YELLOW.

DIXON'S GOLDEN YELLOW.

Branches drooping; fruit early, pretty large, roundish, GORDON'S VIPER. 24 dwts. 17 grs.

Branches drooping; fruit early, large, somewhat turbinate, greenish yellow, smooth.

HAMLET'S KILTON.

Branches somewhat drooping; fruit early, large, roundish oblong, bright greenish yellow, slightly hairy. HARDCASTLE'S GUNNER. 27 dwts. 1 gr.

Branches somewhat erect; fruit rather late, large, obovate, with large veins, hairy or bristly.

HILL'S GOLden Gourd.

Branches somewhat drooping; fruit very early, large, oblong, greenish yellow, slightly hairy; very excellent. PROPHET'S ROCKWOOD. 23 dwts. 4 grs.

Branches erect; fruit very early, large, roundish oblong, dark yellow, slightly hairy.

Other varieties recommended in the Pom. Mag. RED.-Boardman's British Crown, large. Red Warrington, large, late. Red Champagne, small. — Early Black, small.

WHITE. White Crystal, small. White Champagne,

small.

GREEN. Pitmaston Green Gage, small. YELLOW.-Haywood's Invincible, large. Yellow Champagne. Rumbullion, small.

I add on good authority, the "Wonderful," the largest gooseberry known.

CULTIVATION, SOIL, &c.

Gooseberries require a very rich soil; and in an airy situation or shade they are but little liable to mildew. They are raised from cuttings planted very early in April, in a moist soil; every eye should be cut out except the two uppermost above the surface. In autumn cut off the lower shoot very close; and shorten down the one left to six or nine inches. The bushes must be so managed as to be

furnished with limbs diverging in every direction, continually increasing in number as they advance from the centre. With this object in view, the young leading shoots of the last year are annually cut back to six or nine inches, and a proportion of the others are cut quite close. Thus the bushes will continue extending, every part being duly filled with bearing wood; sufficient space being left to admit the sun and a free circulation of air. The largest prize gooseberries are said to be raised on vigorous young bushes, which have not more than five or six branches, and but one, two, or at most three berries on a branch.

RASPBERRY. (Rubus ideaus.)

THE Raspberry is a shrub of low growth; its leaves are pinnate and composed of five leaflets; its flowers in panicles. Its root is perennial; its top generally biennial; it produces its fruit on the wood of the former year.

USES.—The Raspberry is an admired dessert fruit, but sugar improves its flavor. It is fragrant, subacid, cooling, and grateful to the taste, and, like the strawberry, it does not produce acidity on the stomach. The juice fermented with sugar, produces wine, very fragrant and of the most delicious flavor. It is also used for jams, pies, tarts, sauces, preserves, &c. And according to Loudon, it is much used for distilling, to make a cordial spirituous liquor, to which it gives name; and raspberry syrup is next to the strawberry in dissolving the tartar of the teeth. The wine mixed with water, according to Dr Short, "is a good reviving draught in ardent fevers." He further recommends it in scorbutic disorders.-Phillips.

For a choice selection, the following are particularly recommended by the different authors, whose names I have annexed, as the very best.

1. RED ANTWERP. All authors.

Burley Antwerp.

An excellent and productive fruit, large, and highly esteemed near Boston. The branches must be bent down in autumn, and protected with soil during winter.

2. WHITE ANTWERP. All authors.

Yellow Antwerp.

The fruit is large and fine; highly esteemed near Boston, and very productive; like the red it requires protection in winter.

3. BARNET, For. Loudon. Pom. Mag. Lindley.
Cornwall's Red Prolific Seedling, Large Red.

Produces large fruit and abundant crops, a profitable variety.

4. RED CANE, For. Loudon.

A good sort for the main crop.

5. DOUBLE BEARING, Neill. Loudon. Pom. Mag. Lindley. Perpetual Bearing, Red Double Bearing, Siberian.

Produces a crop in July, and another in September and October.

6. CORNISH, Lindley.

7. BROMLEY HILL, Pom. Mag.
8. WILLIAMS' DOUBLE BEARING.
Pitmaston's Double Bearing, Loudon.

9. WILLIAMS' Preserving, Lindley.

10. WOODWARD'S RED GLOBE, Lindley. Forsyth. 11. RED ALPINE MONTHLY.

Framboisier des Alps de Tous les Mois a fruites Rouge, recommended in the Bon Jard.

There are two American varieties, quite distinct from the above, which may deserve to be enumerated; these are, 12. Black American Raspberry; 13. White American Raspberry.

Other varieties are named by Lindley, but not particularly recommended, as the Antwerp Double Bearing Yellow; Antwerp Late Bearing, or Knevet's Antwerp; Brentford Cane; Rough Cane; Lord Exmouth; Oak Hill; Old White; Prolific Early; Red Malta; Spring Grove; Superb; Taylor's Paragon, or Scarlet Paragon; Wilmot's Early Red.

CULTIVATION AND SOIL.

A moist, rich soil, is recommended for the raspberry; and Mr Neill asserts that they do well even when moder

ately shaded. Iu forming plantations, Lindley has directed that the rows should run from east to west, and the tallest sorts be planted in the north rows, and in the rear, at a large distance asunder; and those of small growth in the south rows, and at less distance asunder in the row. Thus all the varieties receive the full benefit of the sun. He directs as follows:

1st or north row, Cornish, set 4 feet asunder in the row. 2d row, Woodward's Red Globe,

do.

3d row, Red Antwerp, set 34 feet asunder in the row. 4th row, White Antwerp, do.

do.

5th row, Cane Raspberries, set 3 feet asunder. 6th row, Double Bearing, or No. 8, do.

do.

Large plantations of any kind, are to be set out on the same principle.

He also recommends that three young plants should be placed in each hill, in a triangular form, six inches apart. These should be cut at the time, within a few inches of the ground. In autumn cut off all wood that has borne fruit; also all weakly shoots, and shorten the strong shoots to four fifths Stakes or rails are not absolutely necessary. The tops of each stool may be tied together in summer at their tips, or Neill recommends to tie one half of two hills together at the tips, thus they form arches or festoons. With regard to the double bearing varieties it is recommended to cut down every alternate stool to within a few inches of the ground, in the annual pruning. Thus a suc

cession of large late crops is always maintained.

Neill informs us that the Raspberry plantation is in its prime the third year, but must be annihilated after it has stood six years; and new ones must in the meantime be formed.

PERSIMMON.-(Diospyrus virginiana.)

AMERICAN DATE OR PRUne.

THE Persimmon flourishes as far north as the river Connecticut, in the latitude of 42°, but is dwarfish. In a suitable soil and climate, it rises to the height of sixty feet, or forty diameters of its base. The leaves are oblong,

entire, of a fine dark green above, and glaucous below, and from four to six inches long. The fertile and barren blossoms are produced on different trees. The fruit, which is abundant, is round, of the size of a small plum, of a reddish color, and fleshy; they contain six or eight small stones; their taste is very astringent, but when ameliorated by frost, they are sweet and agreeable. The fruit, when bruised and fermented, produces brandy, which becomes good by age. This tree is raised from the seeds, which should be planted in autumn; and fine varieties may be propagated by inoculating or grafting.

STRAWBERRY.-(Fragaria.)

THE strawberry is a low creeping perennial plant; a native of the old continent; also of America, where it is found growing in a wild state. Botanists consider them a genus comprehending three species.

USES. The strawberry is a fragrant, delicious, and esteemed dessert fruit, whether eaten alone, or with cream and sugar. It is deemed very wholesome, as it never causes acidity on the stomach. Boërhave, according to Phillips, considered its use as one of the principal remedies in putrid fever; and Hoffman asserts that he has known consumptive people cured by the use of strawberries. It is also asserted that by eating plentifully of strawberries, rheumatic complaints are averted or cured. They also dissolve tartarous incrustations on the teeth. And lastly, Phillips asserts that the Pine strawberries make an agreeable dessert wine, as rich as mountain, but possessing greater fragrance and acidity.

VARIETIES.

Mr Barnet [see vol. vi. of the Lond. Hort. Trans.] has divided strawberries into seven classes. Mr Lindley has adopted the same course. And in describing the size of the fruit, I shall have reference to the general size of the particular class. I have adopted the same system.