14 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Brassington : Is Bidwell bisexual? 



Mr. Rork: It has a perfect blossom; it bears very freely. It is the 

 handsomest berry there is, in the basket, I think. 

 Q. Can you get the white tips ripened? 

 Mr. Rork: I never had any. Whether it is my soil or what, I don't 



know. 



Mr. Morrill: One gentleman mentioned Manchester in his paper. 

 Now, with us it never produced a good crop, because it would always 

 rust and go down from the time you had one good picking. 



Mr. Rork: I saw it on the shore. It had a beautiful blossom, but it 

 was destroyed, as you say, because of rust. 



Mr. Brassington: Have you compared Warfield with Bidwell? 



Mr. Rork : I have not grown it, but I have seen it. Bidwell is much 

 larger and better formed. I don't know about the productive qualities. 

 Bidwell produces more berries, for me, and will average with almost 

 anything. It is very productive and the berries are large and glossy. 

 It has a long berry, once in a while; the first berry is flattened. 



Mr. Morrill: It resembles Haverland very much? 



Mr. Rork: Yes. 



Mr. Morrill: I was wondering if you had the genuine Bidwell. 



Mr. Rork: I originally was not in the farming business, but have 

 always dabbled at it. When I got my strawberries, I had three varieties 

 and set them out; after that, I wasn't near the place for some time, 

 and when I returned I found the plants gone or scattered and mixed 

 with weeds and briers. But there was that one variety which had fine 

 berries wherever I found it. I was away two or three years, and lost 

 my health, and when I came back I found that one berry which did 

 not seem to care for soil, blackberry vines, or weeds, and wherever there 

 was a stool there were fine berries. So I made a new bed of these plants. 

 The vine was like Bidwell. As I have seen Bidwells elsewhere, they 

 don't look quite like mine, but I don't know what else it is; it isn't 

 Sharpless, and it isn't any of the others that I started, so I concluded 

 it must be Bidwell. 



Mr. Hale: I would like to inquire about Warfield. Are there two 

 varieties? 



Mr. Morrill : Yes, but Xo. 1 has been renamed, and No. 2 is the only 

 kind that has been disseminated to any extent. 



Mr. Hale: I have tried it every way, but it entirely failed to yield. 



Mr. Morrill: Your land is just such as I have seen enormous crops 

 of Warfield grown on. 



Mr. Hale: I got it because it was recommended highly. 



Mr. Morrill: Did you use some staminate varietv with it? 



Mr. Hale: I did. 



Mr. Rork: The seedling of Warfield has a perfect blossom, and is very 

 much liked, but I am inclined to think that on sand alone it will not 

 come up to standard. 



Mr. Morrill: Warfield No. 2 is a robust grower, but has short roots. 

 It is peculiar in that respect, and it is a tremendous runner; and, a vine 



