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Aiiioiij; tlio iiKtio jnotluclivo early varieties were Earliest, Early Jack, Lineoliv 

 I'atriek ami Stone. Lincoln is a conical, dark scarlet berry of fair quality. Jt has- 

 been on trial here since LS'.tl. and has not failed to yield \v(dl. J'atrick lacks some- 

 what in quality and appearance, but is very productive and is considered worthy of 

 trial as* an early n\arket variety. 



Anionj,' the late and medium late varieties, La Crosse, Odessa, Omega, Ridgeway, 

 Sam .sperry. Tind)rell and Tonga gave very satisfactory yields. On the whole, Omega 

 was one of the very best of the late varieties this season. Ridgeway is an attractive 

 berry oi good quality and is promising as a medium late home and market sort. 

 Timbrell, in addition to being productive, possesses considerable vigor of plant, but the 

 fruit is rather unattractive in appearance. 



The following are descriptions of varieties which fruited here last season for the 

 first time, but which were not described in the sub-station report of last year. Several 

 are varieties originated by crossing a number of well known kinds and were named 

 by uniting the names of the parents. They were received in 1897 from the originator, 

 W. W. Sewall, of Carthage, Mo. The plants were in poor condition when received 

 and fruited very sparsely hist year, but this season they had become well enough 

 established to give some indication as to their worth. Several of them seem to havfr 

 merit both for liome use and market. 



