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Color is a bright crimson. Quality very good. The variety is too unproductive to be 

 of value. 



Delaware. — Perfect flower. Vines are strong growers and hardy, quite low and 

 short. Runners are numerous as are also the fruit stems, which are quite thickly 

 set with berries. Fruit is of good size, broad conical in shape and bright red color; 

 is thickly covered with seed. Quality rather poor. 



Dole.— Imperfect flower. Vines lack in hardiness. They seem to be rank and 

 strong but winter kill badly. Foliage large and coarse. Practically free from rust. 

 Fruit stems and runners are not very numerous. Stems were thinly set with berries, 

 which were rather small and irregular; color quite dark. Blossoms did not set well 

 and productiveness very poor. Is not desirable. 



Echo.— Perfect flower. Vines very thrifty, strong growers and hardy, quite well 

 set with runners and fruit stems. Prolific bearers. Berries are medium to large 

 in size, round conical in form, light colored, firm and of a pleasant flavor. A prom- 

 ising variety. 



Elba. — Perfect flower. Quite early. Seems to be hardy and vigorous, with suffic- 

 ient runners but shy of fruit stems and berries. Fruit is round conical in shape, 

 having a neck of medium length. Color is good but the quality is inferior. Not of 

 special value. 



Emma. — Perfect flower. Very strong thrifty growers. Hardy, with large, rank and 

 dark colored foliage. Runners and fruit stems are numerous, but the stems are 

 not well set with berries. Fruit is of medium size, good form, color and quality, quite 

 firm and solid. This variety shows considerable promise. 



Gamage. — Imperfect flower. Plants vigorous and hardy, with dark colored, healthy 

 foliage. Runners and fruit stems not sulTiciently numerous. Stems well filled with 

 berries, which are of good size, somewhat irregular in shape and bright red in 

 color. Quality and firmness fair. A promising variety. 



Gladstone. — Perfect flower. Vines thrifty and hardy. Foliage well colored and 

 seems to be resistant to disease. Runners and fruit stems numerous. Berries did 

 not set •well, were large, light colored and of irregular form, mostly broad and flat. 

 Of fair promise but somewhat soft. 



Glauer. — Imperfect flower. Vines are fairly vigorous, although not as strong 

 growers as some. Runners and fruit stems numerous, and very well set with 

 berries, making a very prolific variety. Berries are round conical, firm and a little acid. 

 Is worthy of trial. 



H. and H. — Imperfect flower. Vines seem to be hardy and are vigorous growers, 

 well set with fruit stems filled with berries. The fruit is of good size, quite firm, a 

 little irregular in form; color is a dark crimson. Has a very decided flavor, but is a 

 little acid. Well worthy of trial. 



Johnson Early. — Perfect flower. Vines very vigorous and hardy. Runners and 

 fruit stems are numerous, lierries are of medium size, rather dark colored and a 

 little irregular, but ajjproaching round conical in form. The flesh is of soft texture 

 and has a core, is bright red in color and of good flavor. Is a good early berry. 



Kevitt Best. — Perfect flower. A small weak grower and lacking in productiveness. 

 Berries light colored, small and acid. Of no value. 



Lehman No. 2. — Perfect flower. Vines not very vigorous or hardy, but healthy, and 

 only moderately productive. Berries somewhat imi)crfect and of but fair quality. 



No. 7. — Imperfect flower. Vines fairly strong and vigorous. Fruit stems numerous, 

 very strong and upright, but poorly tilled with fruit. Runners strong. Berries light 

 red, medium in size, round and regular in form and somewhat lacking in flavor. 



Parker Earle Improved. — Perfect flower. No great improvement noticeable. Vines 

 are slightly lacking in vigor, but are very prolific. Berries are long, round conical, 

 color is dark crimson, quality is rather acid. Almost too prolific for ordinar\- care. 

 The plants need high cultivation to develop the large number of fruits. 



Reed Prolific. — Perfect flower. Vines slightly lacking in vigor and hardiness and 

 subject to blight. Runners very numerovis. Fruit stems small, slender and scattering. 

 Berries small to medium, irregular, sour and seedy. Of no value. 



Repeater. — Perfect flower. Vines hardy and vigorous, with healthy dark foliage. 

 Fruit stems and runners numerous. Fairly productive. Berries are medium in size, 

 round conical form, bright crimson in color, quite firm and of very good quality, 

 although a little acid. 



Robliiis Earliest. — Perf«'et flower. A small grower, vines neither vigorous nor 

 hardy. Fruit stems are scattering, but well filled with snmll, dark, sweet berries. 

 Not very promising. 



