STRAWBERRY— DESCRIPTION OP VARIETIES 



1925 



4. Fill box so tlaat top of layer will 

 come ttiree-eiglitlis of an inch above the 

 top of the box. 



5. Allow no berries to project over side 

 of box; if you do the berries will be 

 crushed, the pack spoiled, and the box 

 stained. 



6. Packers must be required to sort 

 out all green, over-ripe, misshapen and 

 under five-tier berries. 



7. Use clean crates and keep them from 

 being soiled. 



8. After crates are nailed, place them 

 in a cool place in the packing house- 

 Hauling 



1. Haul in spring wagon and use 

 wagon cover to keep out dust 



2. Growers are requested to send in a 

 load as soon as ready. 



3. Do not wait until you are through 

 with your pack for the day. If everybody 

 waits until 6 p. m. the shipping associa- 

 tion will not be able to load the day's 

 pack. 



BESCMPTIOllf OF TABIETIES 



The following varieties have been grown 

 on the testing plats at the Idaho Experi- 

 ment Station during the past three years. 

 In the notes upon the varieties, points 

 that are of value or of interest to the 

 grower have been discussed. Detailed 

 descriptions of plant and fruit accompany 

 each variety. Typical specimens of the 

 several varieties were selected and pho- 

 tographed, and all uniformly reduced: 



Variety. — Brandywine (bi-sexual). Ori- 

 ginated by E. T. Ingram, of Pennsylvania. 



Plants.— Plants of low-growing habit, 

 vigorous, thrifty, and forming a medium 

 number of runners. They are of medium 

 size and comparatively free from disease. 

 Foliage of a dark green color, medium 

 size, with many leaves to the plant. 

 Leaves rather thick, leathery, hairy, and 

 of a fairly fine texture. The petioles are 

 short and stout. 



Fruit. — Berries of medium size, conical 

 and wedge shape, irregular apex, deep 

 crimson, with yellowish crimson seeds 

 that are somewhat conspicuous. The fruit 

 is firm, but rather soft at the core. Flesh 

 varies from pink to scarlet, sub-acid, fair 



to good in quality. Fruit stems medium 

 length, calyx large. Season, early to me- 

 dium. First fruit ripe June 11. 



Remarks. — The Brandywine is very pro- 

 ductive and is a profitable variety to grow 

 commercially. Good for canning pur- 

 poses. A variety that continues in bear- 

 ing for some time. 



Variety. — Clark's Seedling (bi-sexual). 

 The plants are small to medium, vigorous, 

 healthy, very compact, and slightly sub- 

 ject to disease. The foliage is dark green, 

 medium large, rather coarse to smooth. 

 Leaf stems rather long, inclined to slen- 

 der. Calyx large. 



Fruit. — ^Medium, roundish to slightly 

 conical, blunt, very attractive, color crim- 

 son. Flesh red to the core, very firm, 

 well flavored and of good quality. Fruit 

 stems long and slender. Season early to 

 medium. First ripe fruit June 11. 



Remarks. — ^A variety that is a good 

 shipper, excellent for canning and very 

 productive; can be grown successfully in 

 many sections of the Northwest. 



Variety. — Parson's Beauty (bi-sexual). 



Plants.^An upright growing plant, vig- 

 orous, large, but not entirely free from 

 disease. The plants send out many long 

 runners. Foliage dense. The leaves are 

 fine in texture, smooth, many to a plant, 

 large, quite thin and dark green in color. 

 Petioles rather long and slender. 



Fruit. — Berries above medium to large, 

 light crimson, with prominent greenish 

 seeds extending out conspicuously. The 

 shape is conical and wedge, often flat- 

 tened, to fairly acute at the apex. The 

 flesh varies from scarlet to salmon pink, 

 firm but rather soft at the center, juicy, 

 slightly acid, quality fair to good. Calyx 

 bushy and large. Fruit stems long and 

 slender. Season, early to medium. First 

 ripe fruit June 11. 



Remarks. — ^A variety that is very pro- 

 ductive and is grown commercially in cer- 

 tain sections of the Northwest. 



Variety, — ^Rough Rider (bi-sexual). 

 Originated by Charles Learned, of New 

 York. 



Plants, — An upright growing plant, 

 small to medium, thrifty and fairly free 



