NEWER VARIETIES OF STRAWBERRIES. 177 



THE VALUABLE NEWER VARIETIES OF STRAW- 

 BERRIES. 



W. S. WIDMOYKR, DRESBACH. 

 Since I do not pretend to try all the new varieties as they are put 

 on the market, I shall have to confine myself in this report to those 

 I have tried for one or more years. 



Of the comparatively newer varities of strawberries, I have fruited 

 the following the past season, some of them for the first time: Col- 

 umbian, Marshall, Fountain, Annie Laurie, Bouncer, Dew, Splendid, 

 Brandywine, Cyclone, Greenville, Dayton and Glen Mary. I had 

 the first ripe fruit of the Dayton, June ith; Columbian, June 5th; Cy- 

 clone, June 6th; Annie Laurie, June 7th; Marshall, Fountain and 

 Cumberland, June 8th; Bouncer, June 9th; Greenville, June 10th- 

 Dew, June 11th; Brandywine and Glen Mary, June 12th. 



Referring- to my notes taken during the fruiting season, I find the 

 Columbian, Cumberland and Dew marked, quality best. The Dew 

 is too shy a bearer to plant for market, but is a good one for ama- 

 teurs who care more for size and quality than for quantity. 



Fountain, Greenville and Glen Mary are of good quality. Marshall 

 is a good yielder of fair sized berries, of only fair quality when 

 grown in thick matted rows, but when grown in hills or narrow 

 rows and properly thinned, they are one of the best for home and 

 close-by markets. 



Annie Laurie is a large berry, but has most too many rough, ill- 

 shaped and green ends, and is verj^ sour. I shall try it another year, 

 however. 



Bouncer, I think, is the same as the old Cumberland, or ''Jumbo." 



Dayton and Cyclone, are the two earliest of those named, both 

 good yielders of fair sized, light colored berries, too soft for ship- 

 ping, however. The fruiting season of the Cyclone is the longest of 

 all the early varieties, which makes it a good berry to plant for 

 home use. 



The Columbian is also a very early berry, of best quality, berries 

 averaging good size throughout the season; of a rich red color all 

 the way through, making it a good one to can. It yields as heavily 

 as any early berry I know of. 



The Greenville is one of the best for market on account of its nice 

 even size, which it holds to the last picking; no rough berries, good 

 quality and yielder; only fault it has is being a little soft, which 

 makes extra careful handling necessary. 



The Brandywine is one of the best shippers we have, being of 

 good size and color, but does not yield as much as some of the 

 others though. I noticed our pickers nearly always asked for 

 berries "from the six rows on north side of field," (Brandywine) 

 when they wanted berries to can. 



Glen Mary fruited first this season, and, while they were full of im- 

 mense clusters of very large berries, there were a great many 

 rough ones and some green ends. Perhaps it was because there 

 were no other varieties growing near them. While they are a stam- 

 inate variety, I found a few berries on spring set plants, in the field 

 where there were other varieties on each side of them, which were 



