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orous and hardy. So far, it has not shown sufficient productiveness to 

 secure popular recognition. 



Louise, B., is a recent novelty, hailing from New York. Its fine size 

 and generally attractive appearance, commend it for very general trial, 

 although it is scarcely firm enough to bear transportation over long dis- 

 tances. In season it is later than medium. 



Maggie, B., would be very satisfactory, even as a market berry, but 

 for its lack of color. To those who prefer mild flavor, it would probably 

 prove acceptable for the family plat. 



Manchester, P., is only too productive. The plant usually so exhausts 

 its vigor in maturing its crop, that it is found more profitable to turn it 

 under after one full crop, thus replanting annually. 



Martha, B., is a recent Minnesota seedling, originating at Minneapolis. 

 The plant has the dark, rich, healthy foliage of Captain Jack, Vick, and 

 Burt; and, as the tabulation shows, it promises value for the market, for 

 which purpose its firmness and its high, rich color especially fit it. 



Miami, P. B., should be treated as a pistillate. It is yet probably new to 

 the majority of planters. It stands high as a producer, as indicated by the 

 test of the present season, and seems worthy of trial by planters generally. 



Moore, B., is said to have originated at Plymouth, Michigan, several years 

 since. In plant as well as in fruit, it is much like Jessie, which it slightly 

 excels in productiveness, while fully equaling it in other desirable qualities, 

 whether of plant or fruit, as shown by the trials of the last two years. 



Mrs. Cleveland, P., first offered for sale last spring, comes from the 

 originator of the Eureka, the Ohio Centennial, and several others, not yet 

 named or disseminated. Although this season's test has scarcely been an 

 adequate one, the results are so far favorable that we feel warranted in com- 

 mending it for general trial. 



New Dominion, B. This has now been for more then a decade in the 

 hands of planters, becoming at no time more than locally popular, while 

 it has now, very generally, given place to more recent candidates for 

 popular favor. 



Parker Earle, B., was received from northern Texas, too late in the 

 autumn of 1888, to gain more than a slight hold upon the soil in advance 

 of winter. With only a slight mulch, the plants came out the next spring 

 uninjured, and formed a well filled matted row during the growing season. 

 This was left wholly unprotected through the past winter and has now, as 

 shown by the foregoing table, very considerably excelled any and all others, 

 in the amount of fruit produced. Unless it shall, in the future, betray 

 weaknesses not yet discovered, its bisexual character, together with its fine 

 size, bright appearance, and fair quality, must infallibly command the 

 attention of planters, whether for the family or market. 



Pearl, B., is another, at least semi-southern, variety, hailing from 

 southern New Jersey, w^hich succeeds unusually well in our more northern 

 locality, standing only second to the Parker Earle in productiveness, and 

 even exceeding it in the firmness of texture so necessary in a first-class 

 market berry. It seems eminently worthy of extensive trial. 



Townsend's No. 3, and No. 19, both pistillate, are new varieties, from 

 the Ohio originator of that name, which are not yet either named or 

 offered for sale. They have had but a partial trial here, so far, and are to 

 be given a more satisfactory test in the experimental plat for next season. 



Vick, B., although introduced from Rochester, N. Y., purports to be a 

 native of Missouri. With the hardiness and vigor apparently character- 



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