RASPBRRRIRS.—Mr Williams of Pitmaston has lately raised from the seed a double-bearing red raspberry, the fruit'of which is greatly superior to that of the old double.bearing variety. The second crop of this new kind begins in the end of August, and continues till the end of October. The au tumnal fruit is produced not only at the ends of the annual shoots, but also on suckers, which rise from the root about midsummer, and bear abundantly.
CURRANTS.—Of the currant no variety superior to the large Dutch white and the Champagne has yet come into general notice. The latter is diate between red, and white, and is larger and more juicy than the red. The Pollock white is an excellent variety, which has been raised from the seed, at the garden of Sir John Maxwell, Bart. by Mr Campbell, the gardener there, but which is not yet generally known. The property on which its excellence de pends is superior sweetness. It may be remarked, that the importance of thus gaining from the seed more saccharine kinds has greatly increased, in con sequence of the very general employment of the ries in the making of home made wines.
STRAWBERRIES—Of the strawberry several new varieties have lately appeared. Of these novelties, one originally raised by Messrs Caddenhead at Aber deen, and called the Roseberry Strawberry, has ac-, quired the highest character for excellence. In the, berry it resembles the scarlet or Virginia, but it is larger, and of a richer flavour. The -flower-stalk of the plant rises completely above the leaves ; the pro duce is very great, and the fruit ripens in succession for several weeks, in this respect resembling the ha bit of the alpine strawberry. So prolific is this va
riety, that plains which have been forced in the early spring, and yielded a crop in the hot-house, afford, when turned out of the pots into the open border, a second crop in the summer. Nay, Mr Lee of Ham. mersmith repotted in the autumn some plants which had been forced in the spring ; and, on being placed in a vinery, they produced ripe fruit in November and December, not only very fine in appearance, but excellent in flavour. The roseberry is now much cultivated, both for the Edinburgh and London mar. ket.—Mr Knight has raised, from the seed of the scarlet, a variety which is now called the Downton Strawberry. The fruit is large, but irregular in shape ; the external colour a bright scarlet ; the pulp soft, juicy, sweet, and of a rich flavour. The plants produce abundantly, and are hardy, the leaves re maining green through the winter.—A variety, cal led the Mulberry Strawberry, is likewise a good deal cultivated at Edinburgh. The berries make a fine appearance, being of a dark purplish red colour, and the acini of the fruit being large. They are not, however, desirable for the dessert, the firmness of the pulp rendering them coarse when compared with the roseberry or scarlet. For preserves they are well adapted, on account of the quality just mentioned, and also of their flavour.