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Most of these are old varieties and their merits are known to all. 



Bubach No. 5, is comparatively new but has been quite generally 

 planted. With good care it has proved very vigorous and productive. The 

 fruit is of large size, regular and of good quality and color. For either 

 market or home use it is desirable. 



Haverland has been quite highly praised but our results have not shown 

 it any better than many of the older kinds. The foliage seems quite healthy 

 and the fruit ripens early. The berries are quite slender and elongated. 

 It has not shown itself more than moderately productive, and we do not 

 consider it parficidarhj desirable either for home use or as a market berry. 



Jewell. This variety, which was so highly praised four years ago, is 

 seldom mentioned now. On certain soil with high culture it gives satis- 

 factory results, but is of no value except for the amateur. 



Maggie. With the fruitgrowers around Grand Rapids this is a favorite 

 variety on account of its productiveness. 



May King. This variety will furnish several pickings of good-size 

 handsome fruit, but should not be depended upon for the main crop. 

 Valuable on account of its earliness for home or market use. 



Nearly one hundred and fifty kinds have been grown here during the 

 past year, but less than half of them have been sufficiently tested to- 

 warrant an opinion regarding their fruiting qualities. 



Among the kinds which fruited, are several that are not generally know^n 

 although most of them are being introduced with strong recommendations. 

 The following varieties are nearly all of recent introduction: 



Burt. By some considered identical with Capt. Jack. While it greatly 

 resembles that variety, it seems to us to be distinct from it. Whether 

 distinct or not, however, it is no better than Capt. Jack, and need not be 

 on the list. 



Clara. Planted in fall of 1888. Bisexual. Plant vigorous, foliage 

 rather large and coarse. Fruit large, bright red, firm. The flesh is light, 

 almost white, quality fair. 



If this proves as productive as its behavior this year promises, it >vill be 

 valuable as a market variety. 



Cloud. Highly praised as a market variety. Plants vigorous and 

 healthy. Leaf stalks rather slender, leaves dark green. Fruit small, 

 round conical, early. Not productive enough to make it valuable. 



Dew. Said to be a cross between Sharpless and Manchester. Plant 

 strong and vigorous. Foliage healthy, large, and leathery, nearly perfect. 

 Bisexual. As seen in the garden of the originator, very productive. Fruits 

 generally very large, and regular. The larger ones somewhat flattened. 

 Quality fair. Season medium. A promising market variety originated 

 with H. F. Dew, Lansing, Mich. 



Eureka. Plants set in fall of 1888. Pistillate. Plants vigorous- 

 Foliage dark, healthy. Fruit large, regular, dark red, and of good quality- 

 Promising as a market variety. 



Great American. (Netv.) Staminate. Plants vigorous but not large. 

 Foliage rather light in color. Bather late. Fruit large, regular, bright 

 red, with dark pips. Flesh dark. Medium firmness. Quality good. The 

 plants were quite productive. 



Jessie. Growth medium. Foliage dark (new leaves light), thick, firm, 

 and healthy. Bisexual. Fruit large, generally regular, but the larger ones 

 sometimes ribbed and irregular. Medium firmness and of fair quality- 

 Very productive, especially with high culture. Early. 



