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EXPERIMENTS WITH STRAWBERRIES 



II. VARIETY TEST, SEASON OF 1899. 



The season of 1899 was an extremely dry one, and unless it 

 was possible to irrigate, or the soil was of such a nature that it 

 retained moisture, the crop was much lessened. Not only was 

 the crop cut short, but the season was an exceptionally hard 

 one in which to establish new plantations, and therefore a lack 

 of fruit is liable to be felt the coming season. 



The following table points out in detail the comparative 

 merits of each of the varieties tested on our grounds during 

 the season. The abbreviations are as follows : In column 

 Amount of bloo7n: L=:light ; M=-medium ; H:=heavy; Vz= 

 very. 



Column Yield: S=small ; M=rmedium ; G=good. Col- 

 umn J^07v Matted 0?' Not: M=:matted ; L M=loosely matted ; 

 T M=thickly matted. 



Table I— TABULATED COMPARATIVE NOTES OF VARIETIES, 1899. 



u 



Withstood 

 drouth. 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



lOi 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17] 

 18| 

 19' 

 20; 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 271 

 281 



Bubach 



Crescent 



Greenville 



Lovett 



Parker Earl 



Warfield 



Brandy wine 



Burnett 



Cyclone 



Leviathan 



Marshall 



Barton's Eclipse 



Beverly 



Bisel 



Saunders 



Splendid 



Berlin 



Champion of England 



Eleanor 



Enormous 



Fountain 



Gardner 



Homestead 



Mineola 



Beede, No. 1. 



Tubbs 



World's Champion. . . . 

 Wm. Belt 



Fairly well. 



Well. 



Well. 



Poorly. 



PoorlV. 



Well." 



Poorly. 



Very poorly. 



Very poorly. 



Poorly. 



Very poorly. 



Poorly. 



Poorly. 



Well. 



Well. 



Well. 



Well. 



Well. 



Well. 



Fairly well. 



Fairly well. 



Poorly. 



Verj' poorly. 



Very poorly. 



Very poorly. 



Very poorly. 



Fairlj^ well. 



Very well. 



