Discussion. 43 



runners when they reached me last September. They are 

 upon as good strawberry ground as I have got. I have 

 here some samples one the Wilson and one of the Manches- 

 ter taken from the same bed. His plants now compare fairly 

 well with these in size. The foliage is not quite so full, nor 

 quite so strong. They have all the appearance of being 

 something valuable. I can see only one thing that would 

 seem to endanger them. It is a well-known fact that some 

 strawberries that are very valuable where originated, are 

 not so valuable when carried away from their original 

 places. These have been carried so far from their original 

 place and are doing so well that it would se©m to indicate 

 that they are not of that character. The Boyden has been 

 spoken of. That is one of the varieties I have experi- 

 mented with. It does not do so well away from where it 

 was originated. Mr. Boyden died soon after he originated 

 them. The gentleman who purchased the blood did well 

 with them, and made himself well off in a few years from 

 these berries. I got some plants from him, right from the 

 native ground, and examined the soil carefully and had 

 a little plat in my garden that I thought of about the same 

 character. I put some of them upon that spot, and others 

 upon another spot. We worked at them for years and 

 would not give up, but they would not bear and we have 

 ever heard of a place where they have borne even reasona- 

 bly well. The indications would seem to be that this Jessie is 

 of a different character. I certainly never had a strawberry 

 plant do anything like so well. As Mr. Kellogg said, I had 

 no chance to test the quality of them before leaving there. 

 The ripe ones had been picked off by boys running back 

 and forth. Tbey are evidently very worthy plants and the 

 shape is all that we can wish for at present. 



Mrs. Smith — Mr. Loudon, did I understand you to say 

 that this Jessie had been tested in very distant places? 



Mr. Loudon — No, the only parties that have the Jessie are 

 Mr. Smith and Matthew Crawford, of Cayuga Falls, Ohio, and 

 the Experiment Station at Columbus. I am waiting to see 

 if they will send me a report. I know it is utterly impossi- 

 ble for that berry to fail wherever strawberries will grow. 



