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their crosses. As they have beeu planted but two years no extended 

 report is attempted. Of the American varieties, Downing and 

 Champion made the best showing, while of the English varieties 

 Triumph (an American seedling) was the largest, most vigorous and 

 most productive. Industry seems very deficient in vigor and 

 productiveness. 



Time of Ript-nins 



EXPLANATION OF TABLE. 



e, early; m, medium; 1, late; color; y, green; r, red. 



EXPERIMEKTS WITH STRAWBERRIES. 



Number of named Varieties Tested 155, and 150 Seedlings. 



The plants in the experiment plots suffered but little from the late 

 frosts or from attacks of insects and disease, and made a very even 

 growth, nearly every variety making a good stand. They were 

 sprayed Aug. 4, 1894 and April 19, 1895 with Bordeaux, and again 

 May G with Bordeaux and Paris Green 1 lb. to 250 gals. They were 

 given a mulch of marsh hay the first of December, and with the 

 exception of Marshall, Mlddlefield, Triumph and Florence, came 

 through the winter about equally well. 



The plants were set 18 inches apart, in rows three feet apart, and 

 on one-half of the row, each plant was allowed to set two runners, 

 one on each side of the interval between the plants. On the other 



