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fruits in its order, as will also the depredations of insects and the reme- 

 dies applied. 



STRAWBERRIES— (i^'rapaHa). 



The plat of which the following is a record was planted in the spring of 

 1892. The stand of each variety, when full, consisted of twenty-six 

 plants, of which one half were kept in hills, by the removal of all mnners, 

 while the remaining half were allowed to form a matted row. 



Very soon after the planting had been completed, a series of almost 

 continuous rains commenced; the showers followed each other in such 

 rapid succession that the soil remained saturated for a considerable period, 

 while the recently set plants were gaining a hold upon the soil. 



The enfeeblement consequent upon this trying condition, occurring at so 

 critical a juncture, proved so serious that, followed as it was by drouth in 

 late summer and early autumn, many, if not most, varieties failed to fully 

 recover their pristine vigor, the result being fewer crowns, in the case of 

 hills, and more limited stands of plants in matted rows, though the latter 

 obviously overcame such check more promptly than did the larger hill 

 plants, a circumstance which may be supposed to account for the fact that 

 the relative productiveness of varieties under hill and matted row culture 

 is very generally reversed, as compared with that of 1891, at which time 

 no serious checks upon the development of the plants occurred during 

 their season of growth. 



The present plat was treated to a spray of Bordeaux mixture (4 lbs. 

 copper sulphate, 3 lbs. lime and 32 gallons of water), prior to the advent 

 of freezing weather last fall, and it was repeated on the sixth of April 

 last. Apparently from this cause, the entire plat has been free from 

 attacks of fungi throughout the season — at least till the 29th of July, when 

 it was plowed under. 



Whether from the same cause or otherwise, the plat was also almost 

 wholly free from the depredations of insects. Only a very few leaf- 

 rollers were observed, which were at once destroyed when discovered. 



It will be observed that in the naming of varieties we have applied the 

 rules of nomenclature of the American Pomological society, and the 

 practice of the National Division of Pomology under them; in case of 

 possible doubt, inserting the objectionable word in parenthesis as a 

 synonym. 



We omit all tabulated descriptions of varieties, since such must neces- 

 sarily be too brief and imperfect to be valuable for identification. 

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