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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Clyde. Medium size, bright scarlet, round conical shaped. Of good flavor, but 

 not of the best shipping qualities. 



Olen Mary. Very large size, of broad conical shape, bright crimson color; an 

 excellent market variety and of good quality. 



Bryant. A large berry and a. heavy yielder. Dark crimson color. Not the best 

 for flavor, but firm and a good shipper. Its shape is uncertain and even the same 

 plant is liable to have berries of three to four different shapes. 



Brandywine. Bright crimson, of broad conical shape, somewhat longer than 

 Glen Mary. One of the best late varieties and of superior flavor and quality. 



Marshall. Dark crimson, large size, broad conical shaped. The berries are firm 

 and of excellent quality. 



Michigan. Dark red and irregular in shape, though much better than Bryant 

 in this respect. The latest ripening variety. Very firm and of good flavor and 

 quality. Needs mulching, fruit stems being rather short. Produced the largest 

 berries of any of the varieties tested. The behavior of the plants of this variety 

 and of Marshall suggested a drier soil as more beneflcial and as far as plant growth, 

 is concerned, the improvement on the new plot was soon conspicuous. 



Parker Earle. Dark red, round, conical necked and running to a point. Medium 

 size, of good flavor and fair shipping qualities as a medium late variety. 



Success. Broad conical and large size, dark red, of good quality and fair flavor. 

 Not very firm, and better for home use than market. 



Haverland. Light scarlet, medium size and long conical shaped. One of the 

 best for fine flavor and quality, but not very firm as a shipping variety. 



Bederwood. Medium size and berries round and of even size. Light red and of 

 fair shipping qualities. The heaviest yielder of all varieties, the plants being 

 extremely hardy and vigorous. Its flavor is perhaps best described when classing 

 It as the "Ben Davis" of the strawberries. 



Oandy. Very large size, broad conical and light crimson colored. Nearly as 

 late as Michigan. Of unsurpassed shipping qualities and excellent flavor. Plants 

 very large and vigorous, resembling those of Sample, and like this variety, has 

 stout, erect fruit stems carrying the berries well above ground. 



Mayfloioer. Small to medium size. Light scarlet colored. Round, conical and 

 somewhat pointed. Of fair shipping qualities as one of the earliest varieties. 

 Flavor fair. 



Bubach. Large size, and crimson colored. Depressed conical shaped. Of good 

 flavor and shipping qualities. A good and profitable variety, having hardy and 

 vigorous plants. 



TABLE OF STRAWBERRIES— (In matted rows 4 ft. apart)— 1902. 



Varieties. 



Sample 



Success 



Brandywine. 

 Mayflower . . . 



Bederwood . . , 

 Haverland. . . 



Micliigan 



Excelsior. . . . 



Glen Mary... 



Gandy 



Clyde 



Marslial! 



Bubach 



Parker Earle 



Seaford 



Bryant 



Imperfect 

 Perfect. . . 

 Perfect. . . 

 Perfect. . . 



Perfect. . . 

 Imperfect 

 Perfect. . . 

 Perfect. . . 



Imperfect 

 Perfect... 

 Perfect. . . 

 Perfect. . . 



Iraperfect. 

 Perfect. . . 

 Imperfect 

 Perfect. . . 



Yield per 

 acre in 

 quarts. 



2,fi4H 

 1 046 . 

 1,279 3-5 

 484 



4.344 1-7 

 2,450i 

 222 1-10 

 1,117 3-5 



544i 



l,855i 

 1.2 m 

 114 3-5- 



1,089 

 1,1071 



544 i 

 l,149i 



