REPORT OF THE HORTICULTURIST. 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



succeed better on certain kinds of soil and in certain districts than others, and the 

 recommendations given as to the best varieties to plant should not be taken to mean 

 that in all cases they will give better results than any others, but most of those which 

 succeed best in one place will succeed best in others. 



At the Central Experimental Farm there were 350 varieties tested during the past 

 season. Of these, fully 75 per cent would not be worth growing anywhere where other 

 kinds could be obtained. Probably over half of the kinds tested this season will be 

 discarded next year. 



The different varieties in the plantation are planted in rows 15 feet in length and 

 3i feet apart, there being two rows of each kind. They have all been given as nearly 

 uniform conditions as possible, and on the whole it was a fair test. Some of the 

 tenderer varieties were more or less winter-killed last winter, but most of them came 

 through in good condition. The season this year was a very good one for strawberries. 

 In the following table the yields and other data is given of the twenty-five varieties 

 which yielded best, the names being arranged in order of yield. The letter B stands 

 for bisexual or perfect and the letter P for pistillate or imperffect flowers. 



Twenty-five best Yielding varieties of Strawberries, 1900. 



Name. 



Dfiisy 



Afro;) 



Stevens' Early. . . 



Waifield 



Carleton 



Howard's 41 



Mattie Warfield . . 



Mele 



Wonderful 



Boniba 



Buster 



Maggie 



Stone's Early 



Judsonia , 



Thompson's Late, 



Glen Mary 



Swindle 



Williams 



Enhance 



Sam Sperry 



John Little 



Is''o Name 



Hattie Warfield . . 



Dora 



Satisfaction 





Sex. 



P. 

 P. 

 P. 

 P. 

 P. 

 P. 

 P. 

 P. 

 P. 

 P. 

 P. 

 P. 

 P. 

 B. 

 P. 

 B. 

 P. 

 B. 

 B. 

 B. 

 P. 

 B. 

 P. 

 P. 

 B. 



Date of 

 Full Bloom. 



June 



8. 

 7. 

 G. 

 8. 

 8. 

 9. 

 8. 

 7. 

 11. 

 8. 

 9. 

 6. 

 8. 

 8. 

 6. 

 8. 

 8. 

 8. 

 7. 

 9. 

 8. 

 8. 

 8. 

 8. 



Date of 



first ripe 



Fruit. 



June 



July 

 June 



22. 

 20. 

 20. 

 23. 

 26. 

 25. 

 25. 

 23. 

 28. 

 23. 

 20. 

 20. 

 22. 

 25. 

 28. 

 23. 

 23. 

 25. 

 25. 

 2. 

 18. 

 23. 

 25. 

 25. 

 27. 



Da'e 



of First 

 Pickino:. 



June 



July 

 June 



It 

 July 

 June 



July 



June 



July 



23. 

 23. 

 23. 

 25. 



27. 



2. 

 25. 

 27. 



4. 

 27. 

 28. 

 23. 

 23. 

 28. 

 30. 

 27. 

 27. 



4. 



2. 



4. 

 23. 

 25. 

 27. 

 25. 



2. 



Date 



of last 



Picking. 



July 



II 



20, 



20. 



17. 



17- 



17. 



20. 



17 



18. 



20. 



13. 



20. 



17. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



20. 



14. 



20. 



20. 



17. 



13. 



17. 



17. 



17. 



Total 

 Yield. 



Lbs. Oz. 



Although the twenty-five varieties in the preceding table yielded better than any 

 other sorts this year, they are not necessarily, on that account, the best kinds to plant, 

 as some of them do not always yield as well, while others are not of good size or 

 quality. 



The following twenty-one varieties, of which descriptions are given, are the best 

 of all those which have been tested at the Central Experimental Farm during the past 

 few years; the experience of other growers being also taken into consideration in the 

 selection : — 



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