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fruit business to designate the smaller fruits by name, as it is 
the larger ones. 
Vice-President Wedge: What variety of strawberries do you 
prefer? 
“Mr. Thayer: In my opinion the Warfield No. 2 is the best 
berry. 
A member: Name the five best varieties for market pur- 
poses? : 
Mr. Thayer: Well, to start with, I will tell you that you are 
asking a good deal. Situated as I am in Wisconsin, with no 
home market, my aim is to select the berry which is nice look- 
ing and firm. That is the berry that gets there in good condi- 
tion, and takes the public eye. That is why I believe in the 
Warfield as being the best berry for shipping to a far market. 
I have used the Jessie as a pollenizer, but its shipping gualities 
are notso good, unless itis shipped before it turns red very much, 
For near markets there are the Bubach and Haverland. The 
Crescent is an old standard for near market, and I have found 
it a good berry. If I were to select for myself I would take the 
Warfield, Jessie, Bubach and Haverland, and like everybody 
else I am skirmishing around to find a good pollenizer. We 
have a fine pollenizer in Michel’s Early. I am quite well 
pleased with the Sandoval. I think that makes a very good 
combination when used with the Warfield. I have tried the 
Candia, andit does pretty well. While the quality of the berry 
and its yield are not satisfactory, still, it gives us a few at the 
last of the season, that are very attractive and nice. I have 
found it hard to get a staminate variety that is as prolific as the 
pistillate. 
.Mr. Cutts: How do you find the Bubach for market? 
Mr. Thayer: The Bubach is a very nice berry for market. 
Mr. Barrett: Have you ever observed any difference in the 
hardiness of the staminate and pistillate varieties? 
Mr. Thayer: That is one great advantage of the Warfield, 
and one great objection to the Jessie.. It is not so much in the 
flower itself as in the way it grows. The Jessie gives us a 
large, beautiful flower, standing clear above the foliage, and it 
is just in time to catch any frost that comes along. The War- 
field, on the contrary, has a little delicate blossom that hides 
under the foliage and is protected by it from the frost. 
Mr. Keel: Itis just about like the Crescent in that respect. 
Mr. Brackett: What do you use for covering in the winter 
for your strawberries ? 
