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pollen abundant. Fruit, large to very large from beginning to end 

 of picking season; form, roundish conical with a slight but not 

 prominent neck, regular; calyx or hull small; seeds not prominent; 

 color of uniform lively, deep glossy red from tip to stem; not show- 

 ing scald readily; flesh firm, red, juicy with a tender core; subacid, 

 sprightly, with a pleasant high flavor. Season, very early to very 

 late or, in other words, all summer. 



A berry of the foregoing description is not an impossible one to 

 realize, and if those having strawberries to introduce would have 

 the ideal strawberry more in mind, there might not be so many 

 inferior sorts introduced every year. 



I trust that I have been able to show that the development of 

 fruits for special conditions is important and feasible and that 

 already varieties are known which succeed better in one district 

 than in another. I believe that every Experimental Station in the 

 United States and Canada, and as many private individuals as can 

 do so, should be endeavoring to originate fruits of all kinds espe- 

 cially adapted to their own particular needs. 



