504 EXPERIMENTAL FANilS 



5 GEORGE v.. A. 1915 



YIELDS OF STEAWBEERIES EOR YEAR 1912. 



The season of 1913 being a very poor one for strawberries, owing to the late 

 frosts, the yields of that year can hardly be accepted as indicative of the ability of 

 the different varieties to produce a crop. 



The season of 1912, however, was sufficiently good to make the yields of that 

 year of some value. Following will be found a list of the twenty-five heaviest yielders. 

 It will be noted that those marked with an asterisk are seedling varieties, originated 

 by the Dominion Horticulturist. It is also worthy of note that the highest yielder 

 by far, is Valeria, also that of the twenty-five best yielders out of some 388 under 

 test, ten of the varieties are seedlings originated at this Farm. The size of the plots 

 in each case was two rows, 3 feet part .and 15 feet long with plants IJ feet apart in 

 the rows. 



Yield in pounds, 

 Variety. Rate per acre. 



♦Val-eria (per) 17,268 



Parson's Beauty (per) 16,335 



♦Cordelia (per) 14,883 



Dora (imp) ' 13,873 



Lester Lovett (per) 13,612 



•Portia (imp) 12,160 



Bisel (imp) 12,108 



Sutherland (imp) 12,056 



Arnout (per) 12,030 



•Mariana (per) 11,854 



Commapder (per) 11,680 



Brilliant (imp) 11,667 



Buster (imp) 11,641 



Lavett (per) 11,113 



Morgan's Favorite (per) 11,045 



Thompson's Earliest (per) 11,028 



•Desdemona (imp) 10,838 



*Hermia (per) 10,812 



•Viola (imp) 10,734 



•Lavinia (per) 10,670 



•Ophelia (per) 10,647 



Scarlet Ball (imp) 10.501 



Sunnyside (imp) 10.440 



•Julia (per) 10,294 



Greenville (imp) 10,138 



In Bulletin No. 62, on Strawberry Culture, will be found a list of the best fifty 

 varieties, giving the average yield of each for a period of from two to five years. 

 The following varieties are recommended for planting at the present time: — 



Commercial. — ^Beder Wood (per); Warfield (imp); not suited to light soil; 

 Williams (per) ; Parson's Beauty (per) ; Bisel (imp) ; Sample (imp) ; Buster (imp) ; 

 Glen Mary (per). 



Domestic. — Excelsior (per) ; Splendid (per) ; Senator Dunlap (per) ; Lovett 

 (per) ; Ruby (per) ; Bubach (imp) ; Wm. Belt (per). 



Ott.^wa. 



