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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Table showing 25 varieties giving largest yields. 



Strawberries. 



Variety. 



Crescent 



Beverly 



James Vick 



Stay man's, No. 1. 

 Warfield, No. 2. . 

 Seneca Queen . . . 



Bartons 



Van Dieman. . . 



■John Little 



Martha 



Williams 



New Dominion . . 



Boynton 



297 X 



Beder W< >od .... 



357 X 



Haverland 



Wilson 



Pearl 



66 X 



Windsor Chief . . 



Parker Earle 



Itasca 



272 X.... .... 



Bubach 



Sex. 



P 



B 

 B 

 P 

 P 

 B 

 P 

 B 

 B 

 P 

 B 

 B 

 P 

 P 

 B 

 B 

 B 

 B 

 B 

 P 

 P 

 B 

 B 

 B 

 B 



Date of 

 first picking. 



June 



22.. 



25.. 



25. 



22. 



22.. 



22.. 



25.. 



22.. 



25.. 



25.. 



22.. 



25. 



22.. 



25.. 



23.. 



22.. 



22.. 



22.. 



22.. 



22. 



25. 



25. 



30.. 



22 . 



22.. 



Date of 

 last picking. 



July 11 



" 11 



" 11 



" 11 



" 11. .. 



" 5 



" 11 



" 11 



" 11 



" 11 



" 11 



" 11 



" 11 



" 11 



" 11 



" 5 



" 11 



" 5 



" 11 



" 11 



" 11 



" 11 



" 11 



" 11 



" 11 



Yield 



in boxes 



from a row 



60 feet long. 



40 



39* 



38| 



37* 



37* 



36* 



35$ 



35| 



35 



34* 



31| 



30* 



30* 



29* 



29* 



27 



26* 



26J 



26 



25* 



24* 



24J 



24^ 



23* 



FRUITS RECEIVED FOR EXAMINATION. 



I have to acknowledge the kindness of many enthusiastic fruit growers and origina- 

 tors of new fruits in bringing to my attention the merits of new varieties by description, 

 and by forwarding specimen fruits. While individual descriptions are impossible as 

 well as inadvisable in all cases, yet I wish my correspondents to understand that their 

 though tfulness is fully appreciated, and I trust will be continued, as the usefulness of 

 this division of the farm is largely enhanced by the co-operation of fruit growers and 

 nurserymen. 



Herewith is appended a list of the most important samples of fruits received dur- 

 ing the year. In addition to this a much larger number of specimens of named varie- 

 ties have been received for identification, all of which were examined with pleasure and 

 reported upon to the sender. 



