STRAWBERRIES IN RENFREW. 



Sir, — Seeing the articles in last 

 month's Horticulturist, I notice two 

 articles from Prof. Hutt of O. A. C, 

 Guelph, re strawberries. And as I 

 fruited forty varieties this season, a few 

 notes of my experience may also be of 

 some interest to your readers. 



For very early Van Deman easily 

 leads on my ground, followed by War- 

 field and Haverland. The two latter 

 varieties bore immense crops of very 

 nice fruit, closely upon these came the 

 Clyde which bore some immense berries 

 and some very small ones and continued 

 in bearing a long time, but it is of 

 such a light color as to be unattractive 

 in appearance ; yet, I believe it is 

 destined to be extensively planted on 

 account of productiveness and size of 

 many of the fruits. Beder Wood also 

 did well. The old Crescent did fairly 

 well as to productiveness, but the berries 

 were not to be compared with those of 

 many other varieties. Greenville bore 

 an immense crop of very large berries, 

 but are too soft for distant shipment. 

 Bubach did well and still holds a warm 

 place in my horticultural affection ; also 

 Williams, and when it is fully ripe is 

 very nice, but unless fully ripe the 

 green tips seriously affect its eating 

 quality. Ponderosa bore a fine crop. 

 I am somewhat afraid Salyer's Ever- 

 bearing with me is the Haverland, the 

 fruits is almost identical, but fruit on 

 Haverland's was slightly larger and later 

 in ripening and plant was more vigorous, 

 and the row supposed to be Salyer's 

 was more productive, in fact, I believe 

 it bore the most fruit of any kind on 

 my ground ; I am not decided but that 

 different location on my grounds caus- 

 ed the difference in the two varieties. 

 It came highly recommended from an 

 American nurseryman who guaranteed 



his stock true to name, but I fear he has 

 blundered. It at least has not been 

 everbearing with me. If any of your 

 readers have fruited the Salyer's Ever- 

 bearing I would like to hear his experi- 

 ence with it. Wm. Belt bore a fine crop 

 of very nice fruit, many being very large 

 but somewhat irregular in shape Splen- 

 did did fairly well but was not quite up 

 to the mark for productiveness this 

 year. Aroma bore a fair crop of very 

 fine berries of perfect form and color. 



Parker Earle bore only a fair crop. 

 Mary bore a fair crop of extremely large 

 berries, several measuring from six to 

 seven inches in circumference. Brandy- 

 wine has not been a great success ex- 

 cept as a pollenizer for midseason pisti- 

 lates. Enormous pleased me most of 

 any variety on my ground. It began 

 ripening about midseason and con- 

 tinued till the last, and such berries, I 

 have repeatedly filled a basket with from 

 eighteen to twenty berries, and such 

 pretty berries. They are a very beauti- 

 ful glossy light red, very attractive, and 

 the berry has quite a long neck that 

 facilitates the cleaning very much. I 

 sold them for lo cents a basket, when 

 such berries as Crescent and Wilson 

 would only bring me 6^, and it was 

 even more productive than Crescent 

 with me. If it does as well next year 

 I will plant more of it than any other. 

 I do not wish to overpraise any variety, 

 but really the Enormous delighted me 

 this year. Brunette bore a small crop 

 of most deliciously flavored berries. 



Royal Sovereign and Gandy were the 

 last to ripen, but both were so unpro- 

 ductive as to be unprofitable. Dew 

 bore a fair crop of very small sour 

 berries. Bouncer bore a small crop of 

 fair sized, sour, seedy berries. Do not 

 know why this variety or the Dew were 



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