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early and the flower trusses are short and well protected. Plants 

 only moderately vigorous. 



Mount Vernon. (Perfect). — Medium size, roundish conical, uniform. 

 Of no special value. 



Parker EarJe. (Perfect). — Very productive, of large elongated fruit 

 having- a pronounced neck; firm and of good quality. The plants are 

 very strong' and vigorous, but send out few runners, hence should be 

 planted thickly in the row. A valuable sort. 



Princess. (Pistillate). — Plant strong - , vigorous and productive; fruit 

 a little dull in color, but large, nearly spherical, uniform, moderately 

 firm and of good quality. Medium to late in season. One of the best 

 general purpose sorts. 



SJiarpless. (Perfect). — Plants vigorous and prolific. Fruit large 

 but somewhat irregular and not always ripening evenly. Of good 

 quality and always reliable. 



Smeltzer. (Smeltzer's Early). (Perfect).— Sent for trial by F. H. 

 Smeltzer, Van Buren, Ark. Plants vig-orous, healthy and productive. 

 Fruit uniformly of medium size, oblong, firm, of dark rich color and 

 good quality. A promising' early variety. 



Swindle. (Pistillate). — As grown on our grounds the variety is 

 rightly named. Plants strong and vig-orous but not productive. Fruit 

 of medium size, light colored and of very poor quality. 



Tan Deman. (Perfect). — An early variety; small, spherical; of rich 

 dark color and good quality, but soft and not productive. 



^Yarfield. (Pistillate or with abortive stamens). — Moderately vigor- 

 ous. Flowers small on short truss and well protected by foliage. 

 Fruit of medium size, firm texture, moderately good quality; ripens 

 evenly, holds its size through the season. Its deep rich. color and 

 productive habit make it one of the most valuable market sorts. 



Went Lawn. (Pistillate).— Sent for trial by G. P. Bauer & Bro., 

 Judsonia, Ark. Plants very vig-orous but not productive. Similar in 

 general characteristics to "Cloud," which was sent out a few years 

 ago. 



The best of the older varieties above named are: Bubach, Crescent, 

 Haverland, Sharpless and Warfield, with possibly Beeder Wood or 

 Michel's as very early perfect flowering sorts. 



Of the newer varieties the following deserve special mention: 

 Beverly, Dayton, Epping, Gillespie, Greenville, Parker Earle, Prin- 

 cess, Smeltzer. 



W. M. MUNSON. 



Maine State College, 

 Oeoxo, Me., April 15, 1S95. 



