The Canadian Horticulturist. 5 



The above have done the best this year ; but there are other varieties, that 

 under other conditions would be quite as profitable as many of the above. 

 This has been a very exceptional year in strawberry growing, from two causes ; 

 first, the week of hard frost in blooming time, and then the ver)' hot and dr)' 

 season when the fruit was maturing. So it would be hardly fair to take the 

 results of this year as a criterion of what the various varieties are able to do. 

 Some of the kinds, that in an average year are among the best, this year were 

 caught at a most critical time in their blooming, and did not recover. Some of 

 the kinds sent up a full second set of fruit stalks, notably among these was the 

 Clyde. I think this is the coming variety for Ontario as a market berry. 



Fig. 881.- -Some Shapes of thk Bellk. 



I have the report of thirty strawberr)- expert? as to the five best sorts for 

 market purposes — these were all scattered over the United States and Canada. 

 Twenty of them name Bubach ; 15 of them name Warfield; 13 name Haver- 

 land ; II name Lovett : 10 Parker Earle : 9 Crescent; 7 Greenville; 6 

 Timbrell ; 4 Gandy ; 3 Van Deman ; 3 Saunders. These seem to be the 

 most popular sorts that have been generally disseminated : therefore, one com- 

 mencing to grow for market could not go far wrong if he planted the five which 

 received the most votes, viz. : Bubach, Warfield, Haverland, Lovett and Parker 

 Earle. 



I should place Woolverton and Saunders before Lovett ; and Greenville in 

 place of Parker Earle ; and I should put Clyde among the first three ; but, of 

 course, Clyde was not grown by any of the thirty voting on the five best market 

 sorts, as it is only offered for sale for the first time this fall, although I have 

 fruited it for three seasons. 



Some growers make little or no distinction between the kinds intended for 

 market and those for the table. I think this distinction should be made, 

 because it is very seldom that the finest flavored varieties will produce the most 

 boxes or get to market in the best condition. 



The variety that is best for the table, may be of poor color (/. c. Timbrell) 

 and a light yielder (/'. e. Gillespie), or poor in firmness. 



