STRAWBERRY TESTS AT GUELPH. 



VARIETIES OF STRAWBERRIES UNDER TEST. — 6'c7t/»<M?rf. 



Varieties. 



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Timbreli 



Anna Forrest . .. 



Gillespie 



Jessie 



Beauty 



Crescent 



Gov. Hoard 



Jersey Queen . . . 

 Parker Earle .... 

 Oberholtzer's No. 2 

 Lady Rnsk ... 



Greenville 



Kossuth 





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3 May 24. 

 6 „ 18. 



21. 

 21. 

 18. 

 18. 

 21. 



6 June 3. 

 8 May 15. 



7 June 2. 

 5 May 21. 



8 .. 25. 

 3 .. 14. 



July 3. 

 June 28. 



.. 26. 



„ 28. 



.. 26. 



.. 28. 



2 28. 

 July 3. 

 June 23. 

 July 7. 

 1. 

 .3. 

 June 28. 



G R 



G R 



L S 



D R 



B S 



S 



L S 



L S 



D C 



L R 



D C 



D R 



D C 



ounces 



11.50 



13.50 



11.75 



13.50 



13.50 



6.50 



6.00 



12.50 



8.50 



9.25 



In column two is given the relative 

 positions of those varieties fruited in 

 1896 which had a full or nearly full 

 stand of plants. The great change in 

 position of many of these shows very 

 clearly how little value should be placed 

 upon the results of but a single test. It 

 is only by the average of a number of 

 trials that we can arrive at a reliable 

 estimate of the value of a variety. 



By the term " vigor of growth " is 

 meant the ability of the plant to send 

 out runners and make a full matted row. 

 On ordinary soils the most vigorous 

 varieties, graded ten, might well be 

 planted two feet apart in the row and 

 make a full matted row. 



Strawberry rust {Sp/u^rella fragarioe) 

 may be prevented or held in check by 

 spraying with the Bordeaux mixture ; 

 but in our experimental plots the plants 

 were not treated, our purpose being to 

 find out the susceptibility of the differ- 

 ent varieties to the disease. By refer- 

 ence to column b it will be seen that 

 many of the most productive varieties 

 are the most susceptible 10 it. 



The date of bloom, as noted in column 

 8, should be carefully noted by planters 

 who wish to select bisexual varieties to 



fertilize the bloom of pistillates. The 

 former should, if possible, be a little 

 earlier than the latter, to insure the fer- 

 tilization of all early blossoms. 



The yields are recorded in ounces, 

 this having been found to be the most 

 accurate method of recording results. 

 The yield in boxes may be approxi- 

 mately ascertained by reckoning sixteen 

 ounces to a box. 



The abreviations under the heading 

 '■''Firmness'' are : — F., firm ; V. F., very 

 firm ; M , medium ; S., soft ; V. S., very 

 soft. 



Those under the heading " Color " 

 are : R. red, S scarlet, C. crimson, and 

 the qualifying adjectives, L. light, D. 

 dark. 



The comparative size of the berries of 

 the different varieties can be most ac- 

 curately recorded by giving the weight 

 of fifty averaged-sized berries. To 

 ascertain the point, the weighing of 

 each variety was made at its midseason 

 for fruiting, that is at its fourth or fifth 

 picking 



EARLY VARIETIES. 



In the following list is given a few of 

 those varieties giving the largest early 

 yield, ranked according to their yield 

 for the first week ending July ist. 



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