^20 THE SMALL FRUITS OF NEW YORK 



Ponderosa. i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 176:6, 10. 1899. 



Introduced in 1895 by John A. Salzer, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Perfect. Plants 

 vigorous; berries large, irregular round-conic, dark crimson; flesh dark red, firm, mildly 

 subacid; good; midseason. 



Pontiac. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 169. 1920. 



Originated by H. J. Schild, Ionia, Michigan, as an " Indian strain of everbearing straw- 

 berry." Imperfect. Plants very productive; berries large. 



Portage. 1. Ohio Sta. Bui. 85:18. 1897. 



Originated with M. C. Hall, Freedom, Ohio; introduced about 1894. Perfect. Berries 

 large, long-conic to coxcomb, bright scarlet, firm; fair; late. 



Porter, i. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 311. 189 1. 



Porter's Seedling. 2. Va. Sta. Tech. Bui. iiijg. 1916. 



Originated with a Mr. Porter, Rocky Point, North Carolina; introduced in 1890. 

 Perfect. Berries medium in size, round-conic, light crimson, soft; fair; very early. 



Portia. I. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 299. 1913- 



Originated in 1906 at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada, as a seedling 

 of Belt. Imperfect. As grown here, plants medium to numerous, vigorous, moderately 

 productive, healthy; fruit-stems short, thick, prostrate, bearing the fruit close to the ground; 

 seeds raised; fruit above medium to small, drops in size, round-conic, with very obtuse 

 apex, glossy mediiun red, juicy, firm, subacid, with red flesh; good; midseason. 



Porto Rico. I. Am. Card. 19:608, 684. 1898. 



A cross between Haverland and Parker Earle originated in 1895 by E. W. Wooster, 

 Hancock Point, Maine. Imperfect to semi-perfect. Plants vigorous; berries medium to 

 large, round-conic, bright crimson; flesh light red, moderately firm, mildly subacid; fair; 

 late. 



Posey. I. A'^. y. 5to. 5m/. 401:188. 1915. 



Originated as a chance seedling in 1910 by Oral Herron, Brazil, Indiana. Perfect. 

 On the Station grounds, plants very numerous and vigorous, productive; attacked by leaf- 

 spot; leaves large, light green; flowers late, large; fruit-stems long, semi-erect; calyx very 

 large, raised, leafy; seeds large, raised; fruit large, long-wedge, necked, glossy mediimi to 

 dark red, often green tipped, juicy, firm, subacid, with red fiesh; fair; midseason. Not of 

 highest quality but exceedingly attractive in appearance. May have value where appear- 

 ance is of more value than quality. 



Prairie Farmer, i. Horticulturist 24:273. 1869. 



Originated with William D. Neff, Ottawa, Illinois; introduced in 1869. Perfect. 

 Plants vigorous; berries large, irregular obovate, dark scarlet, firm, subacid; good; 

 midseason. 



Prairie Queen, i. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 168. 1882. 



Listed in Michigan in 1882. Perfect. Plants vigorous, unproductive; berries medium 

 in size, round-conic, dull crimson, soft, subacid; fair. 



