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Warfield 2 No. 1.—A good grower but not so Magia 
has a cases appearance. 
i Bubach.— Still holds its ivi as a Ee vice 
A Cloud.— Makes plants fast, productive; fruit tart; will be 
y leading berry for canning eventually, we think. on 
‘te Edgar Queen.— Michel’s Early, Farnsworth and Pearl are the 
most promising in appearance of the new varieties not fruited on 
our grounds. ‘ i, i 
Gandy.—Two-year plants bore well on muck land. Fruit vel 
! large and firm, valuable for a late variety for market. i 
Of the new varieties : 
We Hilton. — Promises well, vigorous, healthy, very pe 
fruit large ; quality medium to good. 
Jessie.— On well drained land wonderfully productive. Fr 
large to very large ; on wet clayey soil not so good. | 
Lady Rusk.— Fruit large, good quality, dark color, promises 
be a favorite. i 
Miami.--Not unlike Cloud, fruit rich color and makes plants f, 
Parker Earle.— Of great promise ; spring set plants loaded wi 
fruit; plants healthy and strong. , 
Pineapple.— Fruit good size but not productive enough on ° 
soils. ‘ 
Warfield.— Productive, rich dark color, medium size. We hi 
planted more for fruiting, 
EXPERIMENTS IN CROSSING VARIETIES. 
There has been considerable work done at this Station within th 
past three years in crossing varieties and making fruit selections. 
Of 1,000 seedlings fruited the seasons of *88 and 89, b 
twenty were saved as showing any indication of being of val 
Of these twenty, fifteen have been discarded this season. Of ' 
seedlings fruiting this year for the first time, less than fifty h 
been noted as good enough to give one more year’s trial. T 
them. This last winter there has been a large amount of y V 
done in the green-house in the way of systematic cross 
