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VARIETIES. 



sensitive to different soil types and conditions. A variety might be the 

 best that could be grown upon one type of soil and be a failure on an- 

 other in the same locality. 



In a general way, varieties of the type that have fairly large leaves 

 which are quite smooth and of a dark glossy green color, producing few 

 runners and bearing fruit of fine appearance and of high quality of 

 which Marshall is an example, should be grown upon a fairly heavy 

 soil. Varieties having large coarse-wrinkly leaves, mottled green in 

 color, which make a fair amount of runners, and produce a soft, usually 

 furrowed wedge shaped fruit, not of very high quality but of good size as 

 the Dorman, can be grown on the lighter soils. Varieties like the Sena- 

 tor Dunlap, having small plants making numerous runners and produc- 

 ing berries of moderate size, good color, shai)€ and quality do well upon 

 a greater variety of soils than the others. 



For early varieties, Michael's Early, August Luther and Excelsior are 

 good. For medium early to mid-season varieties : Senator Dunlap, Clyde. 

 Bederwood, Warfield. Glen Mary, Ekey, Haverland, Kitty Rice, Bubach. 

 William Belt, and Dorman (Uncle Jim). For mid-season to late: 

 Aroma, Brandywine, Ridgeway, Sample, Stevens' Late, Chesapeake and 

 Marshall. 



Varieties that are heavy bearers but with rather soft fruit and which 

 do well on the lighter soils are: Clyde, Bederwood and Dorman. Those 

 that make numerous runners and bear heavily are Senator Dunlap, War- 

 field and Buster. Marshall, Chesapeak, Ridgeway, Kitty Rice, Wm. 

 Belt, Bubach and Cardinal make but few runners or plants and bear 

 moderate crops of high quality fruit and are desirable for hedge row 

 and hill systems. They require rich soil and should set close together 

 in matted rows. 



It is important to understand the difference between perfect and im- 

 perfect blossoms. The varieties with perfect blossoms, having both the 

 sex organs in the same flower, will produce fruit if planted by them- 

 selves, but varieties with imperfect blossoms lack the male sex organs 

 and must be planted near a variety having perfect flowers to produce 

 fruit. If varieties with imperfect blossoms are to be planted, it is ad- 

 visable to plant some variety- having perfect blossoms in every fourth 

 or fifth row for pollination. 



The following varities have perfect blossoms: Michael's Early, August 

 Luther, Excelsior, Senator Dunlap, Clyde, Bederwood, Glen Mary, Ekey, 

 Wm. Belt, Buster, Dorman, Aroma, Brandywine, Ridgeway, Steven's 

 Late, Chesapeake and Marshall. 



The following have imperfect blossoms and need others to fertilize 

 them: Warfield, Haverland, Bubach and Sample. 



In everv catalogue the sex of the varietv is alwavs given together 

 with the general description. 



TEST PLOT. 



New varieties are constantly appearing in the catalogues and for 

 the grower who may possibly wish to introduce any of these into his 



