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of growth aud from experiment station reports, should judge it to 

 be a good companion for the Crescent in field culture, as it blossoms 

 at the same time and produces a grea^ amount of pollen. As aru'e 

 the hermaphrodite varieties are not so productive as the [)istillates. 

 1 have known many failures among farmers in fruiting a fine bed 

 of plants simply because they were a pistillate sort and no perfect 

 flowering variet}' near. So after repeated failure they became dis- 

 couraged. Several such instances have come to my notice the past 

 year. 



This is a point in the botany of flowers that farmers especially 

 need to know, for many failures in crops may be traced directly to 

 it. 



LIST OF VARIETIES. 



IlermaphrocUte^-WWson, Sharpless, Jesse, Downing, Michel's 

 Early, Gaudy, Parker Earle, Bidwell, Belmont, May King, and 

 Miner's Prolific. 



PistiUatH — Crescent, Bubach, Warfield, Farnsworth, Eureka, 

 Manchester, and Middlefield. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIFS. 



Bubach : Makes runners slowly, but sets strong stocky plants. 

 Fruit deep scarlet, average large. A very promising variety but 

 rather soft for long shipment. Season late. 



Wilson, Downing, Miner's and Manchester with me are more 

 subject to leaf blight than any others. This weakens the plant so 

 they do not mature a iull crop and the fruit is dry and inferior. 

 Some seasons when they are not affected I hey give a arood crop of 

 fine fruit especially the Wilson. Its firmness makes it a very 

 superior berry for canning. 



Sharpless : This is one of the strong-growing healthy sorts and 

 with me takes the lead in size of fruit. It is inclined to green 

 tips some seasons but not always. For best results it needs a deep, 

 rich soil and plants not too thickly set. 



Jesse: A seedling from Sharpless. It resembles its parent in 

 growth and size of fruit. It also needs a rich soil and then is only 

 moderately productive. But the fruit is supurb in color, size and 

 quality. Very healthy. 



Eureka : This is a vigorous growing plant, not very stocky. 

 Makes runners freely. Fruit bright red color and attractive. The 

 past season it was troubled with leaf blight to some extent. 



