358 SUCCESS WITH SMALL FRUITS. 



and was selected as the best result obtained from many 

 thousand seedlings in thirty years of continual experiment- 

 ing." Staminate. 



Pioneer. — Plant vigorous ; foliage light green, tall ; leaf- 

 stalk downy ; truss 5 to 7 inches ; berry scarlet, necked, 

 dry, sweet, perfumed ; flesh pink, only moderately firm ; 

 flavor of the best ; calyx close to spreading ; season early. 

 This seems to me the best of all Mr. Durand's new varieties 

 that I have seen, and it is very good indeed. The foliage 

 dies down during the winter, but the root sends up a new, 

 strong growth, which, I fear, will burn in the South and on 

 light soils. Staminate. 



Prouty's Seedliyig. — Plant not very vigorous ; leaf-stalk 

 very smooth ; truss 3 to 5 inches ; berry bright scarlet, 

 glossy, very long conical ; flesh pink, firm ; flavor fair ; 

 calyx close. Very productive, but the plant does not seem 

 vigorous enough to mature the enormous quantity of fruit 

 that forms. With high culture on heavy soil, I think it 

 might be made very profitable. Staminate. 



Panic. — Mr. W. H. Coleman, of Geneva, writes me that 

 this variety promises remarkably well in his region, but on 

 my ground it burns so badly as to be valueless. It is a 

 long, conical berry, very firm and of good flavor. Staminate. 



Red Jacket. — Early, high-flavored, with a rich subacid, 

 suggesting the wild berry in taste and aroma ; of good size, 

 round, dark crimson. Plant vigorous ; a promising new 

 variety. Staminate. 



Russell's Advance. — A fine-flavored, early variety, but the 

 plant proves not sufficiently vigorous and productiv^e to 

 compete with other early berries already described. Stam- 

 inate. 



Russeirs Prolific, — A fine, large berry, deservedly popular 

 a few years since. It has yielded splendid fruit on my 



