536 THE SMALL FRUITS OF NEW YORK 



Seneca, i. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 309: $47- 1908. 



Originated in 1902 by L. J. Brundage, Dundee, New York. Perfect. In the Station 

 beds, plants numerous, very \'igorous, healthy, unproductive; fruit-stems medium in length, 

 thick, semi-erect; fruit large to medium, drops in size, roundish, necked, very light red, 

 soft, mild, with light colored flesh; fair: midseason. 



Seneca Chief, i. Am. Hort. Ann. 99. 1871. 2. Mich. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 99. 1877. 



Originated by Hunt & Foote, Waterloo, New York, as a seedling of Miner. Added to 

 the American Pomological Society's catalog in 1879, from which it was removed in 1883. 

 Perfect. Plants numerous, vigorous, very productive; fruit of medium size, round-conic, 

 bright scarlet; flesh light red, firm, subacid; good; midseason. 



Seneca Queen, i. Card. Mon. 23:240. 1881. 2. Mich. Sta. Bui. 55:15. 1889. 



Originated with Hunt &: Foote, Waterloo, New York, as a seedling of Miner; intro- 

 duced about 1879. Added to the catalog of the American Pomological Society in 1879, 

 from which it was removed in 1897. Perfect. Plants numerous, productive; fruit of 

 meditmi size, roundish, attractive dark crimson; flesh dark red, soft; good; midseason. 



Seth Boyden. i. Am. Hort. Ann. 96. 187 1. 



Boyden No. 30. 2. Rec. Hort. 2:62. 1868. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 980. 1869. 



Originated in 1865 by Seth Boyden, Newark, New Jersey, as a cross between Green 

 Prolific and Georgia Mammoth. From about 1870 to 1885 it was widely grown for market 

 and home use. It required high culture. The American Pomological Society added the 

 variety to its catalog in 1873, and removed it in 1897. Perfect. Plants medium in number, 

 vigorous, very productive; fruit large, roundish conic, regular, with a short neck, bright 

 crimson; flesh medium red, firm, juicy, subacid; good; early. 



Sharpless. i. Card. Mon. 20:239, 306. 1878. 



Ontario. 2. Rural N. Y. 46:511. 1887. 



Dawley. 3. A'^. Y . Sta. Bui. 24:332. 1890. 



Shaw. 4. Am. Card. 12:633. 1891. 



This variety originated in 1872 with J. K. Sharpless, Catawissa, Pennsylvania; intro- 

 duced in 1877; added to the American Pomological Society's recommended fruit list in 

 1879. For many years Sharpless was the dominant strawberry in America and was 

 especially well adapted for hill culture. It is, however, capricious as to soils and there 

 were always many berries with green tips. Perfect. Plants medium to numerous, vigorous, 

 healthy, variable in yield ; fruit-stems long, thick, variable in position; calyx easily detached; 

 berries large to very large, variable in shape, bright glossy red, inclined to green tips; flesh 

 light red, medium firm, juicy, the larger berries hollow at the center, juicy, mildly subacid, 

 good; late midseason. 



Shawnee, i. Mich. Sta. Bui. i2g:-j. 1896. 



Originated with James Stayman, Leavenworth, Kansas, as a seedling of Cyclone; 

 introduced about 1892. Semi-perlect to perfect. Plants mediimi in number and vigor; 

 fruit medium to large, long-conic, dark crimson; flesh mediima red, medium firm, acid; good; 

 midseason. 



