128 MODERN STRAWBERRY GROWING 
A detailed study of the colours of straw- 
berries should be made and a standard for 
each variety given, as dark red, red, scarlet, 
crimson, or some combination of these, and 
have these colours conform to some com- 
mercial standard. 
Such characteristics of quality as acid, 
sub-acid, sweet, mild, aromatic, melting, 
gritty, poor, etc., should be stated, as well 
as the fact that the berries mash easily or 
not, or are good, medium, or poor shippers, 
each one being a standard for each variety. 
There has been some work done on the 
shape or form of berries and there is some 
conformation to the characteristic shape 
of each variety of berries. It is possible, 
however, to find on some plants berries 
shaped like a top, and on other plants of 
the same variety berries of a coxcomb 
shape. By this it is seen that it is highly 
important that some standard for each vari- 
ety should be established, in order that in 
all parts of the country strawberries of each 
variety may conform to some set require- 
ments and when exhibited there will be 
more similarity between samples of the same 
variety. 
