MICHIGAN EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS 319 



The following new sort3 require another season's trial before a descrip- 

 tion can be given of them : 



Benoy, Burnett, Dollar, Erie, Hilton Gem, Hunn, Lavtoi's No. 1, 

 Michigan, ^furraij, Noble, Orange County, Premium, President Carnot, 

 Sensation and Slaymaker No. 10. 



NEW VAR[ETIRS OF 1896. 



Acem. — While very vigorous and healthy in plant produced bat a small 

 crop of berries and those borne were small in si/e, not of good form and 

 rather soft. 



Apache. — The plants were the strongest in growth of any in the field 

 and the foliage was free from disease. A large crop of berries were borne 

 but the form is long and narrow, the color bright and the fruits very poor 

 in quality and soft. The variety will scarcely find a place in any planting. 



Brooke.— The fruits are of good quality, firm and very attractive in 

 appearance, but the plants are scarcely strong enough in growth to produce 

 a large crop. The variety holds out well in season. 



Bryant. — The variety is excellent in size, color, quality of fruit and in 

 firmness, and the plants were of good growth and healthy. A small crop 

 of fruit was produced, much less than that of last season. It requires 

 further trial for productiveness. 



Columbian. — Plants of vigorous and healthy growth. The fruits are of 

 good quality and firm. The variety seems somewhat low in productiveness 

 to become prominent. 



Earliest. — This variety was not so early as last season when it ripened 

 several days before any other early sort. The plants are vigorous and 

 healthy but give but one or two pickings and then the crop is gone. Not 

 worthy of general planting as an early sort. 



Enormous. — The plants in matted row are much better than those in 

 hills. The hill plants are not strong enough to mature a crop. The fruits 

 are very large, but often quite irregular in form. The quality is high and 

 the berries are firm. The variety has a long season and the plants are pro- 

 ductive. This season's trial strengthens our report of last year when it 

 was recommended as a sort of much promise because of productiveness, 

 large size and the good quality and firmness of the berries. 



Graham. — Has little in plant or fruit qualities to recommend it. 



Holland. — This variety is in a poor location but the plants are vigorous 

 and free from disease. It is but moderately productive and the berries 

 often have a hard core; the quality is good and the flesh firm. If the 

 variety proves more productive under better conditions it will be valuable. 



Hull's No. 3. — Proved unsatisfactory this season. 



Jarbalo. — The variety is quite vigorous and the foliage healthy. The 

 berries are lacking in attractive appearance and in quality. As the sort is 

 but moderately productive it has no qualities to give it special prominence. 



Kansas. — Plants are of good growth, though some blight is showing. 

 This year the fruits were much smaller in size than last season. The 

 berries are of high quality and firm and the plants productive. Too many 

 of the fruits were too small to pick, otherwise the variety is a most excel- 

 lent one. In hills the plants were strong and the fruits much larger in 

 size. Worthy of trial in hill culture. 



