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usually heart shape, large and tolerably regular. Be- 

 gins to ripen this date. Very prolific. June 8 : Very 

 productive. Berries heart-shape, often with a deep 

 central suture as if two berries were joined together. 

 Tips often flaring. Quality medium only. Firm for so 

 large a berry. Large to very large. June 12 ; Still 

 ripening lots of berries. June 19 : Still bearing freely. 

 Weather wet, but berries firm. June 23 : Still bearing 

 freely. Berries quite firm, though there has been a suc- 

 cession of rainy days. June 27 ; Still bearing a few. 



All this considered, we must regard the Shuster as a 

 remarkable berry — as good as Bubach in all respects 

 and better in some as, e. g., color, shape, productive- 

 ness, long-bearing period and retention of size during 

 the entire season. 



Lovett's Early (P.), from J. T. Lovett. — Plants of 

 this variety were sent for trial a year or more ago, but 

 we were requested to destroy the lot by the introducer 

 as there was some doubt as to their purity. Plants 

 (true) set out last spring were permitted to bear a few 

 berries. They were crimson in color, conical in shape 

 and of excellent quality. 



Smith's No. 5, from Fred. E. Smith, Hudson Center, 

 N. H., April 23, 1889. (Bis.).— June 8; Vines healthy. 

 Berries medium size, regular, slightly necked. Quality 

 mealy and mild. Season rather late. Not very produc- 

 tive. June 16 : Berries small, but of fine flavor. 



WoLVERTON (Bis.), from M.Crawford, Cuyahoga Falls, 

 O. Originated by John Little, of Canada. Plants vig- 

 orous, productive, late. June 8 : Berries heart-shape, 

 regular often, with a central suture. Scarlet, white 

 flesh. Quality fair. June 10 : Ripening scantily. June 

 16: Productive. Berries uniform in size, though not large. 

 June 22 : Still a few berries. June 27 ; Past. 



LotJDON's No. 15 (Bis.). — June 8 : Vines strong, me- 

 dium height. Late. None fully ripe. Necked, heart- 

 shaped ; white flesh, somewhat mealy, good flavor. 

 June 16 : Fairly productive now. Medium size, good 

 flavor. June 22 : Not productive. 



Smith's No. 4 (Bis.). — Plants medium height, healthy. 

 Berries scarlet, medium to small in size, not very pro- 

 ductive ; flavor good. Not worthy of introduction. 



Sharpless and Jessie (Bis.), from Jerry Dutter, An- 

 gola, Md., May 8, 1888. Plants fine. Late. June 8 : 

 Still many berries, both green and ripe. It is a little 

 later than Sharpless, of a better shape, fully as large 

 and of about the same quality. 



Viola (Bis.), from S. K. Kramer, Galeanna, Franklin 

 County, O., April 30, 1889. June 8: Plants vigorous, 

 petioles rather long. Late, not productive. None ripe. 

 June 18: Ripening well. Quality good and berry firm ; 

 in size from medium to large. June 27 : Still a few 

 ripe berries of medium size. Our notes as to this straw- 

 berry are imperfect. 



MiNEOLA (Bis.), from N. Hallock, Creedmoor, L. L 

 Berry roundish oblate with short neck, scarlet, large. 

 Vines low growing. Quality fine. Medium to late, fairly 

 productive. June 8 : Not productive. June 18 : Not 

 productive — quality fine. Berries of medium size. 



Standard (nearly P.), from J. B. Campbell, N. Read- 

 ing, Mass. Late. Rather low vines. Berries irregu- 

 lar, not very productive. June 18 : Not productive. 

 June 22 ; A few berries of medium size, quite firm, 

 mealy and mild in flavor. June 27 ; Quite a number of 

 ripe berries, still of fair size, and a few green ones. 



Pres. Harrison (Bis.) — Scarlet in color, variable in 

 shape. Medium as to season, not very productive. 

 June 16: Berries small and firm, flavor good, not pro- 

 ductive. June 22 : A few berries of fair size and good 

 quality. 



Farnsworth (Bis.), fromC. A. Green, Rochester, N. 

 Y., April, 1891. Fine quality as judged by spring-set 

 plants. Conical, glossy crimson. June 10 ; Quality fine. 



Louise, from N. Hallock, Creedmoor, L. L, and 

 from W. Atlee Burpee, Philadelphia, April 3 and May 

 20, 1888. (Bis.) Excellent quality, heart-shape, in- 

 clined to conical. Light to medium red; firm. Vigor- 

 ous plants. As grown here it is not sufl5ciently produc- 

 tive. Season from medium to late. It is worthy of 

 trial on account of its quality and the vigor of the plant. 



Belmont (Bis.) — Late. Plants healthy, but not very 

 productive. 



Lady Rusk, from Wm. Stahl, Quincy, 111., April 4, 

 1890. (P.) June 8 : Season medium, heart-shape, often 

 as if two berries were joined together. Light-colored 

 flesh, crimson skin, rather acid, productive. June 10: 

 Ripening freely, berries sour. June 12 : Height of sea- 

 son, berries smallish to medium. Quality medium ; 

 not remarkable. June ig ; Quality sweeter. A few 

 still ripening. June 23 : Season over. 



Racster, from John Racster, Davenport, Iowa. (Bis.) 

 It appears that this should be called Beder Wood, (Mo- 

 line, 111.) the originator. Mr. Wood, as our trust- 

 worthy authority, Mr. Crawford, states, allowed a few 

 plants to be tried by one George Ashford, of Iowa. He 

 propogated a stock, and a neighbor (Racster) intro- 

 duced them under his own name. June 8: Plants fairly 

 vigorous, berries large, heart-shaped, regular, crimson. 

 Round tips, short neck, quality fair. Productive. A 

 few still ripening. 



Gen. Putnam, from J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, 

 Conn., August 13, 1890. (P.) Strong plants. Berries 

 between crimson and scarlet, regular in shape, often 

 nearly as broad at tip as at stem, though not coxcombed. 

 Quite firm, large size, not very productive, good quality, 

 mealy. June 18 ; Flavor excellent. A few still ripen- 

 ing. June 27 : A few ripe berries, rather soft. 



Cloud's Seedling, from A. B. Coleman, Princeton, 

 Ky., April, 1889, has never done as well here as in many 

 other places South. The plants are hardy, medium as 

 to season of ripening. Berries heart-shaped, inclined to 

 crescent shape, medium size, regular, sour. It is a 

 fairly productive variety. 



Saunders (Bis.) is a promising variety from Canada ; 

 spring-set plants. 



Jessie does not thrive. 



Yale, from S. Hoyt's Sons, New Canaan, Conn., 

 September 12, 1888 (Bis.) — Late. June 8, not ripe. 



