158 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Delaware Fruit: flat, conical, irregular; size, medium; core, 



medium to large ; external color, crimson ; color of flesh, crimson ; 

 flavor, acid ; mid-season ; calyx, rather prominent ; texture, firm ; seeds, 

 yellow, prominent; quality, poor; shipping quality, very good. Blos- 

 som, perfect ; plant, medium in vigor ; foliage, medium ; runners, 

 medium ; rust, little. 



liather unproductive, but set some fine fruit of good color and 

 shipping quality. 



Dewey. — Fruit : long, conic ; size, medium large ; core, small, hard ; 

 external color, scarlet ; color of flesh, scarlet ; flavor, acid ; season, 

 medium ; calyx, medium ; texture, firm ; seeds, yellow, prominent ; 

 quality, fair ; shipping quality good. Blossom, perfect ; plant, fairly 

 vigorous ; foliage, medium green ; runners, medium ; rust, slight. 



Inclined to be deficient in vigor, and nothing of special merit to 

 recommend it. 



Bole. — Fruit: irregular, conical; size, medium large; core, me- 

 dium large ; external color, scarlet; color of flesh, light scarlet; flavor, 

 sweet; season, medium; calyx, medium; texture, rather soft; seeds, 

 yellow, imbedded ; qualit3% good ; shipping quality, poor. Blossom, 

 imperfect; plant, vigorous; foliage, good; rimners, many; rust, little. 



Unproductive ; possesses no special advantage over others. 



Drought King. — Fruit : round, conical, and irregular ; size, medium ; 

 core, slight, hard ; external color, scarlet ; color of flesh, whitish ; flavor, 

 very acid, sour; season, medium; calyx, medium ; texture, firm; seeds, 

 brownish, prominent ; quality, very good ; shipping quality, good. 

 Blossom, imperfect ; rust on 2)lant, slight. 



Unworthy of its name ; very poor. 



Oibson. — Fruit : flat, conical ; size, large to very large ; core, small, 

 hollow; external color, dark crimson; color of flesh, red throughout; 

 flavor, slightly acid ; season, medium ; calyx, medium large ; texture, 

 firm; seeds, yellow, prominent; quality, fair; shipping quality, good. 

 Blossom, perfect ; plant, fairly vigorous ; foliage, liealthy, vigorous ; 

 runners, few ; rust, slight. 



Unproductive here, but very fine fruit, and worthy of further trial. 



Gladstone. — Fruit: irregular, conic, like Glen Mar}'; size, large to 

 very large; core, hard; external color, scarlet; color of flesh, pinkish ; 

 flavor, acid; season, medium; calyx, loose medium; seeds, yellow, 

 imbedded; quality, fair; shipping quality, good. Blossom, perfect; 

 plant, vigorous ; foliage, large, medium green ; runners, numerous ; 

 rust, slight. 



Resembles Glen Mary closely. 



Ole7i Mary. — Fruit: irregular, conical; size, large; core, hard; 

 external color, crimson ; color of flesh, crimson ; flavor, acid ; season, 

 medium; calyx, medium; texture, firm; seeds, yellow, prominent; 

 (|uality, poor; shipping quality, good. Blossom, perfect; plant, very 

 vigorous; foliage, large, vigorous; runners, nunicx'ous ; rust, slight. 



