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being a dark glossy red, of medium size, very regular and firm. These 

 very desirable qualities make it worthy of trial as a market sort. 



Early Hathaway : — Perfect. Small to medium in size. Not as early 

 as Excelsior and less productive this season. 



Early Beauty: — Perfect. Ripens with Excelsior, which it closely re- 

 sembles. Plants short and stout, making too many runners. Fruit 

 small to medium, running very small after the first two or three pick- 

 ings; color dark red; texture firm. Productive but on account of its 

 small size is valuable only for early ripening purposes. 



Excelsior: — Perfect. Well known as a standard early kind. The de- 

 scription for Early Beauty answers for this. 



Fairfield : — Perfect. Ripens with Excelsior but is larger and less 

 productive. The fruit is firm and dark glossy red in color. 



Gandy : — Perfect. Fruit large ; very firm ; and being late in ripening, 

 always sells well. 



Gersonda : — Imperfect. A very productive late kind. Plants strong 

 growers, making many plants. Fruit medium-sized, and small towards 

 the end of season. Form roundish-conic, regular ; color bright red ; flesh 

 light red, firm and juicy. A very good late kind except for the size of 

 the berries. 



Glen Mary : — Perfect. Moderately productive, of large size and at- 

 tractive in appearance. A valuable variety for mid-season. 



Howell : — Perfect. Mid-season. Berries of large size and of very good 

 quality but the plants lacked in productiveness. 



Kittie Rice (Downing Bride) : — Imperfect. With the exception of 

 Ernie, this was the most attractive in appearance of any on trial. Fruit 

 large, roundish-conic, very smooth and regular; color dark, glossy red; 

 texture medium-firm ; quality very good. Season medium to late. Cer- 

 tainly a promising sort. 



Louis Hubach : — Imperfect. Medium-early, Fruit small to medium, 

 roundish-conic, irregular; color dark red; flesh red, firm, rather acid. 

 Unproductive. 



Lady Thompson : — Imperfect. A very productive medium-early kind. 

 Berries above medium, but run small after the first few pickings; form 

 roundish-conic; color dark red; texture firm. A fairly promising 

 variety. 



Lady Franklin : — Imperfect. A medium-sized, mid-season variety, 

 which has given a very small yield for two seasons. Fruit medium, 

 roundish-conical; irregular; color scarlet; flesh bright red; medium firm. 



Lester Lovett : — Seems to be identical with Gandy. 



Lincoln : — Perfect. A mid-season variety which has beerf one of the 

 most productive sorts. Berries, medium-sized ; roundish-conic, smooth ; 

 color dull red, with a very firm, red flesh. A very good variety. 



Lyon : — Imperfect. A very productive early kind, but lacks the firm- 

 ness and carrying qualities of Excelsior and hns the same fault of run- 

 ning small after the first few pickings. Form long-conic, necked, some- 

 times compressed; color dark, shiny red. For some it might prove more 

 satisfactory than Excelsior. 



Lucas: — Perfect. One of the most productive of the mid-season kinds, 

 but the berries did not hold up well in size. Size medium; form short- 



