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STRAWBERRIES AT WISLEY, 1913. 



Sixty-seven stocks of Strawberries were grown in the trial, this being 

 the second year after planting. Treating Strawberries as annuals, 

 or, in other words, fruiting the plants the first year, is not a success 

 on the light hot soil at Wisley, but two-year-old plants succeed very 

 well. The crop of 1913 was exceptionally heavy, nearly all the 

 varieties cropping excellently. 



F.C.C.=First Class Certificate. 

 A.M. = Award of Merit. 



1. Aprikose (Lloyd). — Fruit large, round, dull red, with prominent 

 seeds ; flesh reddish and of good flavour. Crop light ; foliage broad. 



2. Bar 9 (Laxton). — Fruit large, conical, bright red, seeds pro- 

 minent, flesh whitish, firm, of rich flavour. Heavy crop ; ripe June 

 26. Foliage large and broad. 



3. Bedford Champion (Laxton), A.M. July 4, 1905. — Fruit of 

 good size, conical or round, bright scarlet with depressed seeds and 

 whitish flesh, deeply tinted with pink ; good flavour. Foliage medium. 

 Very good crop; ripe June 23. 



4. British Queen (R.H.S.), F.C.C. July 15, 1913.— Fruit large, 

 conical or wedge-shaped, red ; flesh firm, whitish, and of excellent 

 flavour. Seeds partially buried ; foliage medium. Crop heavy ; 

 ripe July 5. 



5. Climax (Laxton). — A.M. for forcing April 27, 1909. Fruits 

 medium, round or conical, deep red ; seeds slightly depressed ; flesh 

 firm, whitish, and of good flavour. Foliage small. Crop heavy ; ripe 

 July 5- 



6. Connoisseur (Laxton), F.C.C. July 1, 1913. — This was con- 

 sidered to be the best-flavoured variety in the trial. Fruits large, 

 bright scarlet, wedge-shaped ; seeds depressed ; flesh whitish. Crop 

 good; ripe June 26. Foliage large and broad, borne on tall petioles. 



7. Continuity (Bunyard). — Fruit medium, round, dark red; seeds 

 prominent ; flesh firm, whitish, of poor flavour. Crop fair ; ripe 

 June 26. Plants of compact habit ; foliage medium. 



8. Cropper (Laxton), A.M. July 15, 1913. — Fruit large, conical, 

 bright red ; seeds deeply buried ; flesh white and of excellent flavour. 

 Crop very heavy ; ripe June 23. Leaves large and broad. 



9. Dr. Hogg (Bunyard), F.C.C. July 3, 1866. — Fruit large, round, 

 bright red ; seeds depressed ; flesh firm, whitish ; flavour excellent, 

 sharp. Crop good; ripe July 5. Foliage medium. This is one of 

 the best of the later varieties. 



10. Dreadnought (Carvill). — This is the result of a cross between 

 ' Sir Joseph Paxton ' and 1 Dr. Hogg.' Fruit medium, conical, dark 



