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best and the fruit is firm. Many of the berries on the truss were small and 

 imperfect and the variety lacks productiveness. 



Bouncer. — From W. F. Allen, Jr. Perfect flower. The plants are not 

 of strong growth and make runners very slowly. The berries are of 

 medium size, long conical form and very dark crimson color, having some- 

 thing of the appearance of Timbrell. Many blossoms failed to develop 

 fruits and the variety is so lacking in plant and fruit qualities that it has 

 little show for a place among the promising sorts. 



Champion. — From David Strouse, Rogersford, Pa. Perfect flower. 

 Individual plants are fairly vigorous but the variety makes few runners. 

 Somewhat inclined to blight. Berries usually large, flattened, long coni- 

 cal in form, often irregular; color a dark scarlet; the flesh is light colored 

 and a little inclined to be salvy. Quality rather poor and the fruit is soft. 

 In productiveness it is somewhat below medium. 



Cherokee. — From John Little, Granton, Ontario. Perfect flower. The 

 plants are of strong growth and healthy. The fruits set well though many 

 berries were imperfectly formed. Berry of medium size, round conical in 

 form and scarlet color; the quality is good and the fruits moderately firm. 

 Its bearing qualities are but medium and too many of the fruits are below 

 marketable size. 



Cruse No. 9. — From Stayman and Black, Leavenworth, Kan. Imperfect 

 flower. Plants are rather weak in growth, though foliage is of good color 

 and healthy. Berries are few in number but of good form. The color is 

 too light and the fruits are soft. Further trial is necessary to determine 

 the value of the variety. 



Dakota. — From Stayman and Black. Perfect flower. Plants of strong 

 growth and healthy. Berries medium to large in size, long pointed conical 

 form, often with neck; color a bright scarlet. The quality is good though 

 the fruit is rather dry and quite soft when ripe. The truss is long and 

 reclining and the fruits lie on the ground. The variety is productive and 

 excellent in plant qualities. The berry is rather long and slender for best 

 form and too soft to carry well. 



Dictator. — From C. A. Gardner, Dimondale, Mich. Imperfect flower. 

 Plants are of but medium growth and seem quite subject to blight. The 

 variety is but moderately productive and has no qualities of plant or fruit 

 to make it especially valuable. 



Early Bird. — From Ohio Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio. Perfect 

 flower. The plants were not of strong growth and the few fruits borne 

 were of small size and imperfect in form. This season's trial was unsatis- 

 factory. 



Equinox. — From Thompson Sons, Bio Vista, Va. Perfect flower. 

 Plants are of short, rather weak growth. They set well with fruit but 

 could not mature the crop and the berries were small. 



Farmington. — From B. Johnston, Shorts ville, N. Y. Perfect flower. 

 Plants are of quite vigorous growth and the foliage healthy. The variety 

 did not blossom very full and there were a number of imperfect fruits, and 

 blossoms that did not set. Berries are of good size and form, the color is 

 attractive and the quality high. Fairly productive of firm fruits that are 

 of high quality. It is well worthy of trial. Does well in hills. 



Fremont. — From J. Little. Perfect flower. A strong, healthy grower 

 and a good plant producer. It seems well adapted to hill culture. The 

 berries are of good size, long conical, somewhat angular in form and bright 

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