STRAWBERRIES. 



The strawbeiTj crop in Massachusetts, this season, has been much 

 smaller than for the past ten years. The causes that have contributed 

 to this failure are in part the cold, wet summer of 1888, which pro- 

 moted a late growth in which the fruit buds were not matured suffi- 

 ciently to withstand the winter, — the long, open winter in which the 

 plants were not well protected, and the continued wet weather of the 

 past spring preventing perfect fertilization. 



NEW VARIETIES. 



Many of the new varieties not previously fruited, produced some 

 fruit this season, and not having been as much injured in the 

 plots as in the field, we give the results in the following tables. 



For economy of space we have recorded the various qualities on 

 the scale of one to ten. One indicating the earliest blossoming and 

 ripening and the greatest perfection in quality, size and yield. 



Ada, 



Atlantic, 



Auger, 



Belmont, 



Beseck, 



Bidwell, 



Buback, 



Cardinal, 



Carmichael, 



Chas. Downing, 



Cohanzic, 



Cornelia, 



Corville's Early, 



Crescent, 



Crimson Cluster, 



Crystal City, 



Daisy, 



Daniel Boone, 



Emerald, 



Eva, 



Excelsior, 



Earns worth. 



Gaudy's Prize, 



Garrick's Seedling, 



Gold. 



Golden Defiance, 



Hampden, 



Oo 



M 



9 

 10 



7 

 9 



10 

 8 

 9 

 8 



10 



9 

 10 

 2 

 2 

 9 

 2 

 4 

 7 

 4 

 8 

 7 

 4 

 10 

 10 

 9 



10 

 6 



C £ 



3 



8 



2 



10 



4 

 7 

 G 

 5 



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