WARFIELD 



WOOLVERTON 



345 



rather commonly grown in some parts of 

 Michigan. It originated with J. F. Dornan, 

 Glenn, Michigan, in 1898. 



Perfect. Plants of medium number, vigorous, healthy, 

 productive ; leaves very large, dark green ; leaf-stems 

 long, slender ; fruit-stems long, thick, double, prostrate, 

 blooms midseason ; calyx large, sometimes leafy, often 

 discolored, variable in position. Fruit large to medium, 

 retains size well in late pickings, wedge-shaped or 

 round-conic, surface furrowed, dull, unattractive light 

 and dark scarlet ; flesh medium red, firm, mild ; quality 

 fair to good ; seeds sunken. 



WARFIELD. Fig. 311. For many years 

 a standard sort, Warfield is now quite generally 

 discarded except in the 

 northern part of the 

 Middle West, where it 

 is still grown, being 

 prized for its hardy, 

 healthy, and productive 

 plants. The fruits are 

 especially well liked by 

 canners, as they retain 

 their color, shape, and 

 flavor very well. The 

 berries run small, unless 

 the plants are grown on 

 rich soils and given high 

 culture. Dunlap is the 

 best variety to polli- 

 nate it. The variety 

 originated in Illinois in 

 1882. 



311. Warfield. 



Imperfect. Plants large, vigorous, healthy, produc- 

 tive and make runners very freely. Fruit early to 

 midseason, medium in size, round or round-conic, dark 

 crimson, glossy ; flesh soft or fairly firm, dark red, acid, 

 well flavored ; quality very good. 



312. William Belt. (X%) 



WILLIAM BELT. Fig. 312. Belt. William 

 Belt has long been a favorite in New England 



and New York for the home-garden, for which 

 it is well fitted because of the productiveness 

 of its vines and its handsome dark-red, well- 

 flavored fruits. The berries are not firm enough 

 for the market. It should be planted in 

 fertile soils and receive the best culture. The 

 variety originated with William Belt, Me- 

 chanicsburg, Ohio, about 1888. 



Perfect. Plants vigorous, fairly healthy ; runners 

 numerous. Fruits medium to late, large, irregular, 

 globose-conic or wedge-shaped ; flesh rather soft, outer 

 color dark crimson with dark red flesh ; core pink, 

 hollow ; mild subacid ; quality very good to best j seeds 

 prominent. 



WILLIAMS. This variety is grown in the 

 Niagara district of Canada and the United 

 States. Its virtues are productive vines and 

 handsome dark-red fruits; its faults, suscepti- 

 bility to diseases and too many berries with 

 white tips. The variety originated on the 

 Carlton Fruit Farm, St. Catherines, Ontario, 

 about 1890. 



Perfect. Plants few, of medium vigor, healthy, pro- 

 ductive ; leaves medium in size, dark green ; leaf -stems 

 of fair length, slender ; fruit-stems short, variable in 

 thickness, often double, prostrate ; blooms late ; calyx 

 of medium size, not leafy, pale green, flat. Fruit 

 large to medium, late, blunt, round-conic, dark scarlet, 

 dull ; flesh dark red, firm, agreeably acid, pleasant 

 flavor ; quality good to very good ; seeds raised. 



WILSON. No other strawberry now of- 

 fered by nurserymen has been so long under 

 cultivation as Wilson, and no other one has 

 been so commonly grown. For many years 

 it was grown in all parts of the United States, 

 but it is now planted only about Rochester, 

 New York, and in the states of Oregon and 

 Washington. In these regions it is liked for its 

 productive plants, and its dark-red, acid fruits, 

 for which the canners are willing to pay a 

 high price. It succeeds only on the most fer- 

 tile soils. Wilson originated with James Wil- 

 son, Albany, New York, in 1851. 



Perfect. Plants large, healthy, vigorous, productive, 

 make runners freely ; fruit-stems of medium length, 

 erect, branched. Fruit early midseason, of medium 

 size, round-conic, dark crimson ; flesh dark red, very 

 firm ; core solid, acid ; quality very good ; seeds even 

 with the surface but rather prominent. 



WOOLVERTON. This variety is some- 

 what grown in Delaware to pollinate Meyer, 

 which it so closely resembles that the two can 

 be shipped together. It originated in Canada 

 and was introduced about 1891. 



Perfect. Plants of medium size, rather productive, 

 healthy, make runners freely. Fruit midseason, large, 

 round-conic to wedge shape, crimson ; flesh red, rather 

 firm, mild subacid ; quality good. 



