550 



THE SMALL FRUITS OF NEW YORK 



thick, prostrate; fruit large to medium, drops quickly in size, round-conic, dull dark red, 

 firm,> juicy, pleasantly acid; good; midseason to late. 



Victor Hugo. i. Ann. Hort. 203. 1892. 



Hugo. 2. Mich. Sta. Bid. 104:69. 1894. 



Introduced in 1892 by Oakley Apgar, Califon, New Jersey Perfect. On the Station 

 grounds, plants medium in number; fruit above medium to large, round-conic, dull light 

 red, with poorly colored calyx, firm, subacid, well flavored; good; medium early. 



Victoria, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 678. 1857. 



Trollope's Victoria. 2. Mag. Hort. 17:400. 1851. 



Boyden's Mammoth. 3. Horticulturist 16:444. 1861. 



Golden Queen. 4. Mag. i/ort. 32:298. 1866 



Originated in 1849 by L. Trollope, Bath, England; introduced into this country soon 

 afterwards, and until 1875 was a popular sort. It was added to the American Pomological 

 Society's list of promising new sorts in 1856; to the catalog in 1862, from which it was 

 removed in 1883. Perfect. Plants medium in number, vigorous, unproductive; fruit 

 large, round-conic, light crimson; flesh light red, mediiun firm, sweet; good; midseason. 



Vineland. i. Rural N. Y. 42:456. 1883. 2. Mich. Bd. Agr. Rpt. loi. 1887. 



Originated with a Mr. Lord, Vineland, New Jersey; introduced about 1885. Perfect. 

 Plants numerous, vigorous, moderately productive; fniit mediimi to large, round-conic, 

 light red; flesh medium firm, acid; fair; late. 



Viola. 1. Ohio Hon. Soc. Rpt. 58, 63. 1889-90. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 24:337. 1890. 



Originated in 1884 with a Mr. Kershaw, Delaware County, Ohio, as a cross between 

 Green Prolific and Sharpless. Believed by some to be identical with Monarch. Perfect. 

 In the Station beds, plants very vigorous, unproductive, with large leaves; fruit-stems 

 medium long, stiff; fruit very large, obtuse-conic, flattened at the ape.K, glossy dark red, 

 firm, well flavored; good; midseason. 



Viola (of Canada), i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 299. 1913. 



A seedling of Belt raised in 1906 at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada. 

 Imperfect. Plants medium in nimiber; fruit large, conic to wedge-shape, crimson; flesh 

 dark red, firm, briskly subacid; good; late midseason. 



Virgilia. i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 299. 1913. 



Raised from seed of Belt in 1906 at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada. 

 Plants medium in number, vigorous, productive; fruit large, roundish to wedge-shape, 

 dark crimson; flesh dark red, medium firm, subacid; good; midseason. 



Virginia, i. A''. 1'. Sta. Btd. 309:551. 1908. 



Originated by T. J. Custis, Accomac County, Virginia, as a cross between Hoffman 

 and Sharpless; introduced in 1906. Added to the last catalog of the American Pomological 

 Society in 1909. Imperfect. Plants at this Station, few, medium in vigor, healthy, pro- 

 ductive; fruit-stems intermediate in length, thick, prostrate; seeds deeply sunken; fruit 

 large to medium, drops in size, round-conic to wedge, glossy light and dark red, moderately 

 firm, mild, inferior in flavor; poor to fair; early to midseason. 



