a.s'ri'
al then with line camel s-hsl mel, tabe tne POI
len the other variety, and dust II over the is
Ill. vf tie flower from Which the staDeDs have Oeen
removed. IL IL well TO place lite netting over tie
plant ope rated upon, To prevent inso-is Iiom ieitun'
! l.r IL WITH pollen from nEr0r varieties.
Tho 40 verr should have tho pollen applied several
;in,ss few hour1 between each application 81 tha;
tie fertilization shall 10 conPe'e IL s well 70 use
hoth varieties a. parents, sud tcrtzs tue W iisO0
with The Peabody. and vice We "a, az II cannot be
dei sruiued wbitb viii produce Tire b.st nutJ proved
by actns experiment. i do not mention Tue WILSON
and Peabody believing them 70 be the be-, 10 r"ise
seedlings FROM bat ouiy 90 Illustrate the p1h'ipe'
Ev,tu nv own experiments wan them have Oeen
eoma,yhat disappointed, .Ur niDe-.eEihs OF tle
.o.dl;ufa from tho Nilson feri .zrd 10y Tie frabJy
y ere more acid than tbe parent, although succeeded
in pet,iUg the color, and fooe OF the oosr ehsfac-
lie nnrent I have hsi better success--eet M
H. rt,r coiored berry sweetei, aud some plants that
were quite prolific, with almost invariably ne ivn4
mock, wbch j. a peculiar characteristic OF tho ie"-
body.
d;.,ioct .pei.s flnless TOO far removed, Ike the
Alpine which believe vi not ~ bridze wisn any /
of inc cihes may be- brought together ana valuable
varieties gro WI from the mixture
Bat il must lie remembered tiiu, the varieties nov
81. f.au
zed tina IL IL almost im, ossible ~ &c. true cross
bei ween suy two varieties
TIE effect Il fertilization Of previous generations
will sometimes show itsef when ard where leAst ex
reots, Sometimes the beet results viii Oe Obtained
i, merely sowing seeds Of any good variety, trust.
ng TO is Inherent good qualities being trahshiieed
80 The offspring. >,
From The Aastin have got seedlings all OF which |
reeembed The parent, but were interiors ana have
noticed that ali Of tis Glass; such IA tie Dowper,
iowa. Charlton. Georgia Mammoth, &C., are very |
likely 10 produce varieties no better than toe wild
Wrs.eru berry from which th3y eSideu ~ all oilgi-
mated Ii is very easy 20 ket lhrge variety ron
his cless but seldom good one. trou the bicton
Pine have grown large, sweet oranGe-ce!Orec
fruit, bat, like The parent GDprod'ictI'e'
From the Oscar which is a pocr grower, nave
,rodncei 6ne eroweis and those that We're uOder' !
stely prolific; bat the frait was sweet aud c'y'
Tie rssulls Of some ot my experiments are eA-
c.a1iu,iy curious such as producing i've distinct /
Ie,ye. n Il lobed. They were very similar 10 tDo'e
described by Duehesne raised by hia Ut versailles
~ l76l and called tue hOpophy Ia, IL Oe1ns JNst
100 wears lso tar have been ab to learn since
ia, first one.leaVed strawberry was g.owh un'' she
second war irliSed by me IN lSoi. Bu1 IN her
were OF any value, eNcept IS botauicai cn1"siy'
From, the Iowa [ produced z hve-leaved variety,
md one vim leaves having beautiful silver eiilpe,
but of 10 value 20 the cnuvator
Ifyc % R1isc S,cdhngs 'hs berries from
,rfrn Ia
N ln,d be marked aud mixed wl.h dry SAND, 90
Thoroughly that no two seeds shall remain together
n.t.ius saiiccnt saud % absorb all tie moistefe.
Then sow the s,nc containing tue seeSs III d Oeu
pre,i s., prepared 90 sole h-'i Soy tl~co' o. Us,
alg.s si.t ~ some fine hlold covering tue seeds
about AL ihlh % AL IuGl dep. II ne Holl Is KEEP.
moist ale ilauis will begin 10 appear 90 about foar
weels. ana will continue TO come up until eoid
wcA,ter 80 which time zoe! snouio De coEered
L,btiv win etraw. sag ore iucl deep. lie plants
bouli be u the following Spring Is inches apart,
H. rows at least ~ feet apart.
Sion al runners every week throughout the sea-
son ana keep the beds clean. The secotd yeae si'er
rn,nsplanting. goo VIII have fruit. Mark sexes oil
each as they come iuiO blossom. az the inat Fpeus,
,,.-k lie time ana character. AMI select TIE very
best ald destroy ail other plants. iht carefully
,h.se that are TO be preserved and pat them ihto
ne g. beds where they will have more room 10 make
ruuners. The cofiect estimate OF The Nalce OF any
new variety caruot he a-cesined Until II has uitei
two or tlgee years. For my own part stall never
ave pi,iilate, although have dooe 10 heretofore
extensively, for the purpose Of aecer,ainiug BY ac
tual experiment whether they we're any more likely
20 he better, or more productive than the bHeXuai
varieties
! The re.ults OF some of the largest eKperimsn's
which have tried are, that out Of several hundred
seeding. of 1856 none were good, although sown
from tie best seed that l could obtain. La 1917 1
raised another large quantity. Being more esreIii
in selecting the varieties and IN their ieriOzS'0"'