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various varieties, thus calculated, are presented in Table 3. Howard 17 

 ranks with the 18 earliest ripening sorts on trial from 1935 to 1942, while 

 43 varieties ripened fruit one or more days later than Howard 17. In 

 some seasons, however, there was some variation in comparative ripening 

 dates between different varieties. 



Outstanding for lateness of fruit maturit>' were Claribel, Lavergnc, 

 Aleighan, Ottaw^a 27-03-20, Red Star, and Tupper, which ripened eight 

 to 14 days later than Howard 17, while Orem, Pearl, Late Giant, and Am- 

 brosia ripened five to nine days later than Howard 17. All these varieties 

 except Tupper, however, yielded significantly less fruit than Howard 

 ] 7, but Tupper produced fruit too soft to be of market value. Aberdeen, 

 a high-vielding variety, ripened three to five days later than Howard 17. 



Fruit Size. The average weight of berries on difi^erent picking dates 

 is shown for 1935, 1940 and 1942 respectively in Tables -i, ), and ^, 

 while the relative size compared with Howard 17 is shown in Tables 7, 

 8, and 9. With the exception of a few varieties, the berries of the first 



Table 4. — Average Size per Berry (Grams) 1935 



