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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



STRAWBERRIES— Concluded. 



Variety. 



Smalley 



Smith.. 



Snowball __. 



Sparta 



Splendid 



Springdale 



Stahelin 



Staples 



Stayman 



Stewart „ 



Sunnyside 



Sunrise 



Surprise 



Tennessee 



Thompson No. 40. 



Thompson No. 64. 

 Thompson No. 66 

 Thompson No. 103 



Timbrel! 



Tonga 



Topeka 



Tubbs 



Warfield 



Weston __ 



Williams 



Wm. Belt 



Woolverton.. 



Wyatt 



Yates 



CD 



9.8 



8 



9 



9.5 



9 



8 



8 



8.5 



8.5 



9.2 



8 



9 



8.5 



9 



8.5 



9 



8 

 9.8 



8.5 



6 



9 



8.5 



8.5 



9 

 9 



8.5 

 7 



Arrow. — From Edward W. Cone, Menomonie, Wis. Imperfect flower. 

 The plants are of strong, healthy growth, set a good crop of fruit and hold 

 out well to close of season. The berries are of large size, long pointed 

 conical in form, very dark crimson in color. The quality is high and the 

 fruit moderately firm. Many of the berries are rather too long and narrow 

 to make the best appearance in the box. The variety promises well in high 

 quality of fruit, productiveness and vigor of plant growth. 



Beebe. — From W. F. Allen, Jr., Salisbury, Md. Imperfect flower. Plants 

 are of rather weak growth; those in hills are better than those in matted row. 

 The berries are of good size and color, a little irregular in form and of 

 good quality. The plants are not productive enough, and the variety seems 

 to possess no special points of merit to give it prominence. 



Blonde. — From G. Cowing, Muncie, Ind. Perfect flower. Plants are of 

 good growth and healthy in foliage. The berries are of medium size, 

 pointed conical in form, somewhat lacking in quality and rather soft. As 

 the variety is low in productiveness it has little chance for prominence 

 among the many better sorts. 



\]Bostonian. — From New York Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y. Perfect 

 flower. Plants are of good growth, much more vigorous and healthy in 

 matted row than in hills. Berries medium to large in size, round or flat- 

 tened conical in form and of a bright scarlet color. The quality is of the 



