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West. The Sharpless is the most widely grown; the Monarch shows 

 better size and color in southern California and on the Sierra foothills 

 than in the regions adjacent to San Francisco, although it is still grown 

 therein to some extent. The Longworth is an old favorite, early, pro- 

 ductive and hardy, and its style has become very popular in the markets. 

 Wilson's Albany also holds favor. 



It has been demonstrated that varieties show marked difference in 

 behavior in different soils and situations. In planting for market or 

 home use the planter will be safer in making his largest plantations of 

 the varieties commended by leading growers and well informed nursery- 

 men, and at the same time he should put out experimental plants of 

 other varieties. 



The most notable work for new varieties in California is being 

 pursued by Albert F. Etter, of Briceland, Humboldt County. He is 

 crossing cultivated varieties with local wild species and is thus in- 

 troducing factors not employed hitherto with results which promise 

 to be notable. His first named variety is Rose Ettersburg, which is 

 a cross of a third generation Sharpless x Parry with a novel type 

 of Fragaria Chiloensis. It has remarkable drouth resistance and 

 thrift on poor soils. The blossoms are often as large as a silver 

 dollar, the berries large, often \y 2 inches in diameter, and bluish 

 pink in color. Single stocks from sets 18 months out measured 22 

 inches high and over 10 feet in circumference. Mr. Etter's work is 

 described in detail in the Pacific Rural Press for August 22 and 29 

 and September 5 and 19, 1908 ; May 18, October 5 and November 2, 

 1912, and is very interesting. The variety, Ettersburg No. 80, was 

 distributed by this journal in February, 1913, and has already dis- 

 closed very important characteristics. 



