The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and Improvements in Rural Affairs (Volume 29) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863. Excerpt: ... That owing to the extreme drouth now prevailing, the strawberry crop, for the present season, is a partial failure, and the exhibition has therefore been much less in the quantity exhibited, and in the size and perfection of the fruit than might have been expected under more favorable circumstances. We have the satisfaction, howev-r, of saying that it was much better than any we have had before, and holds out a favorable hope for the future. For some of the prizes there was no competition, and for others there were no specimens deemed worthy of premiums. The amount of those will therefore remain on hand, to be given at future exhibitions. The premiums awarded are as follows: --To Benjamin Butman. Esq., for his fine specimens of Hovey's Seedling, $1. To Hon. Paul Whitin, for his magnificent Jenny Linds, $1. To the same, for Trollope's Victoria, $1. v To C. L. Hartshorn, for Wilson's Albany, #1. To Chs. Richardson, for Triomphe de Gand, $1. To Hon. Hartley Williams, for the best flavored strawberry, being Hovey's Seedling, $1. The Committee were unanimous in the opinion that, of all the varieties exhibited, in quantities sufficient to entitle them to a premium, the Hovey's Seedling was incontestibly the beet in point of flavor, and they awarded the premium accordingly. The nearest approach to it was the Downer's Prolific, in the collection of Rev. S. A. dishing, which bids fair to be a very valuable variety, being very handsome" in form and color, (a rich dark scarlet) and is said to be quite productive. We shall look with interest to the future exhibitions of this kind. The Hermine was another fine flavored new variety in the same collection, but not equal to the Downer. Mr. Cushing exhibited twelve varieties at the first exhibition, and three at the ...