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DOLLAR 



GANDY 



however, are large and well colored. Never- 

 theless, the variety is well worth further trial 

 as a late midseason sort, its period of probation 

 by no means being ended. Berry-growers in 

 southern Illinois find it a very acceptable new 

 sort. Dr. Burrill originated with J. R. Reason- 

 er, Urbana, Illinois, and was introduced in 

 1916. 



Perfect. Plants numerous, intermediate in vigor, 

 healthy, productive ; leaves rugose, glossy ; flowers early 

 midseason ; fruit-stems raised, with reflexed sepals, at- 

 tractive green. Fruit late midseason ; large, regular, 

 conical, strongly necked, medium to dark red, glossy ; 

 apex pointed ; flesh medium red throughout, variable in 

 juiciness and flavor, firm, subacid ; quality fair to good ; 

 seeds sunken. 



DOLLAR. This is an old sort long since 

 discarded in the East, but now one of the 

 leading varieties near Sacramento, California, 

 where it is remarkable for its firm, handsome 

 berries and for plants that bear productively 

 from the middle of April to late summer or 

 autumn. Dollar originated with O. F. Felton, 

 Merchantville, New York. The variety is 

 distinct from Gold Dollar. 



Perfect. Plants vigorous, healthy, make runners 

 freely, productive. Fruit midseason to summer and 

 autumn, large, globose-conic ; color attractive red on 

 the outside with red flesh ; flesh firm, shipping and 

 keeping well ; subacid and well flavored ; quality good 

 to best ; seeds prominent. 



DUNLAP. Fig. 300. Senator Dunlap. The 

 high quality and handsome appearance of the 

 berries make Dunlap a great favorite for the 

 garden and local markets in the northern states 

 east of the Rocky 

 Mountains. In the 

 northern Mississippi 

 Valley, it is grown al- 

 most exclusively. Be- 

 sides the characters 

 named for the fruits, 

 the variety has to its 

 credit hardy, healthy, 

 productive plants. Dun- 

 lap originated with J. R. 

 Reasoner, Urbana, Illi- 

 nois, about 1890. 



Perfect. Plants very nu- 

 merous, vigorous, healthy, 

 very productive ; leaves of 

 medium size and color ; leaf- 

 stems long, slender ; fruit- 

 stems long, slender, usually 

 single ; blooms in mid- 

 season ; calyx large, re- 

 flexed, usually on a slight 



neck. Fruit very large, midseason, drops in size as the 

 season advances, round-conic or elongated, often with 

 a neck, glossy, light and dark scarlet ; flesh well colored, 

 firm, mild, pleasant flavor ; quality good ; seeds large, 

 sunken. 



EARLY HATHAWAY. Texas. For 

 many years Early Hathaway was grown more 

 or less in northern Alabama, southern Ken- 

 tucky, and Maryland, but it is losing favor in 

 these regions, as the fruits are not well enough 

 colored or firm enough for distant shipping. 

 The variety originated in Arkansas, about 

 1892. 



300. Dunlap. 



Perfect. Plants vigorous, healthy, make runners 

 freely, very productive. Fruit early, or medium size, 

 globose-conic ; scarlet with light red to white flesh ; 

 tlesh firm, brisk subacid ; quality fair. 



ECHO. In the Falmouth berry region of 

 Massachusetts, Echo is much grown, being 

 prized for productiveness, for stout stiff stems 

 which hold the fruit off the ground, and for 

 the excellent shipping qualities of the berries. 

 It was introduced by the Woodlawn Nurseries, 

 Rochester, New York, in 1907. 



Perfect. Plants vigorous, productive ; leaves light 

 green ; leaf-stems of fair length, slender ; fruit-stems 

 long, thick, usually double, erect ; blooms in mid- 

 season ; calyx large, often leafy, slightly sunken. Fruit 

 large, drops in size as the season advances, round-conic, 

 apex very blunt, dull scarlet ; flesh whitish, juicy, 

 firm, pleasant flavor ; good to very good in quality ; 

 seeds sunken. 



EXCELSIOR. This old sort, long grown 

 in many parts of the United States, is still 

 a standard in Arkansas and southern Califor- 

 nia. Excelsior is prized in the regions named 

 for berries that ripen early and ship well, 

 although they have the fault of small size 

 after the first picking. In some localities the 

 plants are so unproductive that the variety is 

 not profitable. Excelsior originated with Louis 

 Hubach, Judsonia, Arkansas, in 1890. 



Perfect. Plants medium in number and vigor, 

 healthy, not very productive ; leaves light green ; leaf- 

 stems of average length, slender, usually double, pros- 

 trate ; blooms early ; calyx small, often discolored, 

 sunken. Fruit medium to small, early, round-conic, 

 often blunt at apex, dark scarlet when well ripened ; 

 flesh well colored, firm, tart, hardly good in quality ; 

 seeds numerous, depressed. 



FORD. This is a new strawberry which 

 gives promise of being one of the best late 

 varieties. The berries are very large, attrac- 

 tive dark red, and of ,most excellent quality. 

 Another valuable asset is lateness in bloom- 

 ing, whereby spring frosts are escaped. Ford 

 is a chance seedling found by Granvill Brew- 

 ington, about 1913, in Winomico County, 

 Maryland. 



Perfect or semi-perfect. Plants numerous, extremely 

 vigorous, healthy, very productive ; leaves of largest 

 size, very thick, markedly dark green, rugose ; flowers 

 very late ; fruit-stems very long, thick, erect, branch- 

 ing into many long pedicels ; calyx unusually large, 

 flat, very leafy, attractive green. Fruit verj late, of 

 largest size, regular, blunt-wedge to blunt-conic, at- 

 tractive, glossy, medium to dark red, coloring some- 

 what unevenly ; apex obtuse ; flesh red throughout, un- 

 usually juicy, firm, mild, sweet ; quality good. 



GANDY. Fig. 301. 

 Candy's Prize. First 

 Season. Gandy has long 

 been a standard sort in 

 parts of Maryland, 

 Delaware, and New 

 Jersey, and is more or 

 less grown throughout 

 northern United States. 

 Its outstanding qualities 

 are : handsome, deep 

 red, firm fruit of very 

 good quality; and late 

 reason, reaching the 



301. Gandy. (X%) 



