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foxiness; quality very good; season very early, ripening with Champion, 

 and hanging long on the vine without deterioration in attractiveness or 

 quality. It is also considered promising as a wine grape for the South. 



The vine is vigorous, short jointed, and very productive, and so far 

 a- toted distinctly resistant to cold, having endured 15 F. at 

 Denison, Tex., without injury. 



The specimen cluster illustrated on PL XXXVII is rather below 

 tiie characteristic size. It was grown in the vineyard of Prof. T. V. 

 Munson, at Denison, Tex., in 1903. 



CARDINAL STRAWBERRY. 



[PLATE XXXVIII.] 



Since Hoveygaveto the world his famous "Hovey Seedling" straw- 

 berry in 183-t, there has been an almost unbroken succession of new 

 sorts of this popular fruit. Differing widely as these varieties do in 

 their important characteristics, it is now very generally agreed among 

 fruit growers that no one variety has yet been produced or is likely 

 to be developed that will excel all others in all the qualities that go 

 to make up a desirable variet3 r . The highest flavor and adaptability to 

 culinary use are rarely found in the same sort, while ability^ to endure 

 shipment well is still less frequently encountered in productive sorts 

 of good color, size, and flavor. The varieties of greatest commercial 

 importance at present are doubtless those that combine in largest 

 degree fair size and productiveness with firm texture, attractive color, 

 symmetrical form, good flavor, opportune season of ripening, and 

 adaptability to a wide range of climatic conditions. 



One of the most promising of the recently originated varieties that 

 are now being tested in various sections is the Cardinal, which is 

 illustrated in PL XXXVIII. This variety traces to one of a number 

 of seedlings discovered by Mr. George <L Streator, of Garrettsville, 

 Ohio, in 1896, in a portion of his vegetable garden where strawberries 

 had previously been grown. These little seedling plants were carefully 

 transplanted to a location where they could be brought into fruiting, 

 and were held under observation for two years. The one afterward 

 named ""Cardinal" was from the start noticeably superior to the others 

 in vigor of growth and healthiness of foliage, and when fruited was 

 found to yield a good crop of very desirable berries. After several 

 years of observation of its behavior, the originator secured plants of 

 about 40 leading varieties and planted a trial bed for comparison, in 

 which the Cardinal was found by capable judges in 1903 to surpass 

 them all in vigor, productiveness, and other important market qual- 

 ities on the clay loam soil in Portage County, Ohio, where the test was 

 made. It is considered well worthy of testing by commercial growers 

 throughout the country. 



