TKe Best NeAV Varieties of Stra'wberries 



LAST season was one of large ber- 

 ries and good prices. The straw- 

 berry flourished. Some varieties 

 are especially responsive to conditions, 

 Sample and Dunlap particularly so. 

 On narrow rows and on Ught soil, they 

 ripen almost as early as Success or 

 Clyde; while on heavier soil and in 

 wide matted rows, their season is al- 

 most as late as Gaudy. 



For fancy berries for the market, 

 Kitty Rice, Minute Man, Mead, Auto 



Auto 



and President seem to be almost per- 

 fect; good growers; good yielders; per- 

 fect in form, regular; good color, with 

 a shine on them; firm and fair quality. 

 Among the best late varieties is 

 Commonwealth, which ripens about 

 with Gaudy. It is as large and fine 

 as any, and very firm. Cardinal is 

 without doubt one of the best late 

 sorts. The plant is all that could be 

 desired; fruit stalk is large and strong, 



Cardinal 



holding the fruit up well; berry, large, 

 glossy, easy to pick, one of the firmest 

 and will carry well. Among the very 

 new ones the best are as follows: 



Three Ws was a wonder for pro- 



El. B. Stevenson, Ponsonby, Ontario 



ductiveness last year, ahead of every- 

 thing. The blossom is perfect. At one 

 of the pickings, I picked three boxes 

 of berries without moving; at a later 

 picking, I picked 

 a box for every 

 two feet of row. 

 The plant is large, 

 healthy, a vigorous 

 grower. The berry 

 is large, conical, 

 blunt at the end, 

 fine bright dark 

 scarlet ; seeds, 

 yellow; good mild 

 flavor; medium in 

 firmness, but the 

 skin seems to be 

 tough, would 

 rather dry up than Three W's 



rot when kept after 



picking. I judge from this that it would 

 carry any distance. The size of the 

 berries is uniform, few or no small ones. 



Mead is another new one that made 

 a great showing of large, handsome 

 berries. The blossom is perfect. It 

 is a fine grower. The plant is strong 

 and healthy, not a trace of rust, and 

 is quite productive. The berry is large, 

 roundish, coloring evenly, firm and 

 good quality. This is a fine variety, 

 and well worth a trial by all growers. 



Uncle Sam, perfect blossom, was one 

 of the best in last season's test. The 

 plant is large, strong, healthy, a good 

 runner and productive. The berry is 

 large to very large, if not the largest, 

 fully as large as the largest Clyde or 

 Bubach, roundish in form, scarlet in 

 color with yellow seeds; flesh pink, 

 good quality and flavor, medium in 

 firmness. This variety is worth a trial 

 as a fancy berry for a fancy market. 



Reynolds, perfect blossom, origin- 

 ated in Delaware. The plant is large, 

 with thick, leathery dark green foliage, 

 free from rust, a good grower, making 

 plants freely and productive. The berry 

 is large, dark scarlet with yellow seeds; 

 flesh, red to centre, fair quality; a good 

 one. 



Minute Man, imperfect blossom, proved 

 itself to be one of the best market varie- 

 ties. The plant is healthy, a strong 

 grower, and quite productive. The 

 berry is large, roundish-conical, crim- 

 son, with yellow seeds; flesh, reddish 

 pink all through, medium in firmness, 

 good quality. 



Kitty Rice or Downing's Bride, im- 

 perfect blossom, is a healthy grower, 

 making plants freely; it is productive. 

 The berry is large, roundish, good color, 

 with a gloss. For a fancy market 

 berry, Kitty Rice seems to be about 

 the thing. It is of fair quality, and 

 looks well in the crate. 



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Latest, imperfect blossom, is healthy 

 and strong, stools out, makes few 

 runners, but sufiicient for narrow row. 

 The berry is large, conical, good crim- 

 son color, flesh red, plant quite pro- 

 ductive, good quality and firm. One 

 of the latest and a good one. 



Elma, imperfect blossom, is a strong 

 and healthy grower; plant, productive; 

 berry, large to very large, round in 

 shape, bright red, medium in firmness; 

 flesh, pink; nice spicy flavor and good 

 quality, very late ; first picking, July 1 . 



Early Hathaway is one of the best 

 early varieties, perfect blossom. The 

 plant is healthy, a gdod runner and 

 productive; the berry is roundish-coni- 

 cal; flesh, red all through, acid, fair 

 quality, medium to large in size, scar- 

 let with yellow seeds. 



Mellie Hubach, imperfect blossom, 

 will prove a good market sort on ac- 



Mellie Hubach 



count of its productiveness and bright 

 glossy berries of good size. The plant 

 is healthy, a good grower, making 

 plants freely. The berry is a bright 

 scarlet with yellow seeds, conical, blunt 

 at end, with a slight neck; flesh, pink 

 and white in centre, acid but good 

 flavor. It is an early variety and a 

 good one. 



Remedy for Peach Curl. — My remedy 

 for peach curl is to spray the trees thor- 

 oughly before April 10, with blue vitriol 

 solution, made of two pounds vitriol to 

 40 gallons water. This has always 

 given excellent results with me. — J. L. 

 Hilborn, Leamington, Ont. 



Do Not Let Trees Go Dry Before Set- 

 ting. — If not ready to plant when the 

 stock arrives, see that it is immediately 

 taken care of. The best way is to heel 

 it in by packing the roots in a trench 

 and covering them thoroughly with 

 mellow earth well packed about them. 



