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27, it bore regularly and well. The fruits were very smooth and 

 attractive. A very good variety. 



No. 89. Maule's 1900 (Maule). Vines — Branches long, many 

 heavy, foliage quite dense. Fruit — Set heavil3^ Fruits large and 

 quite smooth. Considerable rot. Quite a good variety. 



No. 90. Maule's Earliest (Maule). Yines — Branches short, 

 somewhat tree-like, foliage medium. Fruit — Setting fair. This 

 was one of the earliest varieties, not only as to first ripe fruits 

 but there was quite a considerable yield from the time it began 

 ripening. Form fair. A good early variety. Scarcely any rot. 



No. 91. White Excelsior (Maule). Yines — Branches very 

 long, many, foliage medium. Fruit — Well set. Not an early vari- 

 ety. Showed up well toward end of season. Fruits very smooth 

 and good shape. Quite a large amount of fruit on the vines 

 September 28. Some rot. A good variety. 



No. 92. The Quicksure (Johnston & Stokes). Yines — 

 Branches short, rather few, foliage medium. Fruit — Very heavy 

 setting. This variety bore very heavily this j^ear, especially for 

 the amount of vine. The foliage and vines are so scattering that 

 the sun gets in well, causing the fruits to ripen quickly, and 

 also making the picking easier. Bore w^ell from start to finish. 

 Short stems would admit of close planting. Scarcely any rot. 

 One of the best this season. 



No. 93. Spark's Earliana (Johnston & Stokes). Yines — 

 Branches short, few. Eesembles the Quicksure. Fruit — A fair 

 setting. Very much like the Quicksure; not as heavy yielder 

 and not quite so early. Very little rot. Very good. Could be 

 set quite close. 



No. 94. Diadem (Gregory). Yines — Branches long, thick, 

 foliage heav3^ Fruit — Setting fair, not large but quite regular, 

 peculiar in being striped with j-ellow. Did not show up very 

 well. 



No. 95. Potomac (Gregory). Yines — Branches long, many, 

 foliage medium. Fruit — Setting fair. Quite a good yielder. 

 Fruits not very large. Some rot. Fairly good. 



Fruit Calendar for 1900. 



The past season has been marked with a bounteous fruit crop. 

 Nearly all kinds of fruit were plentiful. The strawberry crop, 

 as well as other small fruits, was much shortened by the drought, 

 but the orchard fruits were generally good. The early spring 

 was favorable and a large proportion of trees set quantities of 

 fruit. So much was set that it was feared that the trees in 



