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sou, medium ; c:il\x, uieiliuui loose ; texture, uiecUuiu ; seeds, yellow, 

 imbedded; quality, fair; shipping quality, fair. Hlossom, perfect; 

 plant, vigorous ; foliage, good ; runners, numerous ; rust, none. 



A valual)le home variety. 



Bubdvli. — Fruit : flat, conical ; size, large ; core, hollow ; external 

 color, dark scarlet ; color of flesh, scarlet ; flavor, insipid ; season, 

 early to medium ; calyx, medium ; texture, medium ; seeds, greenish, 

 jirominent; quality, fair; shipping quality, fair. Blossom, perfect; 

 jtlant, deficient in vigor; foliage, medium dark, medium large; run- 

 ners, medium ; rust, slight. 



Deficient in vigor, and, like the Marshall, succeeds only in favored 

 localities, where one can get a fine healthy stock of plants. 



Bui^h Vluster. — Fruit: usually conical; size, medium large; core, 

 slight; external color, scarlet; color of flesh, light scarlet; flavor, 

 acid ; season, medium ; calyx, medium loose ; texture, medium ; seeds, 

 imbedded ; quality, poor ; shipping quality, fair. Blossom, imperfect ; 

 plant, fairly vigorous ; foliage, large, medium dark ; runners, numer- 

 ous ; rust, slight. 



A disappointment in all respects. 



Clyde. — Fruit: irregular, conic; size, large to very large; core, 

 slight ; external color, scarlet ; color of flesh, scarlet ; flavor, sub-acid ; 

 season, early ; calyx, loose, large ; texture, medium ; seeds, imbedded ; 

 quality, fair ; shipping quality, fair. Blossom, perfect ; plant, deficient 

 in vigor; foliage, medium, large, light; runners, very numerous; 

 rust, slight. 



Extremely productive, and tends to set more fruit than it is capable 

 of maturing; somewhat su])ject to disease. 



Cobden Queen. — Fruit : I'ound, irregular, conic ; size, medium large ; 

 external color, dark scarlet ; color of flesh, scarlet ; flavor, acid ; sea- 

 son, medium ; calyx, medium ; texture, firm ; seeds, prominent out- 

 side ; quality, good; ship^jing quality, good. Blossoms, rather few, 

 imperfect ; runners, numerous ; rust, slight. 



Foliage unhealthy ; fruit seedy. 



Corsica?i. — Fruit: round to roundish, conic; size, medium; core, 

 slightly hollow ; external color, scarlet ; color of flesh, pinkish : flavor, 

 insipid ; season, early to medium early ; calyx, medium ; texture, soft; 

 seeds, yellow, outside; quality, fair; shipping quality, poor. Blos- 

 som, perfect; plant, vigorous; foliage, inclined to discolor; nmners, 

 fair; rust, slight. 



Too soft for commercial use ; always a disappointment here. 



Darling. — Fruit: round, conic ; size, medium; core, medium ; ex- 

 ternal color, scarlet; color of flesh, light scarlet; flavor, insipid; 

 season, medium; calyx, medium; texture, medium; seeds, yellow, 

 prominent ; quality, fair. Blossom, perfect ; plant, deficient in vigor ; 

 rust, slight. 



Too poor for commercial use. 



