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•42. Reeve's Eclipse. — Moderate crop first year, very light the 

 second, quality very poor ; scarcely worth growing. 



43. Reward (Laxton). — Not sufficient fruit to decide on its 

 merits, 1897. 



44. Royal Sovereign (Laxton). F.C.C. 1892.— Grand crop 

 first and second year, quality good. This variety was the only 

 one not injured by the May frosts in 1897, and was also the 

 earliest variety. Ripe June 4, 1896, and on June 10, 1897. 



45. Souvenir de Bossuet (Vilmorin). — Good crop first and 

 second year, quality fair. Ripe June 11, 1896, and on June 17, 

 1897. 



46. Sir Charles Napier. — Heavy crop first and second year, 

 quality good. This variety has the defect of many of the plants 

 dying and leaving blanks in the rows. Ripe June 10, 1896, 

 and on June 17, 1897. 



47. Thomas Carlyle (Fraser). — Not sufficient fruit to test its 

 merits, 1897. 



48. Thomas Laxton (Laxton). — Not sufficient fruit to test its 

 merits, 1897. 



49. Trafalgar (Laxton). — Not sufficient fruit to test its 

 merits, 1897. 



50. Triomphe de Paris. — Light crop first year, very heavy 

 the second, quality fair. Ripe June 11, 1896, and on June 16, 

 1897. 



51. Trollope's Victoria (Bunyard). — A failure first and second 

 year. 



52. Unnamed variety (Letellier). — A large white-fruited 

 variety, but not sufficient fruit to test its merits. 



53. Veitch's Perfection (J. Veitch). F.C.C. 1896.— Owing to 

 the plants being received late this variety was not in condition 

 in 1897, but judging from the fruit shown at Chiswickin 1896, 

 and at Westminster in 1897, it should prove a grand acquisition. 



54. Wilson's Improved. — Light crop first and second year, 

 quality good, but scarcely worth growing. 



55. White Knight. — Light bearer first and second year, 

 quality fairly good. Ripe June 11, 1896, and on June 18, 1897. 



56. Wonderful (Bunyard). A.M. 1897.— Good crop first year, 

 very heavy second, quality excellent. Ripe June 11, 1896, and 

 on June 17, 1897. 



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