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CJTKAWBEKKIES. 



Varieties. The varieties vary much in size, color, and qual- 

 ity of the fruit and vigor, productiveness and hardiness of the 

 plants. The flowers also vary, as has been mentioned under the 

 head of "sexuality of the flowers." There are now probably over 

 a hundred varieties catalogued by nurserymen, and new varieties 

 are brought out each year, but of the new kinds that we have tried 

 probably not one in twenty -five has been worth the keeping. It is 

 well not to pay a high price for plants. The new kihds, if good, 

 are soon offered at reasonable figures. As a rule it is not necessary 

 to pay over twenty-five cents per dozen, or one dollar per hundred 

 for plants. In quantities of five hundred or more they can be 

 bought at much less cost. About two hundred plants, if well set 

 out and cared for, will give all the fruit needed by the ordinary 

 family. 



WARFIELD. Probably the most popular berry grown. Blos- 

 soms, pistillate ; plant healthy, a strong grower, producing a great 

 quantity of runners, and is very fruitful. The fruit ripens very 

 early, is of good size, dark red and firm, but not sweet or very large. 

 A good variety to ship. 



HAVBRLAND. A popular productive variety, having pistillate 

 flowers. The fruit is of the best quality but not very firm, unless 

 it is picked before it is fully colored ; a valuable variety for home 

 use or near market. Not quite as early as the Warfield. Needs 

 special care in mulching to keep the fruit clean, as it ripens close 

 to the ground. Very healthy. 



CRESCENT. For many years this variety has been very popu- 

 lar, but the Haverland and Warned are generally supplanting it on 

 account of their being more ^reductive. Fairly productive, vigor- 

 ous, healthy, early. Berries of medium size, bright red, firm, quite 

 acid. A good shipping kind and largely planted. Flowers pistillate. 



JESSIE. A bi-sexual variety. The fruit is very excellent and 

 it is a fairly good pollenizer for most kinds, but it is a little more 

 liable to be injured when in blossom than many varieties. 



CAPTAIN JACK. Flowers bi-sexual. An excellent variety. For- 

 merly very healthy and widely grown, but for a few years past has 

 blighted badly. It should be treated with some fungicide to pre- 

 serve the foliage. 



BEDER WOOD. An exceedingly promising bi-sexual variety 

 that has not yet been widely tried. 



MICHAEL'S EARLY A strong grower, producing lots of pollen, 

 but rather inferior as a fruit producer. We think it one of the 

 very best for producing pollen to fertilize other kinds. Verv 

 healthy. Bi-sexual flowers. 



WILSON. One of the oldest varieties in cultivation, and where 

 healthy is still a most excellent pollenizer. It is, however, some- 

 what fickle about its location. 



Other varieties of considerable merit are of pistillate kinds 

 Bubach, Princes, and Gandy, a very late variety, with bi-sexual 

 flowers. 



