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to improve much. There are only three or four berries, and 

 they never seem to mature as they ought to. 



Lady Garrison; perfect flower, ripens June 12th, fair 

 quahty, productive, bright red. This is a berry that prom- 

 ises to be A I in most every respect. 



Midnight; perfect flower, ripens a httle later than the 

 others, about June 25th. The first of that variety come along 

 about June 25th. It is large, firm, broadly conical in shape, 

 and a bright scarlet in color. It was a late bearer, and rather 

 inclined to be a rank grower. It is good flavor. 



Mead; perfect flower, matures about June 20th, pro- 

 ductive, firm, and of very good flavor. 



President; perfect, ripens about June i8th, a shy bearer,, 

 large, good flavor. 



Parsons' Beauty; perfect, ripe June i6th, or usually 

 about the second week in June, medium large, irregularly 

 conical in shape, acid in taste, fairly firm, but not so firm as 

 is desirable. Rather large, and a fair bearer. 



Uncle Jim; matures about June 15th, large in size, pro- 

 lific, perfect, good grower. 



That is all the newer strawberries that we had of any 

 particular value. 



There was one thing in currants, of which great things 

 are claimed. The climbing currant — I have not seen very 

 much of it, and I think it would be better to wait before we 

 go into it very deeply. The originator claims it can be 

 trained on a trellis, but it has not been tried much in Con- 

 necticut. Therefore, I think it would be better to wait before 

 we say very much about it. 



Last winter was an exceedingly severe one on peaches. 

 There have not been any new varieties that I know of, the 

 varieties being the same as we have had in our reports for a 

 number of years. We have mentioned most of these vari- 

 eties, including the Carman, Triumph, Champion, Belle of 

 Georgia and Waddell of the newer varieties. I have had 

 reports from a number of people relative to the hardiness of 

 these varieties. The Champion, Belle of Georgia and Wad- 

 dell are particularly so. They have stood our nonhern 

 season in good shape, except in a very few cases, where they 



