New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 



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Early Varieties in Two-year-old Beds. 

 Again assuming that June 25th was the beginning of mid- 

 reason for this locality, Table IV shows that six varieties ripened 

 more than a fourth of their crop before this date. These varie- 

 ties may be called early for this season. 



Table V. — Early Varieties Fruited in T wo-Year-Olu Beds Ranked 

 According to Yield Before June 25. 



KAME OF variety. 



Earliest ...: 



Staples 



Margaret 



Thompson No. 100 



Eleanor 



Slaymaker No. 8 . . 



Yield before 

 June 25. 



Ounces. 

 73 

 40 

 26 

 23 

 18 

 7 



Total vield, 

 1897. 



Ounces. 

 97 

 102 

 72 

 66 

 72 

 35 



Rank as to 



total vield, 



1897. 



17 

 15 

 23 

 24 

 22 

 27 



Earliest closely resembles Michel of which it is a seedling. 

 Staples did not do well in a two-year-old bed as the plants lacked 

 vigor; but it is worthy of a trial as an early sort. Margaret is 

 not adapted to our stiff soil as the plants have not done well in 

 either one or two-year-old beds. Thompson No. 100 was unsatis- 

 factory in a two-year-old bed as were also Eleanor and Slaymaker 

 No. 8. A part of the failure of the varieties in two-year-old beds 

 was no doubt due to winter injury as has been explained above. 



Late Varieties in Two-year-old Beds. 

 Table IV shows that seven varieties yielded over a fourth of 

 their crop after July oth, therefore these may be called late for 

 this season. 



Table VI.— Late Varieties Fruited in Two-Year-Old Bed.s Eanked 

 According to Yield After July 5. 



NAME OF variety. 



Robinson 



Omega 



Bi ssel 



Mary 



Slaymaker No. 9 



Clarence {Tliompson No. 101) 

 William Belt 



Rank as to 



total yield, 



1897. 



1 



3 



5 



16 



8 

 11 

 14 



