July 16, 1890.] 



Garden and Forest. 



347 



At the recent summer meeting of the Wisconsin State Horti- 

 cultural Society, the Warfield and Jessie were pronounced the 

 most profitable market varieties, the Jessie being' used as a fer- 

 tilizer for the Warfield. The superior quality and large size of 

 the Jessie render it a favorite garden variety wherever it has 

 been introduced, while in productiveness it is little inferior to 

 the Warfield, or any other variety thus far tested. 



The strong point of the Haverland lies in its great produc- 

 tiveness. Aside from this it would hardly attract attention. 

 Bubach No. 5, though very fine as a berrv, does not appear to 

 possess the vigor and prolificacy of the above named sorts. 

 The Cloud does not promise well. I have not yet seen a 

 favorable report from it in Wisconsin. Gandy is proving 

 fairly productive of large and good looking fruit. Gypsy is 

 very promising as a first early sort. It ripened with the earli- 

 est bearing of the Crescent, and while not equal to the latter 



from a nursery company. These were given similar care, but 

 the plants from the nursery have been already nearly destroyed 

 by the rust, while those received from Mr. Smith are almost 

 free from it. 



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Our Strawberry crop is now just past its best (June 30th); 

 but for the excessive heat of the past week we should have 

 had most excellent picking till after the 4th of July. I think 

 it an underestimate to put the loss from sun-scald at twenty- 

 five per cent., besides the softening of as many more, which 

 we could only save by shipping them to a near market; 

 still, in spite of the excessive rainfall and this continued 

 heat, the crop, even at from five to eight cents a quart, 

 has paid better than any of its predecessors for ten years. 



The Silk Cotton-Tree at Nassau. — See page 341 



in productiveness, very far surpasses it in quality. Lady Rusk 

 is thus far disappointing. It is only moderately productive, 

 and the fruit is small, deformed and insipid. Welch promises 

 well. The plant possesses remarkable vigor and is quite pro- 

 ductive. The fruit is large and of good quality, but its pale 

 color will hardly favor it as a market variety. Pineapple is of 

 high quality and fairly productive, but like the above its pale 

 color will not commend it for market. 



In a few localities the Wilson still maintains popularity, but 

 it is generally so much injured by rust as to be no longer pro- 

 fitable. Some reasons appear for believing that the liability 

 of this old standard to the rust is due in a measure, at least, to 

 an enfeebled condition of the plants. Mr. J. M. Smith, of 

 Green Bay, has been remarkably successful with the Wilson, 

 and has for years set out his new beds only from plants taken 

 from thrifty young beds that have not yet borne a crop. In 

 the spring of 1889 I procured some plants of the Wilson from 

 Mr. Smith and about the same time some of the same variety 



The six best-paying varieties are Jessie, Bubach Xo. 5, War- 

 field No. 2, Haverland, Crescent and Miner's Great Prolific. 

 The Jessie is worthy first place here, because of its perfect 

 blossom, large size, good quality and productiveness. After 

 ten days' picking, without reserve, I stepped to the end of one 

 matted row, two feet wide, and picked eight feet of the row for 

 two quarts, and in each box there were a number of berries as 

 large as hen's eggs; this was without selection. Haverland has 

 suffered worse with the heat and sun-scald, and being soft and 

 of poor qualitv, will not take high rank, though more produc- 

 tive and larger than Crescent. 



We have potted Wilson, and still plant it for pollen, but un- 

 less the rows have at the rate of 100 loads of manure to the 

 acre, it is not a paying berry ; and among- the fifty kinds we 

 grow, of old varieties Miner's Great Prolific is ahead this season 

 in size, productiveness and for pollen. For a late berry we 

 find nothing superior to Gandy. 

 Janesville, Wis. George J. Kellogg. 



