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green with white bloom ; quality good. Bush and berry usually free 

 from disease. An excellent variety for home or market culture. 



Golden Prolific. American seedling of an English variety. Bush 

 moderately vigorous and productive, very spiny ; berry large, oval ; 

 skin thick, golden yellow, with long scattered bristles ; quality poor. 



Hovghton. An old standard variety, vigorous and productive. 

 Berries small, round ; skin smooth, light green with dull red cheek, 

 and white bloom. Quality good. 



Leivis Roesche. Probably an American seedling of the P^nglish 

 type, liush upright, very vigorous and productive ; ben y uniformly 

 very large, oval ; skin thin, smooth, pale yellow ; quality excellent. 

 A remarkably fine variety. 



Pale Med. Origin unknown. A very thrifty grower and good 

 bearer. Berries of medium size, round, perfectly smooth ; skin very 

 thin, crimson, with white bloom, handsome ; flesh very firm, of good 

 quality. The earliest variety to ripen here. 



Pearl. Very similar to Downing, but inferior to that variety in 

 vigor, productiveness and size of berry. 



Bed Jacket. American seedling. Medium in productiveness and 

 vigor; berries medium, round; skin thick, smooth; quality good. 



Smith's Improved. A Houghton seedling of medium vigor and 

 productiveness. Berries large, oval, smooth; skin thin, greenish 

 yellow ; quality fair. 



Triumjyh. American seedling. Bush very vigorous and produc- 

 tive ; berries large to very large, round, with down pubescence ; color- 

 light greenish yellow ; qualit}^ good. A very promising variety. 



English Varieties . 



Crown Bob. Bush small, upright, medium in productiveness and' 

 vigor; berries medium to large, round oval, dark crimson, hairy, of 

 good quality. One of the best of the English varieties. 



Industry. With us this variety is deficient in vigor and only mod- 

 erately productive. Berries average large, round oval, dark crim- 

 son ; skin rather thick with scattered long bristles. Quality excel- 

 lent. A remarkably handsome berry of the very best quality, yet it 

 cannot be recommended for extensive culture. One of the finestr 

 however, for the home garden. 



