216 THE STRAWBERRY IN NORTH AMERICA 



which was said to have been produced from seed of the 

 native Iowa strawberry, and its seedUng, Charles Down- 

 ing, were strong rivals of the Wilson between 1865 and 

 1890. Kentucky was a standard late sort before the 

 introduction of the Gandy. No man contributed more to 

 North American strawberry culture, as measured by com- 

 mercial results, than J. S. Downer, with the exception of 

 James Wilson. 



List of breeders, 1854-1900. — These three were the out- 

 standing names in strawberry breeding between 1854 

 and 1900, but many other men contributed valuable 

 varieties during that period. The following list includes 

 some of these, together with the names and dates of the 

 introduction of the varieties by which they will be 

 remembered. 



P. M. Augur & Sons, Middlefield, Connecticut, Jewell (1885). 

 James Stayman, Leavenworth, Kansas, Clyde (1890). 

 J. C. Bauer, Judsonia, Arkansas, Bismarck (1895). 

 Charles Arnold, Paris, Ontario, Maggie (1881), Alpha (1890). 



E. W. Cruse, Leavenworth, Kansas, Aroma (1892), Cyclone 



(1894). 



J. F. Beaver, Dayton, Ohio, Margaret (1896), Kitty Rice (1896), 

 Nich Ohmer (1898). 



Mark T. Thompson, Lakewood, Ohio (later of Rio Vista, Vir- 

 ginia), Carrie (1894), Mark Hanna (1898). 



WiUiam Parry, Parry, New Jersey, Parry (1885). 



H. H. Alley, Hilton, New Jersey, Mary (1894). 



M. H. Ridgeway, Wabash, Indiana, Ridgeway (1897). 



J. K. Sharpless, Catawissa, Pennsylvania, Sharpless (1877). 



W. S. Gandy, Newport, New Jersey, Gandy (1888). 



James Ninon, Denison, Texas, Parker Earle (1889). 



R. L. Cloud, Independence, Louisiana, Klondike (1900). 



J. R. Reasoner, Urbana, Illinois, Dunlap (1900). 



John Little, Granton, Ontario, Woolverton (1891). 



Henry Young, Ada, Ohio, Enhance (1887). 



B. O. Curtis, Paris, Illinois, Enormous (1895). 



George Townsend, Gordon, Ohio, Frances Cleveland (1885). 



F. W. Loudon, Janesville, Wisconsin, Jessie (1886). 



