St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-07-08
eIbonf he farm and Garden.
Large Strawberries and Currants.

oath, is recorded samples of strawber
ries sent the editor. The first was al
exhibition of box of berries, the
largest berry measuring five inches il
circumference the next was box o.
berries raised at McIndOes, some Of
which weighed an ounce each, and OF
which it is said they so far beat the
record. These reports show an im-
provement in strawberry culture and
that first class fruit is being raised in
Caledonia county. 1t will not do,
however, for the growers of these ber-
ries to stop here. They can excel
another year and should do so. Ber-
ries weighing au ounce each are only
what every grower should have to
grace the table with good strawber-
fies. When the CaledOnian came to
hand June oath, i went to n bed of
JEWELS, the first berries from which
were picked May 29th, just four weeks
ago, and picking three average berries
therefrOm, weighing two ounces in all,
measuring respectively four and half,
four and quarter, and four and quar-
ter inches in circumference. AS is
well known picking after such a length
of time always have much smaller
average berries than the first picking.
Had the first . or 3 pickings been
measured and weighed an ounce berry
would have been hard to find, all run
ming considerably heavier than this.
On June 18th III. II. Alley of Hilton,
New Jersey, sent me II heaping quart
basket of Strawberries of his new seed
ling, Hilton, containing ii berries,
weighing 20 ounces. He also picked
24-quaTt crate of the same variety,
each quart of which contained only IA
berries. Mr.. Alley also exhibited ut the
strawberry and rose exhibition held by
the American institute of the city of
New York, a single berry of the Hilton
measuring eight and three Fights inch
es i'm circumference and two and u half
inches in diameter, weighing two
Thrown into the scale to balance the
berry.
| would not detract anything from
the honors justly belonging to both
Mr.. Gibbs aud Mr.. Bruce as the record
given in the Caledonian is as meritO-
IriOus to them as is the largest sized
berries to the growers of Essex county,
New Jersey. The growers in Essex
county, New Jersey, have been engag-
|ed i'm the cultivation of straw berries for
many years and understand the rails
/ ing of fine berries and have had the
experience only to he obtained from
years Of experimenting with the straw
berry plant to have it produce the
greatest and largest quantity of fine
is now in the road to successful cul-
lure of large, frst-class Strawberries,
and as on every other field berry cul-
ture can be improved from year to
year. Perseverance will accomplish
wonders.
In conclusion l would say try the
Jewell if you would have IL berry that
PIN the hands of the ordinary cultivatOr
will give size, quantity, is easy to cul
|tivate, and of quality suited to the
great mass of consumers.
Before bringing this article to an
'end, Fay's Prolific currant, is worthy
of mention. / have just picked two
stems of this variety, one of which is
four and half inches long, containing
IL currants, the other four and half
inches long, containing Is currants,
weighing and ounce. The largest ber-
ry is one and seven -eighths inches in
and the smallest one
one and half inches. This variety is
rapidly snperceding all others in cul-
|ture. j. b. ROGERS.