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58 - ANNUAL REPORT. 
ah 4 Col. Cheney. 
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I am testing Col. Cheney. It is a pistillate and did not fertilize well. 
After fruiting I wrote to A. M. Purdy, who advised planting the Wilson 
beside it. Had a few berries that were very fine from this variety. 
Soil. 
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The soil where I have grown strawberries is on a northern exposure, 
except the beds of Wilson and Early Scarlet, already mentioned. It isa 
rich loam with a clay subsoil, and was formerly covered with Sugar Maple. 
One word more and I have done. If you would make your homes attract- 
ive, if you would have good health, plant a good bed of strawberries. It 
will cause smiling faces and help to overcome many of the ills of life. 
fr Respectfully yours, 
SetTH H. KENNEY. 
DISCUSSION. 
Varieties. 
Mr. Grimes :—He has not the Downer’s prolific. 
Mr. Smith :—He evidently has the Colfax. 
Mr. Harris :—I never saw a good Green prolific. 
Mr. Grimes :—They are good to sell, to fill the basket. 
Mr. Smith :—Mr. Brimhall has the Charles Downing, and it has 
done well with him. It sold in St. Paul at five cents per quart 
more than the Wilson. 
Mr. Brand:—I have a few Michigan seedlings. Set 500 two 
years ago, and last summer they were the only ones I got fruit 
from. Also set Charles Downing and at the same time, and 
got no fruit from them. The soil was a black vegetable loam. 
Mr. Smith :—I get different reports of the Charles Downing from 
different localities according to the soil. 
Mr. Jewell:—I know only what I have seen on other places. 
Mrs. Brand told me a year ago last summer that the Wilson gave 
the best crop. 
Mr. Brand :—I had then no bearing plants of the others. 
Mr. Smith :—Have Boyden’s No. 30. The plants made a good 
growth last summer, but as it was the first season, gave only a few 
berries. 
Mr. Smith :—Have discarded the Col. Cheney and Col. Wilder. 
Mr. Bunnell :—The Col. Cheney is a wedge-shaped and fine look- 
ing berry. 
Mr. Grimes :—We should guard against recommending varieties 
