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or even equal to, the best which are already on the market, but often the originator is 

 not the most competent person to judge the relative value of his seedling, and as a 

 result many new sorts are offered for sale each year. It is the work of the Experi- 

 mental Farm to test these new varieties as they appear, and having compared them 

 with standard sorts, publish, when deemed advisable, a reliable description of them 

 and the yield obtained. During the past twenty-one years, 596 named varieties have 

 been tested at the Central Experimental Farm. Of this number only 14 are still 

 under test of those grown during the first two years. This does not mean that nearly 

 all the varieties tested at first have deteriorated, but that better kinds introduced have 

 taken their places. 



Varieties of Strawberries Recommended. 



There are so many varieties of named strawberries introduced each year that the 

 list of those recommended has to be changed from time to time, as those of superior 

 merit are found. 



The following are those which are recommended at the present time: — 



Commercial. — Boder Wood (per.). Splendid (per.), Warfield (imp.) not suited to 

 light soil, Williams (per.). Senator Dunlap (per.), Greenville (imp.), Bisel (imp.), 

 Sample (imp.). Buster- (imp.). Pocomoke (per.), and Parson's Beauty (per.), are 

 also two very good commercial berries. In British Columbia, the Magoon (per.), is 

 one of the best. 



Domestic. — Excelsior (per.), Splendid (per.), Senator Dunlap (per.), Lovett (per.), 

 Euby (per.), Bubach (imp.), Wm. Belt (per.)- 



Some yields obtained at the Experimental Farm, Ottawa, from two matted row9 

 each fifteen feet in length and three and one-half feet apart, were the following: 

 The average yield per acre of Pocomoke for two years was at the rate of 9,412 lbs. 

 and Sample 8,841 lbs.. These are not exceptionally large yields, as the highest yield 

 obtained at the Central Experimental Farm was from the Greenville in 1901, that 

 variety yielding at the rate of 14,818 lbs. per acre. 



Hardiest Varieties. 



There have been some severe winters experienced at the Central Experimental 

 Farm during the past twenty-one years, which have made it possible to learn which 

 varieties are the hardiest. The injury to flowers from frost in the spring is often 

 considerable, as strawberry flowers are very sensitive to the cold, hence it is important 

 in some districts to know which have the hardiest flower-buds. Among the hardiest 

 varieties it has been found that the hardiness of the plant is usually correlated with 

 hardiness of flowers, although the late blossoming sorts are less likely to suffer than 

 the early ones. Following are some varieties which have proven hardiest: Beder 

 Wood, Lovett, Senator Dunlap, Pocomoke, Crescent. 



English Varieties. 



Many English varieties of strawberries have been tested at Ottawa, but they have 

 all proved too tender to be grown commercially or even for home use. The English 



