EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Monarch. — Plant strong, vigorous ; bunch, 

 long, usually well filled ; berries, mednim size, 

 ripen evenly in bunch ; skin, thin ; quality, 

 good. Ripens among those of early mid- 

 season. Very productive. 



Climax. — Plant strong, vigorous. (No. 3 

 in row not true.) Bunch, large ; berries, 

 lossy ; skin, thin, brisk subacid ; quality, 

 This is one of the latest, ripening with, 

 or a little before Beauty. In productiveness 

 it is one of the best. 



good 



Black Naples. — Half natural size. 



Climax. — Half natural size. 



Star. — Plant, moderate- 

 ly vigorous, flat-topped ; 

 bunch, large ; berry, of the 

 largest size, round, glossy ; 

 skin, rather thick ; flavour, a 

 pleasant subacid ; quality, 

 best. The weak points of this 

 variety are its time of ripen- 

 ing — mid-season — and its 

 manner of ripening — rather 

 uneven. It is not more un- 

 even, however, than Lee's 

 Prolific, and is much larger 

 and finer in quality. 



Winona. — P 1 a n t, a 

 strong grower, upright in 

 habit; bunch, above medium, 

 long, well filled; berry large, 

 round, clings well to pedicel; 



Star. — Half natural size. 



skin, thin, non-astringent ; one of the most prolific, ripening with or a few days after the 

 earliest. This variety is of the type of Monarch, but usually a few days earlier. 



