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popular ten 3'ears ago, and some do not retain their 

 vigor even that time. It is therefore the part of wisdom 

 to have a trial bed of the most promising new kinds in 

 order to know what is best adapted to each individual 

 locality. The local experiment station will be the first 

 to try all promising kinds, the best of which each grower 

 should give a trial. Varieties are either staminate, or 

 perfect (Figure 87), those having both stamens and pis- 

 tils, and will bear fruit if planted alone, or pistillate 

 (Figure 88), the flowers having only pistils, and must be 



planted near some 

 staminate variety to 

 produce fruit. The 

 pistillate flowered 

 varieties are more 

 productive, as 

 a general rule, than 

 are the staminate 

 kind, due probably 

 to the strain on the 

 flower of the latter 

 to produce pollen. 

 Among the varie- 

 ties that are most 

 grown are: 



Clyde — A stam- 

 inate variety of great vigor of plant and freedom 

 from disease that does well on rather light land, 

 when the plants are not too close together, but on 

 heavy soil, or if the plants are very close together, the 

 color is poor and the berry is soft. It requires a rich 

 soil to make it carry out to perfection the large crop 

 of berries that it will set. 



Haverland — A pistillate variety that has made the 

 largest record for productiveness of any now in cultiva- 

 tion. The fruit is medium to large, and is borne on 



Fig. 88— Pistillate or "Imperfect" 

 Strawberry Flower 



