the raspberry lately introduced. But the strawberry has decidedly
deteriorated, and the result is owing to the general culture of
Wilson's Albany for the market. Wilson's Albany is a sour, crude
berry, which is not fully ripe when it is perfectly red, and even when
perfectly ripe is still too acid. When it first makes its appearance
in the market, it has an exceedingly harsh flavor and very little of
the agreeable aroma which distinguishes the finer kinds of the berry.
If not eaten very sparingly, it disagrees with the stomach, and you
wake with a colic the next morning. Before Wilson's strawberry came
into vogue there were many other kinds which were sweeter and of a
more agreeable flavor. But the Wilson is a hard berry, which bears
transportation well; it is exceedingly prolific and altogether hardy,
--qualities which give it great favor with the cultivator, but for
which the consumer suffers. The proper way of dealing in strawberries
is to fix the prices according to the quality of the sort. This is the
way they do in the markets of Paris. A poor sort, although the berry
may be large, is sold cheap; the more delicate kinds--the sweet,
juicy, and high-flavored--are disposed of at a higher price. Here the
Wilson should be sold the cheapest of all, while such as the Jucunda
and the President Wilder should bear a price corresponding to their
excellence. We hope, for our part, that the Wilsons will, as soon as
their place can be supplied by a better berry, be banished from the
market. It can surely be no difficult thing to obtain a sort by
crossing, which shall bear transportation equally well, and shall not
deceive the purchaser with the appearance of ripeness."

The reader will perceive that Mr. Bryant has portrayed both the evil
and the remedy. The public justly complains of the strawberry of
commerce, but it has not followed the suggestion in the editorial and
demanded a better article, even though it must be furnished at a