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Seedling No. 1. — A perfect flowered variety received from S. J. Lehman, Enon, 0. 

 The plants made a strong growth and threw out too many runners. The foliage is light 

 colored, but healthy. The berries are bright scarlet, round, regular, rather soft; flavor, 

 very pleasant. The variety is very productive and although rather small for market, it 

 promises to be of some value as a home berry. A little small for market. 



Shepherd.— From Slaymaker & Son, Dover, Del. Flowers imperfect. A strong grower. 

 The fruit stems are short and well protected from frost by the dense large foliage. The 

 berries are irregular, many broadened at the apex ; color, light crimson ; texture, solid ; 

 lacks in flavor. It has no especially promising characteristics. 



Stella.— From Slaymaker & Son. Flowers imperfect. Fairly productive, but too 

 rough and irregular to be of much value. The plants are strong growers and set a large 

 amount of fruit. The berries are very rough, oblong conical, light colored and sour. 



Stone 130. — From M. Crawford, Cuyahoga Falls, 0. Flowers perfect. One of the most 

 promising among the early varieties. The plants are extremely hardy, vigorous growers, 

 and are very productive. The berries are of medium size, oblong and slightly broadened 

 at the apex; color, light; seeds, numerous and deeply set; flavor, very pleasant, mild and 

 sub-acid. The fruit holds its size well through the season. 



Sunshine. — Plants received from Myer & Son, Bridgeville, Del. Flowers imperfect. 

 Vines very strong, hardy growers and have a tendency to throw too many fruit stems. 

 The berries are long, somewhat shouldered, conical, slightly flattened and occasionally 

 coxcombed; texture, soft; flavor, not the best. They have a rough appearance owing to 

 the seeds being deeply set. The plants are very productive but, in size and quality, the 

 berries are not up to the standard. 



Twilight. — From Flansburgh & Peirson. Flowers perfect. The berries are dark crim- 

 son, round, or slightly oblong, and very juicy; pulp is a little soft but it has a pleasant 

 flavor. The plants were badly attacked by rust and seem to lack vigor. They form so 

 many fruit stems that the berries are small. 



Up-to-Date. — From W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md. Flowers perfect. Lacks in growth of 

 vines. The berries are small and of poor quality; color, light crimson; shape, round. 

 Unless further trial shows an improvement in the growth of the plants and the general 

 character of the fruit, this variety will be of no value here. 



1901. — From Slaymaker & Son. Flowers perfect. Only a few plants were received 

 and they made a poor growth, hence more time will be required to correctly judge of the 

 merits of this variety. The plants lack in development of runners, fruit stems and 

 foliage. The berries are small, irregular, light red, fairly good in flavor, but are lacking 

 in numbers. 



NOTES ON STANDARD VARIETIES. 



Many of the older varieties are worthy of special mention and the following comments 

 are made on their behavior and value as general purpose berries: 



Beder Wood is a variety that is largely used as a pollenizer. The vines are vigorous 

 and the blossoms supply a large amount of pollen. The berries have a desirable flavor, 

 but are a little soft and rather light colored for the present demands of the market. 



Brandywine for a home berry is excelled by but few varieties. Its attractiveness as 

 well as its flavor makes it very desirable for home use and local market, but the softness 

 of the pulp is against it as a long-distance shipper. 



Clyde is a vigorous, hardy sort, but unless it is on strong, moist soil it sets more 

 berries than it can mature. It is valuable as a fertilizer for pistillate varieties, and is 

 a profitable market sort, under high culture. The light color of the fruit and softness of 

 the pulp are its leading faults. 



Crescent will thrive with as poor treatment as any pistillate variety grown, but given 

 good care it is productive of firm attractive berries of medium quality. It has been 

 superseded by Warfield in most places. 



Enhance is of some value as a pollenizer and as a market variety, but there are 

 several sorts that excel it in productiveness. It does not stand drouth well on dry soils. 

 It is being used for experimental work as a double cropper. 



Excelsior is one of the new bi-sexual early sorts of much value. It is a very vigorous 

 grower and extremely productive of medium sized berries, but it is somewhat lacking in 

 quality. It is a cross between Hoffman and Wilson. 



Gandy stands among the better late sorts. The berries are attractive, large, of good 

 quality and always bring a good price when well grown. It is especially valuable where 

 the beds are only renewed once in three or four years. 



