164 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



external color, dark scai'let ; color of flesh, light scarlet ; flavor, 

 insipid; season, early to medium ; calyx, medium loose ; texture, me- 

 dium ; seeds, imbedded ; quality, fair ; shipping quality, fair. Blos- 

 som, full, jjerfect; plant, fairly vigorous; foliage, fair; runners, 

 numerous ; rust, slight. 



Averages favorably with the commercial sorts. 



Porto Rico. — Fruit: long, conical, small neck; size, medium large ; 

 core, slight; external color, crimson; color of flesh, liglit crimson; 

 flavor, sub-acid; season, medium; calyx, loose, upturned; texture, 

 iirm ; seeds, brownish; quality, good ; shipping quality, vei-y good. 

 Blossoms, medium in number, imi)erfect ; i>lant, fairly vigorous ; 

 foliage, fair; runners, average, or l)elow ; rust, slight. 



Pai'ker Earle tj-pe ; productive, and worthy of more extended trial. 



Premmm. — Fruit: conical; size, medium large ; core, sligiit ; exter- 

 nal color, scarlet ; color of flesh, scarlet ; flavor, acid ; season, early to 

 medium; calyx, medium; texture, firm; seeds, imbedded; quality, 

 rather poor; shipping quality, good. Blossom, imperfect; i)lant, 

 fairly vigorous ; foliage, medium dark ; runners, numerous ; rust, 

 slight. 



(iood average berry, but inclined to run small l)y mid-season. 



Pride of CumberUind. — Fruit: round, conic; size, medium large; 

 core, slight; external color, light crimson ; color of Hesli, light crim- 

 son ; flavor, sub-acid ; mid-season ; calyx, medium loose ; texture, very 

 firm; seeds, yellow, protruding; quality, very good; sliipping tjuality, 

 very good. Blossoms, medium in luimlier, perfect; plant, fairly vig- 

 orous; foliage, fair; runners, comparatively few; rust, slight. 



Not very productive on our soil, but otherwise a good connnerc^ial 

 berry. 



Putnani's Seedling X. — Fruit: round, conic; size, large; core, me- 

 dium; external color, scarlet; color of lU^sli, scarlet; flavor, acid; sea- 

 son, late; calyx, large; texture, v«*ry Iirm; seeds, yellow, slightly 

 imltedded ; quality, good; shipping (piality, very good. lUossom, 

 vigorous, imperfect ; plant, has good vigor; foliage, medium; runm^rs, 

 average ; rust, slight. 



Fine, firm, regular late berry. 



Rufheslcr. — Fruit: iri'cgular, conic; size, mediimi larger; core, 

 slight; external color, crimson; color of ll(!sh, crimson; flavor, sweet; 

 season, medium; calyx, medium; texture, firm; seeds, yellow, pro- 

 truding; quality, poor; slnpping (juality, good. Blossoms, many, (X'r- 

 fect; plant, fairly vigorous; foliage, niedium; runners, numerous; 

 rust, slight. 



Not to be recommended for commwrcial phinling, from its IxOiavior 

 on our grounds. 



Itouyh liider. — Fruit: irregular; size, medium large; core, hard ; 

 external color, crimson; color of th^sh, crimson; llavor, acitl : mid- 

 season ; calyx, ratlier loose, mcdinin ; texture, Iirm ; seeds, yt'llow, 

 imbedded: quidity, rather poor; shipping (|ii;dilv, good. ISIossoms, 



