is a rich, brilliant red— no white or green tips —and the flesh is fully as dark as 
the surface. It is firm enough for a distant market, and at the same time deli- 
cate and tempting. The flavor is sprightly and sweet. The seeds are on the 
surface, which is so perfect in texture that the berries can be handled like plums. 
The Cardinal is not a berry that is surpassingly fine in some respects and defic- 
ient in others, but a superior all-round variety, adapted to all purposes, all soils, 
all modes of culture. It ripens with the medium sorts, and makes a long season. 
Challenge (Per.)— This is very fine when at its best, but it sometimes fails, 
so we cannot recommend it unreservedly. It is a great favorite in some sec- 
tions, notably along the Pacific Coast, and in such it is preferred to all others. 
For the last two years it has done well with us. Plant large, with very long 
roots, healthy and enormously productive. Fruit very large, beautiful in color, 
and of good quality, but sometimes rough, ridged and creased. One of the best 
for dry weather. Early medium. 
Climax (Per.)— A luxuriant grower and a great bearer. Fruit large, red to- 
center, firm, handsome and good. A very popular market berry where well 
known. It ripens early and bears a long time. 
Commonwealth (Per.) — We have had this in bearing two seasons, and find it 
a good grower, healthy and prolific. It makes a moderate number of runners, 
which root as they go. The blossom is strongly staminate, and the fruit very 
large and smooth, very dark, shining red, wuth bright, prominent seeds and 
double green calyx. In shape it is nearly round, slightly pointed. The flesh is 
extra firm, dark red, rich and very sweet. One of the finest for canning, on ac- 
count of its beautiful color. Its one fault seems to be that it ripens with green 
tips, but this defect is counterbalanced by so many good qualities that it does 
not seem to detract seriously from its value. It is very late in ripening, and 
keeps long after being picked. 
Corsican (Per.) — First called Armstrong, and afterward given its present 
name. Maximus is accounted the same. The plant is first-class every way, and 
Chas. A. Green saj-s that the berry is the largest that goes into the Rochester 
market. Some of our local growers also rate it very high. It is recommended 
as doing well on beds four or five years old. It bears a good crop of light red, 
showy berries with light flesh and rather rough in appearance. We should judge 
that it would be sensitive to frost, as the flowers stand above the foliagCr 
Season medium. 
Ekey (Per.) — A new berry, and in most respects it did well last year, but in 
the latter part of the season we had dry weather with great heat, and it seemed 
unable to withstand the ordeal. Many of the plants dried up. Ordinarily they 
are of fair size and vigor, and above the average in productiveness. The fruit 
is large, long, pointed, with a slight neck, and has a smooth surface. The flesh 
is dark red, of fine flavor, and moderately firm. The calyx is ordinarily green, 
but after the dry weather came on, it became brown and dry. With plenty of 
moisture this variety would, no doubt, be very fine. 
Last June we had sixteen kinds of strawberries canned, as an experiment, 
and they were all beautiful in the jars, with one exception, which was too light 
colored. The Ekey was among the handsomest. Season early and short. 
Elma (Imp.) — Another of the new berries, and introduced as the latest of all, 
but with us last summer it was not quite as late as Nettie, nor did it make quite 
as long a season. The plant is of good size, thrifty, perfect as to health, and 
fairly productive. The foliage is thick, dark green, smooth and glossy. The 
runners are slow to root. The fruit stalks are of medium siz'e, height and 
strength. The berries are obtusely conical, almost round, and ripen all over. 
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