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Perfect. Plants few, large, vigorous, verj' productive; fruit large, regular, conic, with a 

 long neck, dark crimson; flesh light red, fimi; very good; late. 



Beauty (of Haynes). i. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 76:432. 1894. 



Originated with J. H. Haynes, Delphi, Indiana, who introduced it in 1892. Imperfect. 

 At this Station, plants numerous, with excellent foliage, productive; fruit medium to large, 

 round-conic, glossy dark red, soft, juicy; early, season long. 

 Beaver, i. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 276:67. 1906. 



A chance seedling of unknown parentage found about 1901 by J. F. Beaver, Dayton, 

 Ohio. Perfect. Plants at this Station medium in number and vigor, injured by leaf-spot, 

 not very productive; fruit above medium in size, round-conic, dull pale red, variable in 

 color, firm, acid, whitish, picks with difficulty; fair; midseason. 



Beavers, i. Mich. Sta. Spec. Bui. 48:4. 1909. 



Originated with C. E. Wightman, Mt. Vernon, Washington; brought to notice about 

 1904. Imperfect. Plants below medium in number, lacking vigor, unproductive; fruit 

 below medium in size, broad-conic, dark red; flesh dark red, firm, acid; fair; midseason. 



Beder Wood. i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 263. 1891. 2. Va. Sta. Tech. Bid. 11:10. 1916. 



Racster. 3. Rural A'. V. 50:527. 1S91. 



This old variety was in its day one of the most productive early strawberries. It was 

 a favorite in western New York and in the Mississippi Valley, especially valued as a good 

 pollinizer for other early sorts. It was also the most resistant to drouth of any of the 

 standard strawberries and the fruits held their size throughout a long picking season. 

 The variety is being discarded, however, because the fruits run small, are not very firm and 

 are rather poor in quality. It is best adapted to heavy soils. This variety originated 

 in 18S1 with Beder Wood, Moline, Illinois. Mr. Wood sent plants to friends in Iowa for 

 trial, whence the variety fell into the hands of John Racster of Davenport, who introduced 

 it under his own name in 1 890. Later the sort was sent out as Beder Wood. The American 

 Pomological Society listed the variety in its catalog of recommended fruits in 1897. 



Perfect. Plants medium in number, vigor and height, susceptible to leaf-spot, very 

 productive; leaves small, narrow, dark green, smooth. Flowers very early and very numer- 

 ous, even with the foliage, small; petals 6-8, small, not overlapping; stamens numerous. 

 Fruit early, ripening period long; fruit-stems long, thick, prostrate; pedicels short; calyx 

 small, flat or slightly raised, well colored; sepals long, narrow; benies produced in large 

 clusters, medium, uniform, round-conic; apex obtuse; color light red; seeds sunken; flesh 

 juicy, medimn to firm, soft under unfavorable conditions, whitish towards the center, 

 brisk subacid, not highly flavored; fair in quality. 



Beebe. i. Lovett Cat. 4. 1891. 2. Mich. Sta. Bid. 129:5. 1896. 



A chance seedling which originated on the grounds of E. P. Beebe, Elizabeth, New 

 Jersey, in 1885. Perfect. Plants medium in vigor and productivity; fruit medium in 

 size, irregular, round-conic, light crimson, rmld, subacid; good; midseason. 

 Beecher. i. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 109:234. 1896. 



Henry Ward Beecher. 2. Lovett Cat. 4. 1893. 



Originated by H. H. Allen, Hilton, New Jersey; introduced in 1893 by J. T. Lovett. 



