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late one the Parker Earle. The new kinds worthy of special men- 

 tion are Swindle, Edgar Queen and Leader. These fruited in beds 

 bearing their second crop. Other new kinds in the new bed did not 

 have as good a chance as those in the old bed and should not be 

 condemned on this account. 



The strawberry beds at the station were spra3^ed with Bordeaux 

 mixture in the spring, but they were very healthy and no particular 

 benefit seemed to follow this application. However, it is my opinion 

 that it will as a rule pay well to spray at least once with this ma- 

 terial in the spring, though there may be occasional years when 

 there is no apparent benefit. 



In the following table and notes on varieties, bi-sexual refers to 

 varieties of the strawberry having blossoms that are perfect, and 

 pistillate refers to varieties having blossoms with only female or- 

 gans. Varieties of this latter sort inust have some bi-sexual kind 

 planted near them or they will be unfruitful; this is important. The 

 ratio between the two should probably be about 1 to 3; that is, 

 three rows of the pistillate to one of the bi-sexual kinds. 



