I see you say at page 520, last volume, that these do very well in this country, but I am inclined to think that the instances of their successful culture are few and far between. My experience of them tallies with that of your correspondent "J. E. D., Devon," as ours have grown luxuriantly, but the fruit is miserable compared with the illustration and our own expectations. When the Kittatinny variety was brought in it was planted in rich soil and the best of positions to secure sunshine with shelter on all sides from destructive winds, and we expected to see the produce something better than that commonly seen in the hedgerows, but it has never been so, and now we only keep them to point out their deceptive qualities. I should have thought that they would have done in either Devon or South Wales, but it appears not, and it would be interesting to know the position in which they do succeed. Are the instances of the description so numerous as to warrant any one advising their general culture? I think not. Probably some may grow them against the wall, and then I would say it is good space badly used.

Nothing which can be said or shown in their favor will induce me to have anything further to do with them. - J. Muir, in Journal of Horticulture.