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I02 EXPERIMENTS WITH STRAWBERRIES 



not much matted. Leaves medium dark. Origin, New, Jersey. 

 Introduced by J. T. Lovett &: Co. 



68. C/arence (S). — Size medium. Shape regular, somewhat 

 elongated, having a neck. Color dark, glossy. Quality excel- 

 lent. Plants not very thrifty, poorly matted. Leaves medium 

 in size and color. Origin, M. T. Thompson, Rio Vista, Va. 



69. Earliest (S).- — Size small. Shape regular, with neck. 

 Color dark. Quality very good. True to name, was the 

 earliest here this year, but did not give large yield. Plants, 

 thickly matted row, leaves borne on very long stems. Leaves 

 small and light colored, resembling Darling. Origin, M. T, 

 Thompson, Rio Vista, Va. 



71. Giant (S). — Size large. Shape very regular, round, 

 and good. Color dark, well colored through berry. Quality 

 quite good. Stood drouth well, held out late. Vines large 

 and thrifty, not matted row. Leaves medium dark. Plants 

 resemble Mary. Origin, Joseph Bailey, on the Hudson, N. Y. 



72. Magoon (S). — Size medium. Shape regular, slightly 

 conical. Color dark when fully ripe. Quality very good. 

 Our plants were not very thick, perhaps would make a better 

 showing if thicker. Few and small leaves. Runners quite 

 well caught and medium in color. Introduced by EUwanger 

 and Barry. 



73. Ruby (S). — Size medium to large. Shape a little irreg- 

 ular, some conical, some flattened at tip. Color dark purple^ 

 glossy. Quality very good. Did very well this year. Plants' 

 growth good. Runners caught very well. Leaves near ground 

 and rather small, medium color. Origin, E. A. Riehl, Alton, IlL 



74. PIoiv City (S). — Size medium. Shape very regular, 

 conical. Color dark red throughout berry. Quality very good,, 

 berry firm. If plants were better would be a fairly good 

 variety. Vines very scattering, very loosely matted. Origin, 

 C. C. Stone, Moline, 111. 



75. Ma?'garet (S). — Size medium. Shape quite regular. 

 Color glossy red. Quality very good. Quite a promising late 

 variety. Plants very little matted, but healthy. Leaves 

 medium in size and color. Good looking plants. Origin, 

 John F. Beaver, Dayton, O. Introduced by M. Crawford, Ohio. 



