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was distributed oyer the beds. The result was that the plants 

 were killed here and there in the rows in places where the frozen 

 lumps chanced to fall. 



The strawberry crop was not as satisfactory as could be desired 

 owing in part to the conditions that have been described above. 

 Not only were the yields of some varieties low but in many cases 

 the berries were smaller in size than they should have been. 

 These facts should be taken into consideration when the records 

 of yields that are given in the following pages are consulted. 



The blossoms of the strawberry are either pistillate, imper- 

 fectly staminate or staminate. The pistillate flowers are im- 

 perfect in their development in that they produce no pollen and 

 are therefore incapable of setting fruit when planted by them- 

 selves. The imperfectly staminate flowers produce a small 

 amount of pollen but not enough to enable them to set fruit satis- 

 factorily; for our purpose varieties that have such flowers may 

 be classed with the pistillate berries. The so-called staminate 

 flowers are perfect in their development and so produce pollen. 

 Accordingly varieties that have staminate flowers are able to set 

 fruit when planted by themselves as well as to furnish a supply 

 of pollen for the pistillate varieties. When pistillate varieties 

 are planted it is very important that staminate varieties that 

 blossom at the same time be planted with them. It is the custom 

 with some growers to put a staminate variety in every third or 

 fourth place in the row with the pistillate kinds. It is no doubt 

 a better plan to plant every third row to a staminate variety as 

 this arrangement admits of the different varieties being picked 

 separately. Insects may be depended on to distribute the pollen. 



In the description of varieties the letter P following the name 

 of a variety indicates that it bears pistillate blossoms and needs 

 to be planted near staminate kinds. The staminate varieties are 

 indicated by the letter S following the name. 



Of the newer varieties only a few were fruited on the station 

 grounds this season. These have been described in full. Others 

 of the more common kinds have been briefly mentioned; more 

 complete descriptions may be had by consulting former bulletins 

 and reports of this Station. In all cases where the name of the 

 person from whom a certain variety was obtained is not given it 

 is to be presumed that plants can be obtained of or through any 



