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AMONG THE STRAWBERRIES. 



not seem probable that • it can be made to excel those 

 varieties which stand so much ahead of it here, when 

 they are given the same special care. It appears anal- 

 ogous to breeding up a dairy from natives in preference 

 to thoroughbreds. 



Btihacli. Habit medium to high ; foliage dark, 

 tough and vigorous, apparently very healthy ; trusses 

 short, fruit close on the ground ; berry large, short, 

 usually flattened or irreguar ; color bright ; hollow, 

 sweet, very good ; season early to medium. 



Miami. Habit medium ; foliage good ; trusses loose, 

 held fairly well ; berry large, round-conical, short, slight 

 neck ; color bright ; fairly firm, hollow, core rather 

 hard ; flavor fair to good ; season early to medium. A 

 fair crop of good sized berries. 



Lida. Habit medium ; foliage strong, comparatively 

 healthy, less subject to blight than most of the other 

 good varieties ; trusses good, well held ; berry medium 

 to large, flattened or round conical ; color good ; a little 

 soft but solid, flavor excellent ; season medium to late. 

 Productive ; promises well for home use or near market. 



Warfield. Medium to high ; leaves thin", appears to 

 blight fully as bad as Wilson ; trusses short, compact ; 

 berry medium to small, round-conical with distinct 

 neck; color dark, attractive, firm and solid; flavor mild, a 

 little sour ; season early to medium. Produced an enor- 

 mous number of berries, most of the later ones run- 

 ning small, but held out in size rather better than Cres- 

 cent. May prove a valuable berry in some sections. 



Jfuiell. Low to medium, weak grower ; leaves thin, 

 fairly healthy ; trusses short, fruit close to the ground ; 

 berry large, short-conical to flattened, bright color, 

 fairly firm, solid, flavor good ; season medium, fairly 

 productive. Holds out the size of its berries remarka- 

 bly well. 



Windsor Chief. Medium height ; foliage fine, healthy, 

 having a silvery bloom peculiar to itself ; trusses loose, 

 fairly held ; berry medium size, good to the end ; short- 

 conical or flattened ; color dark, good, firm and solid, 

 rather sour but good and sprightly ; season medium to 

 late ; productive. One of the older berries which still 

 compares very favorably with most of the later intro- 

 ductions. 



Logan. Low to medium ; foliage thin, strong ; 

 trusses short ; berry large, round to conical ; color 

 bright, very attractive, moderately firm, solid. One of 

 the best in point of flavor ; early to medium. 



Hampden. Low to medium ; foliage dark, strong and 

 rugged, more subject to blight than some others ; 

 trusses fairly long, compact, good ; berry medium to 

 large, short conical, color rather light ; fairly firm, flavor 

 very good ; late ; promises to be very productive and 

 good. Holds out in fruiting very late, but most of the 

 last berries are small and unattractive. 



Bflinont. Medium height; foliage thin, good; 

 trusses long, slightly straggling ; berry large, holding 

 out its size well, long, conical to flat, rather dark, 

 fairly flrm for so large a berry ; flavor first-class, 



sweet ; late. A little inclined to light colored tips. 

 Promises well for home use or near market. Gave a 

 good crop of large berries. The cut, page 521, shows 

 common forms of Belmont, full size. 



Crescent. Low ; foliage thin, good ; trusses short, 

 compact ; berry small to medium, short conic or flat- 

 tened ; light crimson, firm, solid, rather sour, not equal 

 to many in flavor ; early market. A good companion 

 to Warfield in size and productiveness. 



Itasca. Low to medium; foliage fine, leathery; 

 trusses short, straggling ; berry medium size, short, 

 rounded, necked, color medium bright ; fairly firm, 

 hollow, flavor excellent ; late. Fairly productive, and 

 holds its size reasonably well. 



Jessie. Medium height ; foliage thin, vigorous and 

 healthy ; trusses straggling ; berry medium to large 

 and holds out well, round conical or tapering at both 

 ends, dark, firm ; solid, flavor excellent ; early. Picks 

 rather hard ; fairly productive ; fruit soon gone. 



Louise. Low ; foliage thin, with tendency to curl 

 upward ; trusses long, compact ; berry large, conical 

 to irregular, light, fairly firm, solid, flavor sprightly 

 good ; very late ; promising ; apparently productive. 



Do7iining. Medium height, foliage thin, blight bud 

 trusses apt to be weak and straggling ; berry medium 

 size, conical, regular, light, not very firm ; solid. Its 

 flavor has long served as a standard of excellence, 

 but is fully equaled by Logan, Gold, Jewell, Itasca and 

 others. Late ; lacking in vigor. 



Gotd. Medium height, foliage strong, good grower; 

 trusses well held ; berry medium size, roundish, short, 

 light; texture firm, solid and meaty, flavor excellent; 

 late. Too few plants for a reliable opinion, but gives 

 good indications, especially for home use. In texture 

 and flavor it is unsurpassed. Gave some good berries 

 very late in the season. 



Candy. Low ; foliage firm, good ; trusses long, good ; 

 berry large, long conical, slightly necked, moderately 

 firm ; flavor excellent ; late. Its tendency to white tips 

 appears to be its worst fault. Gave a few good berries 

 late in the season. 



Cloud. High ; foliage ideal, firm, dark and vigorous ; 

 trusses long, stout ; berry medium, short, conical, flat 

 tipped, light crimson, firm, rather sour; a typical Crescent 

 in flavor and appearance ; very late. Few stools gave 

 more than one fruit cluster, and many none at all. It 

 is hard to hull, as the hulls are set deep and cannot be 

 removed without jamming into the berry. The most 

 beautiful foliage in the field, but seems to fail in pro- 

 ductiveness here. Fred. W. Card. 



NORTHERN JERSEY. 



The strawberry season of i8go with me, as compared 

 with that of i88g, has been abbreviated at both ends, 

 commencing three days later and ending three days 

 earlier. 



Jessie and Pearl wer6 my principal varieties, and they 

 came in together on the 5th of June, when they yielded 

 a clever picking, though I first picked ripe berries of 



