VARIETIES OF STRAWBERRIES 



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very firm, variable in color, mildly acid, juicy, pleasant flavor; very good 

 to best in quality; seeds conspicuous, often markedly raised, numerous. 



748. Chipman. — This new variety is now the leading straw- 

 berry in the Virginian part of the Chesapeake Peninsula. 

 Earliness and productiveness are the two characters that make it 

 valuable. It was introduced in 1907 by W. S. Todd, Green- 

 wood, Delaware, 



Perfect. Plants very numerous, vigorous, healthy, productive; leaves 

 of fair size, dark green; leaf -stems medium to long, slender; fruit-stems 

 long, thick, often branched, prostrate; blooms early; calyx large, some- 

 times leafy, light green, flat. Fruit large, early, wedge-shaped or round- 

 conic, sometimes elongated, surface irregular, light and dark scarlet, be- 

 coming duller as the season advances; flesh light in color, medium in firm- 

 ness and juiciness, mild acid, pleasant but not high flavor; fair to good; 

 seeds sunken. 



749. Clark (Fig. 290) is a standard variety 

 in the Pacific Northwest. It has little value in 

 other regions. The plants require much mois- 

 ture, and except under irrigation are seldom 

 productive. The berries have the reputation of 

 standing shipment better than those of any other 

 variety, and are liked by canners because of 

 their firm red flesh. The variety originated in 

 Portland, Oreoron, with F. E. Clark, about 1880. 



Fig. 290. Clark. 



Perfect. Plants vigorous, healthy, erect, make runners freely ; leaf - 

 and fruit-stems short. Fruit midseason, of medium size, globose or globose- 

 conic, very firm; color dark crimson with dark red 

 flesh; brisk subacid or acid; core solid; quality good; 

 seeds bright yellow, raised. 



750. Crescent (Fig. 291).— Long one of 

 the standard strawberries, Crescent is still 

 found in the eastern states. Its great merits 

 are productiveness, and strong vigorous 

 plants which make many runners. The 

 plants rust badly, however, and the berries 

 are deficient in color, firmness, and qual- 

 ity. The variety originated in 1870 with 

 William Parmalee, New Haven, Connecticut. 



Fig. 291. Crescent. 



