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medium, prostrate. Fruit medium size, conical, scarlet color, 

 moderately firm, quality good. Ranks seventh in productiveness 

 among varieties that were fruited in one-year-old beds. Blossoms 

 with Sharpless. 



Williams, S. From Ellicanger d Barry, Rochester, N. Y. Fruit 

 medium to large, rather soft, fair in quality, moderately pro- 

 ductive. 



Table I. — List of Strawberries Fruited in One-Year-Old Beds, with 

 A Comparative Statement of the Early and Late Yield of Each 

 Variety. 



Rank 

 as to 

 yield, 

 1897. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 



NAME OF VARIETY. 



Yield of 



66 square 



feet. 



Glen Mary 



Beder "Wood 



Haverlaiul 



Enormous 



Robinson 



Vera 



Bt-au^^y 



Canada Wilson 



Omejia 



Giant 



Williams... 



Marshall 



Clarence 



Hull Xo.'S 



Greenville 



Sherman 



Mary 



Thompson 2^0. 100 



Gandy 



Eleanor 



Thompson Laciy Thompson 



Sliari)less 



Murray 



Hersey 



Maple Bank 



Mi<ldlefield 



Columbian 



Michel 



O 



nnces. 

 544i 

 401 

 238 

 240 

 227i 

 217i 

 212i 

 208i 

 204i 

 191 

 188i 

 184i 

 182i 

 178 

 172 

 158 

 157 

 150 

 148 

 135 

 127 

 123 

 122i 

 122 

 118 

 104 

 102 

 80 



Per cent 



of crop 



picked 



before 



June 25. 



1 



22 

 5 

 15 

 00 

 21 

 00 

 9 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 20 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 8 

 00 

 27 

 11 

 00 

 21 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 00 

 58 



Per cent 



of crop 



])icked 



after 



July 5. 



26 

 17 

 15 



8 

 28 



6 

 63 

 13 

 19 

 53 

 21 



9 

 31 

 25 



7 

 13 

 20 

 12 

 42 



4 

 23 

 10 



3 



6 

 10 

 10 

 12 

 00 



Early Varieties in One-year-old Beds. 



The date of the beginning of mid-season of strawberries in this 

 locality for the season of 1897 may properly be assumed to be 

 June 25. By referring to Table I we find that six varieties yielded 



