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LADY CORNEILLE. The catalogs list 

 this variety as a desirable kind in parts of 

 the South. In the North, the plants are rather 

 unproductive, and, while they are attractive 

 and ship well, the berries are not of high 

 quality. The variety originated with T. C. 

 Corneille, Ponchatoula, Louisiana, in 1909. 



Perfect. Plants numerous, vigorous, healthy, rather 

 unproductive ; leaves small, thin, medium smooth, 

 glossy ; flowers early ; fruit-stems short, thick, semi- 

 erect, branching ; calyx large, raised, leafy. Fruit 

 matures early ; above medium in size, furrowed, wedge 

 to blunt-conic, necked, often dark red ; apex slightly 

 pointed ; flesh light red, becoming whitish toward the 

 center, juicy, firm, sprightly, tart ; quality fair ; seeds 

 raised. 



LATE STEVENS. Steven's Late Cham- 

 pion. Late Stevens competes with Gandy in 

 parts of New Jersey, Delaware, and New York, 

 but as a rule is not so desirable a late variety. 

 Faults are: the fruits lack uniformity in 

 shape; the plants are not always productive; 

 and the foliage is susceptible to mildew and 

 leaf-spot. The variety originated with Arthur 

 Stevens, Bridgeton, New Jersey, in 1897. 



Perfect. Plants vigorous, susceptible to diseases, not 

 always productive, make runners freely. Fruit late to 

 very late, large, irregular wedge-shaped, crimson ; flesh 

 firm, light red, brisk subacid, aromatic ; quality good. 



LUPTON. Grown in southern New Jersey 

 for the Philadelphia market, Lupton has to 

 recommend it remarkably handsome fruits 

 which ship well. The berries are so coarse 

 and dry in flesh and so uninteresting in flavor, 

 that the variety is one of the poorest in qual- 

 ity of all strawberries. The foliage is suscep- 

 tible to leaf-spot. This is a comparatively 

 new kind introduced by M. D. Lupton, New- 

 port, New Jersey, in 1915. 



Perfect. Plants large, vigorous, productive, suscep- 

 tible to leaf -spot ; make runners freely. Fruit mid- 

 season, very large, often double ; color bright red, 

 glossy, seldom turning dark after picking ; flesh firm, 

 dry, mild ; quality poor. 



McALPINE. This is a very late variety 

 catalogued by several nurserymen as desir- 

 able. The plant-habits appear to be good, 

 except in the matter of resistance to disease, 

 but the berries are often green at the tips, 

 and inferior in quality. Despite these faults 

 the variety is worth trying. It originated with 

 Hauseman Brothers, Hilton, New Jersey, in 

 1909. 



Perfect. Plants numerous, vigorous, injured by leaf- 

 spot, productive ; leaves small, thin, light green, smooth ; 

 flowers early midseason ; fruit-stems long, slender, erect, 

 single ; calyx of medium size. Fruit late ; of large 

 size, furrowed, blunt-wedge to blunt-conic, necked, dull, 

 light red ; apex indented, green-tipped ; flesh light red, 

 becoming whitish toward the center, very juicy, mild 

 subacid ; quality fair ; seeds sunken. 



MAGIC GEM. This variety, introduced 

 in 1916, on the grounds of the New York 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, is so like 

 Brandywine as not to merit a separate descrip- 

 tion. It may be a slight improvement on the 

 older variety in a few characters. It is a seed- 

 ling of unknown parentage found by Edward 

 Vance, Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1912. 



MAGOON. This old variety is a favorite 

 strawberry in parts of Oregon and Washing- 

 ton, because of the great productiveness of 

 the plants and the high quality of the fruit. 

 The berries are too soft for shipping. The 

 plants need a deep, moist, rich soil. Magoon 

 originated with W. J. Magoon, Portland, 

 Oregon, about 1890. 



Perfect. Plants large, making immense stools, healthy, 

 very productive, making runners freely ; fruit-stems 

 long, slender, weak. Fruit midseason, medium to 

 large, round-conic, irregular, dark crimson ; flesh dark 

 red, medium firm, mild subacid ; quality good. 



MARSHALL. Henry. Long a commer- 

 cial variety of high standing in the north- 

 eastern states, Marshall fails south of Dela- 

 ware and Pennsylvania. Wherever grown, 

 the berries are a standard of excellence in 

 quality. The plants require heavy, rich soils 

 and intensive culture to force the foliage suffi- 

 ciently to withstand leaf-spot. Under good 

 conditions, the plants produce large crops of 

 handsome, well-flavored berries. Marshall 

 originated with M. F. Ewell, Marshfield Hills, 

 Massachusetts. 



Perfect. Plants medium in number, productive ; 

 leaves large, light to dark green ; stout, usually double, 

 prostrate ; blooms in midseason ; calyx of medium size, 

 discolored, depressed. Fruit very large, midseason, 

 round-conic, surface often irregularly furrowed, dark 

 scarlet ; flesh well colored, firm, juicy, pleasant acid, 

 of high flavor ; very good ; seeds large, raised. 



MASCOT. Doris. Mascot is grown in parts 

 of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, where 

 it has merits as a late strawberry to take the 

 place of Gandy. The 'vines are very produc- 

 tive, and the berries are large, handsomely 

 colored, and of excellent quality. The variety 

 is well worth testing where a very late berry 

 is wanted. It is said to succeed where Gandy 

 grows well. Mascot originated with T. M. 

 Hanback, Warrenton, Virginia, about 1906. 



Perfect. Plants numerous, productive ; leaves rugose ; 

 flowers characteristically large and with crinkly petals, 

 bloom late ; fruit-stems long, thick, semi-erect, branch- 

 ing but little ; calyx large, slightly raised. Fruit late, 

 large, blunt-wedge or round, sometimes necked, dull, 

 rather unattractive medium red ; apex pointed, green- 

 tipped, often somewhat seedy ; flesh well colored to 

 center, juicy, firm, sweet, mild, high flavored ; very 

 good in quality ; seeds large, raised. 



MICHEL. Michel's Early. Osceola. 

 Ella. For many years Michel was a standard 

 shipping sort for the South. It is still grown 

 somewhat, but is being discarded. It originated 

 with George Michel, Judsonia, Arkansas, in 

 1883. 



Perfect. Plants vigorous, runners numerous, rather 

 unproductive. Fruits early, rather small, round : conic, 

 sometimes necked, dull scarlet ; flesh light red, firm, 

 acid ; fair in quality. 



MISSIONARY. This new variety is the 

 leading commercial sort in central Florida, and 

 is more or less grown in eastern North Car- 

 olina, the Norfolk region of Virginia, and in 

 eastern Maryland. Earliness is its chief com- 

 mercial asset, although the berries stand ship- 

 ping well, and the plants are free from disease. 



