162 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



McKinley. — Fruit: irregular, long, flat; size, large to very large ; 

 core, slight; external color, dark scarlet; color of flesh, light scarlet; 

 flavor, insiijid ; season, medium; calyx, loose, large, pi'ominent; tex- 

 ture, rather soft; seeds, golden, imbedded; quality, fair; shipping 

 quality, fair. Blossom, perfect; plant, vigorous; foliage, vigorous; 

 runners, fair ; rust, slight. 



Greatest fault is soft fruit and uneven ripening ; similar to Meggansett 

 Dew Drop. 



Mead's Seedling. — Fruit: round, conic; size, medium large to 

 large ; core, slight ; external color, scarlet ; color of flesh, scarlet ; 

 flavor, sub-acid ; season, medium ; calyx, medium, loose ; texture, 

 medium; seeds, yellow; quality, fair; shipping qiiality, fair or rather 

 poor. Blossom, jierfeet ; plant, vigorous ; foliage, medium dark ; 

 runners, numerous ; rust, sliglit. 



Originated by II. O. Mead of Lunenliurg, Mass. Inclined to l)ecome 

 soft on standing. 



Meg(/a7isett Dew Droj). — Fruit: long, irregular, conical; size, large 

 to very large ; core, slight ; external color, scarlet ; color of flesh, 

 whitish; flavor, insipid; season, early to medium; calyx, loose; tex- 

 ture, medium fine ; seeds, yellow, imbedded ; quality, fair ; shipping 

 qviality, fair. Blossom, perfect; plant, very vigorous; foliage, dark; 

 runners, numerous; rust, none. 



General tendency to color unevenly, and rather soft for shipjMng ; 

 resembles McKinlej- somewhat; productive. 



Morgan. — Fruit: long, flattish ; size, large to very large; core, 

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

 insipid; season, medium early; calyx, large, rather loose; texture, 

 medium firm ; seeds, yellow, prominent ; quality, fair ; shipi)ing qual- 

 ity, fair. Blossom, perfect ; plant, vigorous ; foliage, medium dark ; 

 runners, numerous ; mist, slight. 



Greatest fault is general tendency to color unevenly ; productive. 



Nettie. — Fruit: long, irregular, conic; size, very large; core, 

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

 season, late ; calyx, loose, large ; texture, firm ; seeds, yellow, im- 

 bedded ; quality, fair ; shipping quality, fair. Blossom, imperfect ; 

 plant, vigorous; foliage, dark, large; runners, fair; rust, slight. 



Appears to be a promising late variety, where size and appearance 

 count ; fancy. 



New York. — Fruit: long, iiTcgular, conic; size, large; core, me- 

 dium; external color, scarlet; color of flesh, light scarlet; flavor, in- 

 sipid ; calyx, medium loose ; texture, medium firm ; seeds, imbedded ; 

 quality, fair ; shipping quality, fair. Blossom, perfect; plant, vigor- 

 ous ; foliage, fair ; rust, slight. 



Inclined to be too light colored, otherwise a jjrochK'fne fancy berry. 



Nick Ohrner. — Fruit : roundish ; size, large ; core, slight ; external 

 color, scarlet ; color of flesh, whitish ; flavor, sweetish ; season, medium ; 

 palyx, medium, rather loose ; texture, firm; seeds, imbedded ; ([uallty, 



