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STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



VARIETIES. 



1. Cumberland Triumi)h 



2. Prouty 



3. President Wilder 



4. Cinderella 



5. Boyden !No. 30 



G. ^lonarcli 



7. Jucunda 



8. Kentucky 



9. Champion 



10. Black Defiance 



The table may simply be useful in comparison with other tests made this 

 season, and \xo would ghidly publish the estimates of others upon these and 

 other varieties. — Detroit Free Press. 



STRAWBERRY EXPERIENCE IN MANISTEE. 



Charles Hurd of Manistee, a successful grower, rehites, under date of Sep- 

 tember oth, 1879, his experience which coming from so far north, and from a 

 careful experimenter, we take pleasure in employing here : 



First in season of ripening came the Nicanor, an old and not very popular 

 sort. It did not have a fair trial, because the bed was allowed to go to runners 

 all last season, — as did all the varieties in my sample beds, — which was a severe 

 drain upon their vitality. It began to ripen fully ten days before the AVilson, 

 and continued in bearing several days after the "Wilson was entirely gone. The 

 fruit was not large, but of good size, many single berries measuring three 

 inches in circumference. It is very beautiful in form and color, very firm, and 

 of most excellent flavor. This season it bore a large crop, and I believe with 

 good culture it can be made a very profitable market berry. It will stand 

 transportation better than the Wilson. I shall plant it quite extensively in 

 the spring. 



Xext in order, but ripening with the Nicanor, came the Duchesse. This is 

 a rank grower, and excellent bearer. The fruit is large, of good shape and 

 color, and of fine quality. It is considered by most fruit growers as a very 

 promising early sort. I like it very much, and shall give it a large place on 

 my grounds. 



Then came the "Wilson, the most popular berry in existence. To write 

 adversely of it is to subject ones self to ridicule, but I am simply telling how it 

 has succeeded with me. It will produce a good crop on almost any soil, and 

 will readily respond to higli culture. It produces a Ip.rge number of small 

 berries and a few large ones. It turns red long before it is ripe, and, hence, is 

 considered a good market berry. It is too sour to eat until very ripe, and then 

 is good, but not to be compared to many others. When fully ripe it bruises 

 readily, and fades and changes color and molds quicker than most other sorts. 

 With me it never has borne more than the Charles Downing, and this season 



