DIVIfiWN OF EORTICULTCRE 



801 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



The performance of each variety is ^ren in the following table :- 



Variety. 



Ruby 



Greenville 



Wm. Belt 



Warfield 



Buster...' 



Excelsior '. 



Parson Beauty. 



Sample 



Pocomoke 



Senator Dunlap 



Splendid 



Beder Wood 



Miranda 



Bubach 



Cordelia 



Desdemona 



Mariana 



Valeria 



Ophelia 



Lovett 



Hermia 



Portia 



Julia 



Bisel 



Glen Mary 



June 29. 



First 

 ripe 

 fruit. 



Date 



last 



picking 



July 21 



21. 

 21. 

 20. 

 20. 

 6. 

 20. 

 20. 

 19. 

 19. 

 19. 

 19. 

 21. 



17. 

 21. 

 14. 

 17, 

 14. 



21. 

 20. 

 12. 

 20 



14. 

 20. 

 14. 



Rust. 



S. 



M. 

 M. 

 M. 

 M. 



M. 

 M. 

 M. 

 M. 

 S. 

 M. 

 M. 



S. 

 M. 

 M. 

 L. 



S. 



S. 

 M. 

 L. 



S. 



M. 

 M. 

 L. 



Size 

 • of 

 fruit. 



M. 

 M. 

 S. 

 M. 

 M. 

 M. 

 M. 

 M. 

 M. 

 M. 

 M. 

 L. 



M. 

 S. 

 M. 

 M. 

 M. 



L. 

 M. 



S. 

 M. 



S. 

 S. 

 M. 



Total 

 yield 

 in lb. 



24-60 



12 



7 



19 



14 



1 



13 



7 



13 



5 



5 



9 



28 



8 

 18 

 10 



8 

 13 



23 



11 



4 



18 



21 

 3 



734 



5 



05 



97 



578 



625 



906 



875 



9375 



25 



34375 



375 



047 



5625 



34375 



828 

 50 



3125 

 875 

 3125 

 4375 



65625 



3125 



3125 



Total 



yield in 



lb. per 



acre. 



11,162 



5,778 

 3,403 

 8,642- 

 6,791 

 716 

 6,182 

 3,587 

 6,295 

 2,694 

 2,382 

 4,239 

 12,875 



3,651 



8,422 

 4,693 

 4,005 

 6,125 



10,578 

 5,388 

 1,956 

 8,366 



3,927 

 9,670 

 1,503 



Remarks. 



The fruit was very large, ir- 

 regular and coarse, being 

 soft renders it useless for 

 shipping. 



Good quality. 



Medium quality. 

 Good quality. 



Large coarse fruit, very soft, 



sour. 

 Good quality. 



Medium quality. 



Good quality, very dark red, 



regular and sweet. 

 Large, coarse, insipid and soft. 

 Good quality. 

 Small fruit, poor quality. 

 Excellent quality, regular and 



fine. 

 Medium quality. 



Good quality. 



A new plantation was set out the spring of 1915, but the plants did -no^ take very 

 satisfactorily, and as a consequence it was found necessary to make the rows up again 

 in August. 



The following is a list of the varieties planted: Senator Dunlap, Howard No. 41, 

 Buster, Chesapeake, Sample, Warfield, Wm. Belt, Haverland, Stevens Late Champion, 

 Williams Improved, Three W's, Joe, Lovett Early, Glen Mary, Parson Beauty, Poco- 

 moke, Superb, Americua and Progressive. The last three varieties are of the ever- 

 bearing sorts. 



Lennowtll*. 



