304 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Howell : — Pistillate. A mid-season variety of good size and quality. 

 Eoundish, and handsome but often irregular in size. Not productive 

 enough to take a place with the standard varieties. Plants moderately 

 vigorous. 



Kittie Kice (Downing's Bride) : — Pistillate. Fruit large, roundish, 

 conical, of bright red color and one of the most smooth and regular in 

 the patch. Flesh is firm and of good quality. A very attractive berry 

 and desirable for dessert or market. Only a moderate bearer here but 

 on rich soil it does very well. Plants are vigorous, upright growers. 

 Mid-season. 



Louis Hubach : — Pistillate. Medium early. Light red in color. 

 Flavor acid and texture firm. Bore well this year. Plants are good 

 growers. Looks promising as a medium early variety. Needs further 

 trial. 



Lincoln: — Pistillate. Medium sized, of rather dull red color. Flesh 

 very firm and red. Quality good. Berry smooth and generally well 

 formed. Plants moderately good growers. Fairly productive. Has 

 no prominent good qualities to place it with the -standard varieties. 



Missouri : — Staminate. A moderately large, soft berry of a rather 

 mild and poor quality. Eed to dark red in color. Plants are large, 

 thrifty growers. Bears fairly well. Not promising. 



Lyon: — Pistillate. Medium-sized. Fruit long, conical, and necked. 

 Color a rather dull red. Texture soft and tender. One of the most 

 disagreeable berries to pick. Fruit stems are long and slender. Fruit 

 lays in dirt and calyx pulls off easily when picking. Quality fair. 

 Productive but good for no purpose. 



Marshall : — Staminate. Has many excellent features. Quality, color, 

 size and shape can hardly be excelled. The only objectionable feature 

 of this variety is that the plants are poor runner makers. This can 

 be greatly remedied by setting the plants close or setting them in a rich, 

 moist soil. We had very satisfactory results this year by doing the 

 latter, and the plants are healthy and vigorous. Good for all purposes 

 but had best be grown for fancy market or home use. Medium late 

 season. 



McKinley: — Ripens with and similar to New York. Needs no other 

 description. 



New York: — Staminate. Medium late. Large, irregular, ridged, dark 

 red in the sun. Under side and tips apt to lack color. Tender in 

 texture and does not stand shipment well. Of good quality but lacks 

 juice. Plants large, vigorous growers. Bears well. Not a canning 

 berry but will do for local markets. 



Nettie: — Pistillate. Very large, broad, conical, irregular. Quality 

 very good, being better than in Gaudy. It lacks color and is only 

 moderately firm. Needs heavy soil to make a good growth of plants 

 which are generally vigorous and healthy. Promising as a late variety. 



No. 2: — Pistillate. From J. K. Bowman, Havana, Illinois. A medium 

 to large berry, red in color. Quality fair but lacks juice. Bears well. 

 Flesh light red and firm. Plants good growers. Promising as a mid- 

 season market berry. 



Nick Ohmer: — Not productive here. Fruit is large, roundish, conical. 

 Color handsome dark red. Quality very good. Plants large and vigor- 

 ous. Under better conditions this would undoubtedly be a good variety 

 for a fancy market. Staminate. Mid-season. 



