350 EXPERIMENT STATION— BULLETINS. 



No insect attacks have proved seriously injurious to strawberries during 

 the present season, save that a few varieties were planted last spring in a 

 small plat infested by cut-worms, which were persistently dug up and finally 

 eradicated. 



A very few leaf-rollers were "observed, but they were too rare to require 

 special attention. 



Of fungi, the only one deserving special notice is Splmrella fragarice 

 {Sacc), the development of which occurred too late in the season to seriously 

 injure the fruit; although the young plants may, and doubtless will be, 

 more or less injured thereby. The extent to which this disease is noticeable 

 upon the old plants is indicated in the foregoing table in the column headed 

 Fungi. 



The following brief notices are added, of some of the older varieties 

 thought worthy, and already attracting more or less attention, together with 

 a few new varieties, which seem likely soon to do so. 



Alpha is the result of a cross by the late Charles Arnold of Paris, Ontario, 

 between a foreign variety — Dr. Nicaise — and the Wilson. It is very mild in 

 flavor, and has so far proved the largest and most productive of the numer- 

 ous very early varieties which we have heretofore tested. Bisexual. 



Arnold's Pride comes from the same cross, as well as from the same batch 

 of seed as the foregoing. Its tendency is to set too much fruit to be prop- 

 erly matured on any but rich soils. For the market it lacks brightness of 

 color. Bisexual. 



Belmont originated in Massachusetts. The fruit is of large size and of 

 superior quality. It requires rich, deep soil, and high cultivation to insure 

 satisfactory results. A superior family berry if well grown. Bisexual. 



Bidwell is one of B. Hathaway's numerous originations, and is well 

 worthy of hill culture, by means of which its tendency to excessive produc- 

 tion of plants is suppressed and its energies directed to the production of 

 fruit. Bisexual. 



Bomba — a New Jersey seedling — is one of the very large berries. In 

 ordinary cases in matted rows only the first specimens will be large. It 

 should always be grown in rich, deeply prepared soil, and preferably, in 

 hills to insure satisfactory results. Bisexual. 



Bright Ida is also a result of the cross of Dr. Nicaise and Wilson by 

 Charles Arnold, and comes also from the same batch of seed with Alpha 

 and Arnold's Pride, all which have a family resemblance in both plant and 

 fruit. It would doubtless be desirable as a market berry but for its dull 

 color. Bisexual. 



Bubach No. 5 has now been several years in the hands of general planters. 

 It has acquired a high position as a market variety, although pistillate and 

 somewhat deficient in both quality and firmness. It is one of the most 

 valuable of the large varieties. 



Burt, a supposed accidental seedling, recently discovered in northern New 

 York, has so strong a resemblance to Captain Jack that it is strongly sus- 

 pected to be merely a re-introduction of that variety, to which it surely has 

 too strong a resemblance to justify the addition of a new name to the list. 

 Bisexual. 



Champion, an old variety from eastern New York, is an alleged progenitor 

 of the Windsor, more recently brought to notice in Michigan. The two are 

 to all appearance identical, and the variety is now almost universally known 



