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features may be best brought before 

 the reader by a specific consideration of 

 a few of the varieties which have been 

 retained. 



Rose Ettcrsburg, the first successful 

 variety, is a hybrid of a third generation 

 Sharpiess x Parry seedling by Peruvian 

 Beach. It is a strong, vigorous grower 

 and produces large berries, always true 

 to shape, and of a light pink or rose 

 color, thus indicating its Peruvian 

 Beach jjarcntagc. It is remarkable for 

 its quality and fragrance, the flavor is 

 decidedly different from other straw- 

 berries, and on that account desirable 

 or undesirable according to individual 

 tastes. It possesses the usual extreme 

 vigor of the Beach hybrids, and has 

 produced at the rate of 8 tons per acre 

 on Mr. Etter's place without irrigation. 

 Its light color and rather peculiar flavor 

 would probably be against it at the 

 l^resent time as a general commercial 

 variety. It is a splendid variety, how- 

 ever, for the home garden. 



Ettcrsburg No. 121 is supposedly a 

 direct hybrid of the two species Alpine 

 X Cape Mendocino Beach. Like Rose 

 Ettcrsburg it is very vigorous and pro- 

 ductive; unlike Rose Ettcrsburg the 

 berries are deep glossy red in color and 

 even the flesh is intensely red to the 

 center. This is one of the many Ettcrs- 

 burg varieties that pick without the 

 hulls like blackberries and with about 

 as little abrasion, a characteristic which 

 is derived from the Alpines. The 

 variety is notable for high quality and 

 solidity. It has a full, sweet flavor that 

 could not fail to be attractive to anyone 

 who likes strawberries. The jjrofusion 

 of blossf)ms which it produces makes it a 

 beautiful sight when in bloom. This 

 is a variety of considerable commercial 

 promise. 



A COMPLEX HYBRID 



Ettcrsburg Trebla, formerly Ettcrs- 

 burg No. 222, in contradi.stinction to 

 I*2ttersburg No. 121 possesses a very 

 comjjlcx pedigree as shown in the 

 following outline : 



When the derivation of Rose Ettcrs- 

 burg, as given previously, is considered 

 it can be seen how complicated this 

 pedigree is and how many species and 

 varieties are included in it. 



Out of this mixed ancestry has been 

 derived the variety which Mr. Etter 

 considers his best variety thus far. 

 This variety evidently considers its 

 mission in life to be the production of 

 fruit, and splendid fruit at that. The 

 berries are of medium size, deep red, 

 and solid to the center. Eaten fresh it 

 is a berry that would not appeal to 

 most people on account of its high 

 acidity, but in canning it develops a 

 remarkably rich and pleasant flavor. 

 Like Ettcrsburg No. 121 it picks with- 

 out the hull and with scarcely any 

 abrasion. At Mr. Etter's ])lace it has 

 produced at the rate of 20 tons ])cr acre. 

 The plants present a peculiar a])i)ear- 

 ance at fruiting time when the heavy 

 foliage is mostly weighed down by the 

 large quantities of fruit produced and 

 only a few stiff leaves remain erect. 

 We have here a variety which is ap- 

 parently particularly suitable for canning. 

 The solidity of the berry is such that it 

 has no tendency to break down during 

 the canning process, and the deep color, 

 high flavor, productiveness, and case 

 with which it may be prepared for 

 canning are other features which make 

 it an especially desirable variety on 

 which to build up a strawberry canning 

 industry. 



Ettcrsburg No. 200 is a cross between 

 Senator Dunla]) and the Peruvian 

 Beach strawberries. It is merely a 

 unique novelty. The berries are small 

 to medium in size, and with only a very 

 faint pink color, very nearly white. 

 The achenes (seeds), however, are deep 

 red in color and set in deep depressions 

 in the surface of the fruit. A single 

 l)lant has borne as many as 200 berries 

 at one time. It is strongly Peruvian 

 Beach in its characteristics 

 certainly a strange straw! )err\-. 



and 



Ettcrsburg Trebla 



Ettcrsburg No. 84 



Ettcrsburg No. 114 



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fScfdling No. 

 (Unnumbered seedling 

 [L'nnunil)cri'(l seedling 

 [Alpine 



fRose Ettensburg 



^F. calif arnica 



fCajK' Nlcndocino Beacli 



IRo.sc littcrsburg 



//•". calif or tiica 



\Rosc Ettcrsburg 



