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pression of a redundant or objectionable word or part of a word in the name of 

 a fruit would, by possibility, occasion ambiguity, such word or part of a word is 

 temporarily retained, in brackets, with the purpose to wholly omit the same when 

 (if ever) the suggested change shall come to be generally recognized. 



Throughout this report, the weight of a single average specimen of a variety of 

 fruit is given, instead of its size; the same being assumed to be the more accurate 

 indication of its value and at the same time more readily arrived at; the thought 

 being that such weight, rather than size, may ultimately be employed as the 

 medium for the compai-ison of values between varieties. 



The several classes of fruits will be considered as nearly as practicable in the 

 order of their maturity. 



STRAAVBERRIES (Fragaria). 



The strawberry plat which produced its first crop of fruit in June, 1894, was 

 kept in good condition, and again fruited in 1895. A record of such second crop 

 was kept, as usual, and compared with that of a plat producing its first crop at 

 the same time; the product of the same variety, in each plat, appearing in parallel 

 columns. The two plats received the same treatment, as nearly as practicable, 

 there being of each variety twelve plants in hills, and a matted row grown from 

 twelve original plants, in the older plat, against ten plants of each respectively 

 in the newer plat. It will also be noticed that many vacancies occurred in the 

 record of the older plat, for the reason that many newer varieties, which appear 

 in the newer plat, had not occurred in the older one; while a few varieties in the 

 older plat were so seriously injured by drouth or winter that their record is 

 omitted. 



Both plats were sprayed July 8, after they were out of fruit, with a solution of 

 three ounces of copper sulphate in fifty gallons of water. The plants generally 

 have been almost wholly free from the depredations of either insects or fungi. 



The vigor and fruiting capacity of the plants, in both plats, was doubtless injuri- 

 riously affected by the drouth of last season, the older plat probably the more seri- 

 ously. Following this came the drouth of the past spring and summer, which 

 became serious at so early a date as to essentially affect both the quantity and 

 quality of the current crop of fruit. As a necessary consequence, several varie- 

 ties, especially in the older plat, showed more or less deficiency in the stand of 

 plants, as well as in the show of fruit. For such reason, several varieties con- 

 tained in the older plat are omitted in the tabulation. 



The weight of a specimen in ounces or fractions of an ounce is given, instead of 

 size, as more accurately expressing actual value, while vigor of plant is expressed 

 upon the scale of one to ten, graded from one downward. 



