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V. A vigorous, upright grower with heavy 

 foliage of the Miner type ; medium green ; very 

 productive ; large, irregular, roundish or obtuse 

 conical berries ; red color, similar to Miner ; deep 

 crimson- white flesh and good quality, although some- 

 what acid and not firm ; bears a long time, holding 

 out well. See colored Plate II. 



SHUSTER'S GEM. Medium, growing plant, moderately pro- 

 ductive of medium sized, conical, dull scarlet berries; with white 

 flesh similar to the Haverland, very rich and sweet, but not solid 

 enough for distant market. Season early to medium. 



CUMBERLAND. This is a fine old variety, one of 

 the best for the home garden and good for near 

 market. The plant is healthy and vigorous, and 

 berries are a beautiful light red, of high quality, round 

 and very uniform in shape. A good pollenizer for 

 pistillate sorts and does well on poor soils ; season 

 medium. One objection to the Cumberland is its 

 liability to be frost bitten. 



BARTON'S ECLIPSE. Growth rank ; foliage light 

 green ; leaf stalks long and stiff ; leaves large ; fruit 

 large to very large, conical, rounding in large speci- 

 mens ; dark red, showy, medium firm ; quality fine ; 

 a fairly good market berry, though not of sufficient 

 merit to warrant its showing on colored plate. 



MICHKI/S EARLY. One of the earliest varieties 

 grown. The plant is a very robust grower, strong and 

 healthy, although plant is rather small ; one of the 

 best of the early pollenizers, as it blossoms early and 

 late. Moderately productive of uniform, small sized 

 berries of good quality ; flesh soft, nearly white ; 

 roundish, conical ; dull scarlet in color. 



