VARIETIES OF STRAWBERRIES 469 



North Carolina, the Norfolk region of Virginia, and in eastern 

 Maryland. Earliness is its chief commercial asset, although the 

 berries stand shipping well, and the plants are free from disease. 

 Missionary was sent out by E. W. Townsend & Company, Salis- 

 bury, Maryland, in 1906. 



Perfect. Plants numerous, vigorous, healthy; leaves light green, smooth; 

 season of bloom early; fruit-stems long, prostrate, branching; calyx small, 

 raised. Fruit early; above medium in size, blunt-conic, often necked, very 

 dark dull red, colors evenly, apex somewhat pointed; flesh well colored to 

 center, juicy, very firm, tart, not pleasant in flavor; fair in quality; seeds 

 small, sunken. 



764. Nich Ohmer is considered desirable because of productive 

 plants and very, large, firm, attractive berries. The berries run 

 small after the first picking, however, and are not always good 

 in quality; but in spite of these faults the popularity of the 

 variety is increasing. Nich Ohmer originated with J. F. Beaver, 

 Dayton, Ohio, about 1895. 



Perfect. Plants large, vigorous^ productive, somewhat susceptible to 

 leaf -spot, make runners freely. Fruit midseason, large, round-conic, dark 

 crimson, glossy; flesh red, mild subacid, insipid in some localities and in 

 others well flavored ; quality ranging from poor to very good. 



765. Pan American (Fig. 300) is a claimant for recog- 

 nition as the first of the everbearing straw- 

 berries, and as one of the parents of many 

 later ones. The vines are not productive, 

 make few plants, and the fruit is none too 

 good, for which reasons the variety is being 

 discarded. Pan American originated wdth 

 Samuel Cooper, Delevan, New York, in 

 1898. 



Perfect. Plants vigorous, variable in productive- 

 ness; leaves small, dark green; leaf -stems short, 

 slender; flower-stems short, stout, erect, double; calyx piG. 300. Pan 

 small, deeply set. Fruit of medium size, round- American, 



conic, obtuse, dull scarlet; flesh pale red, firm, aro- 

 matic, subacid; quality good; seeds very numerous, raised, but not very 

 conspicuous. 



766. Peerless. — Of the several everbearing strawberries on 

 probation, one of the most meritorious is Peerless, a recent in- 



