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Mr. risher, Peirce Citj. — rrom one acre of Clyde I picked fine, 

 large berries, but the dry weather burned the plants so that there was no 

 foliage and the berries blistered. They bloomed full but rain interfered 

 with fertilization and the fruit was not a good color. However, the 

 variety is a good shipper and it ripens about the 2 2d of May. 



J. K. Saunders, Peirce City. — This year we had an excess of rain at 

 the time of blooming, so this was not a fair trial. The Gandy is a late 

 bloomer. Most all have a blighted end caused by imperfect fertilization, 

 and thousands never started in development. 



G. T. Tippin, Mchols. — Bismarck has had considerable attention 

 paid to it and is one of the best. Clyde is poor at some points, good at 

 others, and there is a good deal of soil on which it will not do well, though 

 it is largely a question of season. I have kno^vn 125 crates to be picked 

 from one acre. Warfield is good. Aroma is better than Gandy and it is 

 more profitable because it is a better yielder. Prolific does remarkably 

 well and is a good shipper. Crescent is well known and good. The 

 best four are, "W/arfield, Aroma, Clyde, and Bismarck. Bubach is not 

 a shipper. Michel's Early I would not have. Crescent takes care of 

 itself; if you thin out the plant rows they do well. Clyde is fair in 

 flavor and should be picked early or else it will get too soft. Brandywine 

 is not entitled to be in the list of commercial varieties. The earliest of 

 these are Clyde and Warfield coming about the same time, Aroma late, 

 and Bismarck between. Gandy is good but does not become fully 

 developed. There is nothing in Lovett for the south. Clyde does best 

 on black and damp prairie soil, without gravel. The first berries of 

 Clyde are good but they do not hold out. Bismarck heads the list for 

 us. 



J. T. Snodgrass, "West Plains. — This spring I planted fifty acres 

 with six varieties. Excelsior for early, with Crescent and Clyde to fer- 

 tilize that; Bismarck and Warfield together in blocks, and Aroma for 

 late. 



Saunders. — Philips' Seedling is large and fine but was killed at 

 blooming time, the matured ones were good, however, and of dark, rich 

 color. My list is Warfield, Fountain, Lovett, Splendid, Clyde and 

 Woolverton. Haverland has been grown some here. With proper fer- 



