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ately productive, and, under hill culture, very prolific. Originated with 

 Mr. Oscar Felton. Staminate. 



When visiting Mr. Felton, I saw several other seedlings of great 

 promise, which I hope he will send out at an early date. 



Colonel Cheney. Plant low, spreading, vigorous, with light green foliage ; 

 leaf-stalk downy ; truss 3 to 5 inches, low, branching ; berry light scarlet, 

 long, conical, necked large ones very irregular ; flesh pink, watery, soft ; 

 the core tends to pull out with the hull ; flavor poor ; calyx spreading ; 

 season medium to late ; very productive, and Mr. A. M. Purdy, editor 

 Small Fruit Recorder, writes to me that for near markets it is still grown 

 with great profit in western New York. Pistillate. 



Crimson Cone. (Scotch Runner or Pine-apple). About fourteen years 

 ago, according to Mr. Fuller, there were more acres of this old-fashioned 

 variety cultivated for the New York market than of all other kinds 

 together. They were also called " Hackensacks," and were brought in 

 the small, handled baskets already described, and were hulled as they were 

 picked ; their long neck making this an easy task. They are small, 

 regular; conical; firm, with a rich, sprightly, acid flavor. It is not a pistil- 

 late, as many claim, Mr. Fuller asserts, but a spurious variety, largely 

 mixed with it, is a pistillate. It is one of the historical strawberries, but it 

 has had its day. In size and flavor, it is a near approach to the wild berry. 



Cumberland Triumph. Plant vigorous, with dark green foliage ; leaf- 

 stalk smooth ; truss 6 to 7 inches ; well branched ; berry round and very 

 uniform in shape, pale scarlet ; flesh light pink, soft ; very large ; size 3 to 

 6 inches ; calyx close ; season early to medium. 



One of the best for family use. Under high culture, it is superb. 

 Originated with Mr. Amos Miller, of Carlisle, Pa. Staminate. 



Damask Beauty. Foliage very dark green ; leaf-stalk downy ; truss 

 low, 2^/2 to 4 inches ; berry very light scarlet; obtusely conical ; size 2 to 

 4 inches ; flesh soft, juicy, pink ; flavor fine ; calyx close ; season early. 



A very distinct variety, and interesting to an amateur ; but of no great 

 value. Staminate. 



Duchesse. Plant vigorous, tall ; leaves dark green ; leaf- stalk and mid- 

 rib very downy ; truss 7 inches ; recumbent, well branched, 6 to 8 berries 

 that hold out well in size ; berry round, bulky, very uniform, moderately 

 firm ; bright scarlet ; flesh pink, juicy ; flavor fine ; size 3 to 4 inches ; 

 season very early, but continuing quite long. Inclined to stool, or make 

 large plants from a single root ; enormously productive ; from 50 to 200 

 berries to a plant, in hill culture. I regard it as the best early standard 

 berry, and have always found it one of the most profitable for market. 



