UNCLASSIFIED VARIETIES 217 



Indiana Experiment Station. Described as moderately vigorous, 

 hardy and productive. Of good quality, and firm. Bull. 38: 13. 



My Seedling. Mentioned by George J. Kellogg in the Eeport 

 of the Wisconsin Horticultural Society for 1887, p. 241, as val- 

 uable, having withstood the winter and drought, and paid better 

 than other varieties. 



Nebraska. Mentioned by William Parry in 1869, as no longer 

 popular. Gar. Month. 11: 237. 



Newark. Mentioned as on trial in 1892, at the Oklahoma Ex- 

 periment Station. Mich. Exp. Sta. Bull. Ill: 294. 



New Prolific. Mentioned in the Report of the Kansas State 

 Horticultural Society for 1884, as satisfactory in that state. 



Northern Wonder. Spoken of as an excellent variety found by 

 one of the Feltens. Gar. Month. 13: 246. 



Phoenix. Mentioned in The Rural New-Yorker, 1897, p. 598, 

 as a very early red variety. 



Pullman. A variety mentioned as on trial at the New York 

 Experiment Station about 1884. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rept. 1884: 251. 



Queen Marguerite. A red variety on trial in Michigan about 

 1885. Reported as hardy, productive, of fine size and fair quality, 

 but lacking brightness of color. 



Red Cluster. Described by T. T. Lyon in 1893 as late, of 

 medium size, red, roundish conical, of good quality, moderately 

 productive. At the Michigan Agricultural College it is vigorous, 

 moderately hardy. Mich. Exp. Sta. Bull. Ill : 304. 



Richardson. Mentioned as an inferior variety cultivated in the 

 West. Gar. Month. 1862: 339. 



Rider. Spoken of by T. T. Lyon as not quite satisfactory in 

 plant but beautiful and good. Amer. Pom. Soc. Rept. 1891: 119. 



Riley's Early. Downing speaks of it as a variety from New 

 Jersey. Of medium size, good flavor, and quite early. 



Ruby. Raised by D. W. Herstine. Described as a free grower 

 and abundant bearer. Canes strong, of a light green shaded with 

 purple, covered with white bloom, and with very few spines. 

 Foliage healthy, light green, pearl gray on the under side. Fruit 

 large, round, dark crimson, with large grains, somewhat hirsute. 

 Flavor somewhat acid, excellent. 



Saunders. Originated with D. W. Herstine, of Branchtown, 

 Pa. , who raised it from the seed of the Allen planted in alternate 

 rows with the Philadelphia. It was named in honor of William 

 Saunders, of Washington; D. C. Described as a good bearer, 

 suckering freely. Canes green, shaded with purple. Spines 

 numerous, small and light green. Foliage light green and abun- 



