402 STATE BOAUD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mead (Perfect). — Thrifty and a good plant maker. Foliage dark 

 green and vigorous. Berry irregular, roundish, conical; firm, with a 

 color of bright red. It bore moderately well. Needs further trial. 



Mwiiing Star (Perfect). — An early variety, which like all early varie- 

 ties had many blossoms blasted. The berry is firm; roundish, conical. 

 Color bright glossy red. Fruit holds up well through a fairly long 

 season. Quality good. Plants moderately vigorous. Promising. 



3l7's. Miller (Imperfect). — Introduced by the originator of Miller and 

 as a companion to that variety. The berry is smooth, roundish, glossy 

 red, firm in texture and of good quality. The plants have small dark- 

 green leaves and are moderately vigorous as plant makers. Only fairly 

 productive. Mid-season. Needs further trial. 



Nimrod (Perfect). — A strong thrifty plant maker; foliage vigorous 

 and of medium size. The fruit is of a bright glossy red color, of firm 

 texture and good quality. Productive. Promising as a mid-season 

 variety. Comparatively free from rust. 



Nehring's Gem ^Imperfect). — Plants thrifty and healthy. Berries 

 roundish, conical, sometimes ridged. Color bright red ; texture moder- 

 ately firm. Fruit stands up well in shipment. Mid-season. Moderately 

 productive. Needs further trial to prove its worth. 



New Globe (Perfect). — Has large coarse foliage but the plants are 

 not very thrifty. Fruit is bright red, irregular, roundish in form. 

 Size generally large. Flavor rather acid. Texture moderately firm. 

 Season late. Lacks productiveness here. 



Pineapple (Perfect). — Foliage healthy and thrifty. A fairly good 

 plant maker. Fruit is of the Uncle Jim type. Seas'on later than that 

 variety and quality a little better. Not productive enough to be of any 

 commercial use. Has not much of the pineapple flavor for which it 

 is named. 



Peck No. 99 (Perfect). — Foliage thrifty and of a light green color. 

 Plants set close to the ground and are only fairly good plant makers. 

 Berries roundish, smooth. Color somewhat light. Quality good. Tex- 

 ture moderately firm. Fairly productive. Has no good points to make 

 it popular. 



Stevens Late Champion (Perfect). — A good thrifty plant with bright 

 gi'een foliage. Makes a good stand of plants. Berry roundish conical ; 

 color bright red. Flavor somewhat acid. Good for canning. Texture 

 firm. Has not proved productive with us. Season late. 



Virginia (Imperfect). — Fruit is large, rather light colored, and soft. 

 Somewhat resembles Uncle Jim, but has no neck as has that variety. 

 Quality moderately good. Season medium earl}", ripening a few days 

 after Excelsior. Needs further trial here to thoroughly prove its value. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



The gooseberry crop was good this year, Houghton, Industry and 

 Pale Ked bearing full crops. Orange, Josselyn and Champion also bore 

 well. Of the English varieties, Columbus did the best, bearing three- 

 quarters of a crop. Downing, the favorite American variety, bore a 

 good crop, as usual. All of the varieties were comparatively free from 

 mildew. 



