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subject to rot than other large, smooth, red varieties. Where the plants 

 received frequent and regular cultivation, and were not checked in their 

 growth, little or no rot was observed 



The Matchless is much like the Ignotum in plant and fruit, but with us 

 the plants are less productive, and the fruits are smaller. 



King (of the Parlies) (183). Plants rather small, spreading; fruits in 

 clusters, rather small, flat, slightly angled; cell walls rather thin. Next to 

 Vaughan's Earliest, the most productive early variety. 



Maicldess { 186). Plants of medium size, stout; fruits solid and quite 

 regular, round, slightly flattened. Something like Ignotum, but less valu- 

 able. 



Mikado {Turnei- 195) (187). Leaves and habit of the grandifolium 

 style, very strong and healthy; fruits large, flattened, somewhat irregular, 

 oblong with stem in deep cavity. Some of the fruits have a large core. 

 Color pinkish-purple; cells thin walled. 



The Turner strain gives fruits averaging somewhat larger than Mikado, 

 and the yield is somewhat larger. 



Nichols {197). Much like Paragon, very solid, generally regular. A 

 good late variety. 



OpUmus. A medium-size variety of the Perfection style, nearly 

 spherical, smooth, and of excellent quality. One of the best for home use. 



Perfection, {198). One of the best medium-size, smooth varieties. 

 Less productive than the Paragon and its strains, and not firm enough to 

 be a good market sort, but its quality makes it desirable for home use and 

 local market. 



Pbiato Leaf, {161). A well selected strain resembling Mikado in fol- 

 iage. Fruits of medium size, generally quite smooth, round and flattened. 

 Hardly firm enough to be a good shipping variety, but valuable for home 

 use and local market, 



Puriian, {170). A large and desirable variety of the Paragon class. 

 Not quite so early as Ignotum, and the fruits are less solid than those of 

 that sort, but in size and number they approach it very nearly. 



Red Apple, {191). In plant and general appearance of fruit hardly 

 appreciably different from Optimus and Perfection. The fruits are 

 rather more inclined to grow in clusters, and it is a rather better market 

 variety. 



Bed Mikado, {191). A rather late red strain of Mikado, rather more 

 regular and with thicker cell walls. 



The following notes of other varieties, nearly all of which are new, are 

 appended. In some cases our tests had proved unsatisfactory and new 

 seed was procured for another trial. 



Brandywine, J. & S., {202). A medium variety in time of ripening. 

 Plant vigorous, leaflets dark green, and rather long. Fruit smooth, or 

 with small angles at the cavity, round and flattened, of good size, but with 

 rather thin cell walls. 



Dicarf Champion, Maule, {270). This variety has, with three years' 

 trial, failed to satisfy any of the claims made for it. Other varieties are 

 two to three weeks earlier, and the plants are much less productive than 

 other kinds. Although the growth is short and stout it is far from being 

 self-supporting, as it was claimed to be. It is, however, a fair variety, as, 

 owing to its dwarf habit, it can be planted closely. 



Earliest of all, Salzer, {210). This does not seem appreciably 



