ISO MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTEAL SOCIETY. 



The members were requested to name three best kiuds of straw- 

 berries. 



Mr. Rohards — Crescent, Sharpless and Cumberland. 



Dr. Goslhi — Crescent, Sharpless and Miners Prolitic. 



Mr. Maitland — Crescent, Crystal City and Chas. Downing. 



Mr. Lionherger — Cumberland, Capt. Jack and Crystal City. I have 

 not had much experience with the Crescent. I know a patch that died 

 last summer during the dry weather. 



Prof. Tracy — I would have Crescent, Cumberland and Jersey 

 ^ueen. The last with hill culture is very fine. 



Mr. Murry — The Crescent stands drouth well. My berries were* 

 large aud fine. 



Mr. Irvine — The soil might have something to do with it. Mr.. 

 Murry lives in a country where tho roots go down thirty or forty feet. 



Mr. Teubner — Wilson and Capt. Jack will do well on rich soil. Jas. 

 Vick and Glendale will succeed upon poor soil. 



Mr. Menifee — In my deep, black sandy loam the Crescent, Miner 

 and Glendale are the best, or Mount Vernon instead of the latter, both 

 being late. The Sharpless is very liable to be destroyed by late frosts^ 

 It can't stand frost at all. The Crystal City is too shy a bearer; it is 

 not profitable. Miner is the most productive of all, but a poor ripener^ 

 one side being green when the other is ripe. Cumberland is not quite 

 so productive. 



Mr. Lionherger — The Crescents of which I spoke are on very rich 

 ground. Plants from the same bed stood the weather tine on my 

 ground. The Crystal City is too shy. The Daisy Miller is not a daisy. 

 Piper we like, but it is too dark in color and not firm enough to ship. 



Mrs. Goslin. — ^I grow the Crescent, Sharpless and Chas. Downing. 

 The Crescent is rather too small after the first week, but the Sharpless 

 is then fine and I always have the boys put the large berries on top of 

 the boxes, and the small ones in the bottom. The buyers want them 

 to look nice. (Laughter). 



Mr. Patterson. — The Crescent is the best we have on our hardpan 

 soil. The Cumberland with good soil, good cultivation and good treat- 

 ment generally, is a good home market berry. 



Mr. Murry. — I think there is danger of us drifting too much to the 

 strawberry, I find there is a growing demand for the black raspberry 

 and the blackberry. We can not stock the market with blackberries. 

 The very finest strawberries sold as low as seventy-five cents per case 

 in St. Joe, while blackberries never sold nearly as low. Plant the Sny- 

 der on the very richest land and you will have a good-sized berry. 

 The Snyder gives good satisfaction where people have tried it. 



