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No. HI'). "Earliest rink." This variety was true to name in 

 yielding a pink fmit, but it did not produce them 

 very early or in great abundance. 



No. 21<!. '-Hubert's Marv-el." In this variety there was sugges- 

 tion of lack of fixity of type. The plants were only 

 i>i fair size and the fruit was usually imder the de- 

 sired size. 



No. 217. "•June Pink." This sort has earliness as its leading 

 quality. The record for July 7th shows the first 

 ripe fruit. Upon the 11th of September the record 

 is that the variety is not very desirable. 



No. 21S. '^Jerrard's New." The plants were of medium size 

 and matured their fruits among the first of all. 

 Other than earliness, the variety has no great merit. 



No. 21!>. '•Greater Baltimore." For some unknown reason, the 

 })lants of this novelty were lacking in vigor and did 

 not do well. An improvement was noted later in 

 the season, when a fair crop of good-sized fruits was 

 produced. 



The "Puget Sound Special" (211), grown last year 

 from seed obtained from the Northwest, was given a 

 second trial from home-grown seed, but, as before, 

 the plants (of dwarf type) were not desirable. 



Notes Upon Some of the Leading Crosses. 

 The 'Magnerosa." 



The "]\Iagiierosa" Avas grown in considerable quantity during 

 the season of 1906 and in the following combinations of the parent 

 sorts: 75/103, 75//75/103, 75/103//75 and 75/103 //103. 



The fractions indicate that 75, which is the record number for 

 **:^^agnus" — a standard, coarse-leaved, pink-fruited variety — was 

 crossed upon 103, the number for "Ponderosa," a standard, fine- 

 leaved, i)ink-fruited sort. The original cross, made in 1903, has 

 been grovAni each year from selected plants, both in the field and 

 gr«'nhouse, thus getting two crops a year, until a fair degree of 

 uniformity is obtained. The second fraction indicates that the 

 **:Nra,!rnus" has been bred to the cross just mentioned, so that the 

 <.ffspring of 75//75/103 may be said to be three-quarters "Mag- 



