STRAWBERRY TESTS AT GUELPH. 



Varieties. 



1 Van Deman . . . 



2 Bessie 



3 Shuster's Gem. 



4 Michel's Early. 



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Rio.. 



Haverland 



Ona 



Smith's Seedling 

 Beauty 



Sex. 



Date of first Yield before 

 picking. July 1st. 



Ounces. 



B Ijone 2a 136 75 



B j " 23 73.25 



P " 26 68.25 



B " 23 65.75 



B " 23 61.25 



P ' " 23. ... 55 50 



P •' 26 .... 50.130 



B " 26 47.50 



B " 26 46.50 



Late Varieties. 



In the following list is given a few of these varieties giving the largest late 

 yield, ranked according to their yield after July 12th. 



Varieties. 



tfl 



Sex. 



Date of last 

 packing. 



1 Dominion .... B 



2 Equinox B 



3 Prince of Berries I B 



4 Scarlet Ball P 



Batch Expt. Stn. 24 1 B 



6 Belle (Crawford's 51) i B 



Princeton Chief P 



Edith P 



22. 

 22 

 22. 

 22. 

 20.. 



Yield after 

 July 12th. 



Ounces. 

 87.75 

 68.00 

 55.50 

 51.50 

 47.25 

 46.75 

 45.50 

 40.50 



Total yield. 



Ounces. 

 217.75 

 121.25 

 192.50 

 113.75 

 151.50 

 158.50 

 173 00 

 97.75 



Rank for 

 total 

 yield. 



11 



74 

 19 

 81 

 45 

 36 

 25 

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Large Berries. 



In the following list is given a few of these varieties bearing the largest berries, 

 ranked according to the size of the berries. 



Varieties. 



Edith 



Wm. Belt.. 

 VN'oolverton 



Mary 



Ruby 



Weight of 



50 average 



berries. 



23 50 

 16.75 

 16.00 

 15 50 

 14.50 



Firmness. 



F 

 F 

 M 

 M 

 F 



Bank for 

 total yield. 



97 



114 

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The accompanying photographs are 

 cases from medium sized berries. 



all natural size, and are taken in most 



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