ro6 STRAWBERRY GROWING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 



be valuable. Seedling A, from Rev. E. B. Stevenson, Freeman, Ont., is of 

 more than average value." 



i8g-j Report. — "Old beds, bearing the second year, were very productive. 

 New beds were good, especially Brandywine and Clyde. Heretofore I have 

 been inclined to think rust on the plant was wholly a weakness of the plant. 

 It is a well-known fact that some varieties, like Lovett and Clyde, never rust, 

 are, so to speak, rustproof. This season gave me a new lesson. All varieties 

 were free from rust ; even Wm. Belt was clear and healthy in leaf, and the 

 quantity of very large, fine fruit was equal to the most productive pistillate 

 varieties like Haverland, Warfield, and Bubach. The same with the staminate 

 varieties, Clyde, Lovett, and Beverly. Carrie (pistillate) seedling of Haver- 

 land was fine in every respect. For fine color, shape, and quality, I know of 

 no variety equal to Brandywine for my location, either for family use or fancy 

 market. The pickings are uniform, season late and long. The bushels at 

 the end of season tell the story. 



" Beverly, Brandywine, Bubach, Greenville, Lovett's, and Warfield are the 

 leading varieties with me. Haverland, Barton's Eclipse, and many other pro- 

 ductive varieties prove too soft for my market. I picked Brandywine on 

 July 9th, a very hot day, sent to market the loth, the last of which were sold 

 the 14th and were in fine order. 



" I tested for the first time this season Bismarck, Bouncer, Gulick's No. 7 

 and No. 8, Duncan, Howells, Hurlburt, Hayes' Eclipse, Anna Kennedy* 

 Ideal Oriole, Ocean City, Maxwell, Michigan, Sparta, and Tennyson. 

 Gulick's No. 7, excellent in all points; Sparta, not productive; Bismarck, 

 coarse and poor quality; Bouncer, similar to Miner's Prolific and Beverly, but 

 not so productive. We shall soon lose sight of the others. 



"I have to fruit for the first time next season Hall's favorite, Margaret, 

 McKinley, Mele, Ridgeway, and Seaford. 



" We have varieties of mid-season and late that are close to perfection. The 

 great lack is a very early variety. I had great expectations of Rio. It 

 blooms freely, is early, large, good color, firm, and best quality, but the 

 blossoms blight badly and give only two or three pickings." 



Figures i, 2, 3, and 4 were all taken when visiting Mr. 

 Beede's place on July 2d, 1S97. Figure 2 is a cool, dark, well- 

 ventilated packing-shed. The berries are the Brandywine, 

 which Mr. Beede prizes very highly. They are shown just as 

 they come from the field without grading, all being above the 

 average size, highly flavored, firm, and of good color. He 

 grades them simply by tin'ning from one box into another, 

 picking out the small and inferior berries. 



Should the reader desire further information on strawberry 

 growing from Mr. Beede himself, he is referred to a paper 

 presented before the Plowman's meeting in Boston, Feb. 29, 

 1896, published in the JSIassachusetts Plowman^ March 7, 1S96. 



