164 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



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

 insiijid ; season, early to medium ; calyx, medium loose ; texture, me- 

 dium ; seeds, imbedded ; quality, fair ; shipping quality, fair. Blos- 

 som, full, perfect; plant, fairly vigorous; foliage, fair; runners, 

 numerous ; rust, slight. 



Averages favoral^ly with the commercial sorts. 



Porlo Rico. — Fruit: long, conical, small neck; size, medium large ; 

 core, slight ; external color, crimson ; color of flesh, light crimson ; 

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

 Arm ; seeds, Ijrownish ; quality, good ; shipping (juality, very good. 

 Blossoms, medium in number, imperfect ; plant, fairly vigorous ; 

 foliage, fair ; runners, average, or below ; rust, slight. 



Parker Earle type ; productive, and worthy of more extended trial. 



Premium. — Fruit: conical; size, medium large ; core, slight ; exter- 

 nal color, scarlet ; color of flesh, scarlet ; flavor, acid ; season, early to 

 medium; calyx, medium; texture, firm; seeds, imbedded; quality, 

 rather jjoor; shipping quality, good. Blossom, imperfect; jjlant, 

 fairly vigorous ; foliage, medium dark ; runners, numerous ; rust, 

 slight. 



Good average berry, l)ut inclined to run small by mid-season. 



Pride of Cumberland. — Fruit: round, conic; size, medium large; 

 core, slight; external color, light crimson ; color of flesh, light crim- 

 son ; flavor, sub-acid ; mid-season ; calyx, medium loose ; texture, very 

 firm ; seeds, yellow, jirotruding ; quality, very good ; shijjping quality, 

 very good. Blossoms, medium in number, perfect; j^lant, fairly vig- 

 orous ; foliage, fair; runners, comijaratively few; rust, slight. 



Not A^ery productive on our soil, but otherwise a good commercial 

 berry. 



Putticwi's Seedling X. — Fruit: round, conic; size, large; core, me- 

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

 son, late ; calyx, large ; texture, very firm ; seeds, yellow, slightly 

 imbedded; quality, good; shipjjing quality, A'ery good. Blossom, 

 vigorous, imperfect ; plant, has good vigor; foliage, medium; runners, 

 average ; rust, slight. 



Fine, firm, regular late berry. 



Pochcsier. — Fruit: irregular, conic; size, medium large; core, 

 slight; external color, crimson; color of flesh, crimson; flavor, sweet; 

 season, medium ; calyx, medium ; texture, firm ; seeds, yellow, pro- 

 truding ; quality, poor ; shiijping quality, good. Blossoms, many, per- 

 fect; i)lant, fairl}' vigorous; foliage, medium; runners, numerous; 

 rust, sliglit. 



Not to be recommended for commercial planting, from its behavior 

 on our gromids. 



Roiujh liidcr. — Fruit: irregular; size, medium large; core, liard; 

 external color, crimson ; color of flesh, crimson ; flavor, acid ; mid- 

 season ; calyx, rather loose, medium; texture, firm; seeds, yellow, 

 imbedded ; quality, rather poor ; shipjjing quality, good. Blossoms, 



