out, very firm, sub-acid and of excel- 
lent flavor, even surpassing that of the 
Hunn, which I consider the best- 
flavored berry 1 have seen grown in 
this section. In gathering the fruit I 
observed that this berry does not cap. 
The skin is very firm, and I believe 
this fruit will prove to be an excellent 
shipper. Ripe berries, even the over- 
ripe ones, when removed from the 
stems and allowed to remain on the 
ground, seldom decay, but gradually 
dry out. I would say that this straw- 
berry is superior to any other variety 
that has been brought to my notice, 
considering all the points. If it is as 
good as observations indicate it is cer- 
tainly the most desirable strawberry 
that has been grown in the Puget 
Sound region." 
We give below some extracts from 
an article in The Ranch, by the horti- 
cultural editor, Rev. F. Walden, an 
experienced fruit grower; 
"Some time about the 20th of June 
I was looking over the various exhib- 
its in the Agricultural Building on the 
Fair grounds (at the Alaska-Yukon- 
Pacific Exposition), when H. K. Van 
Deraan called to me to look at some 
strawberries. I am an old strawberry 
grower, but I have never seen any- 
thing equal to Avhat I beheld when I 
heeded this call from my friend Van 
Deman. I have seen as large berries, 
so it will be understood that it was not 
merely in the matter of size that these 
excelled. They were large, very large, 
but their chief attractions were in 
some other points. These berries 
were smooth. Near by were some 
that were as large, or nearly so, but 
they were horny and ill-shaped. These 
big cockscomb berries are not hand- 
some, and in many cases they have 
hard cores, and the horns are 
not well colored. But the berries 
I was called to examine were not only 
smooth, but were thoroughly ripened 
through and through. I have since at 
different times eaten a number of 
these berries, and find them wiihout 
any hard cores. Thej^ are dark red in 
color, and this extends to all parts of 
the fruit. The quality could not be 
surpassed. * * * j have since had 
several talks with Mr. Goodell and 
find that this magnificent berry is not 
the outcome of one cross, but of sev- 
eral crosses. It is the result of care- 
ful breeding or cross-breeding carried 
on for years. It is very interesting to 
hear how this Burbank of Seattle has 
worked to develop this berry." 
The Sunnyside Nursery, of Sunny- 
side, Washington, introduced the 
Goodell, and Mr. F. K. Spakling. presi- 
dent of the firm, tells how he became 
interested in the berry as follows: 
"While visting the Alaska- Yukon- 
Pacific Exposition, Prof. Van Deman, 
the noted fruit expert, called my at- 
tention to a strawberry named the 
Goodell. It was in competition with 
such berries as Marshall, Clark Seed- 
ling ,and other standard varieties, but 
far outclassed them all on every point, 
having better flavor, sweeter, the meat 
a solid red to the core, with an aroma 
of the wild berry. In fact, it has two 
crosses of wild berry — one of wild 
Alpine and one of native wild berry. 
I visited Mr. Goodell, the originator, 
several times and saw the berry grow- 
ing, which convinced me that the 
Goodell is the greatest of all known 
varieties, and that Mr. Goodell is de- 
servedly called 'the Burbank of the 
Northwest' in strawberry culture." 
Mr. R. K. Tiffany, of Sunnyside, U. 
S. Superintendent of Irrigation, testi- 
fies as follows: 
"I am very glad to say a good word 
for the Goodell strawberry. My at- 
tention was attracted by a display of 
this berry at the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific 
Exposition, where the Goodell received 
a gold medal — the highest award 
given. The berries were pronounced 
by all who saw them to be superior 
in every respect to any other straw- 
berry yet produced. From my own ob- 
servation I can say that their flavor is 
the richest of any strawberry I have 
known, their appearance fine, their 
keeping and shipping qualities unex- 
celled, and their yield is far heavier 
than that of any strawberry that has 
been introduced into this district." 
Mr. Goodell himself says: 
"From three hundred young plants 
grown by the cutting method and 
planted in the fall I expected few if 
any berries. When spring came, and 
these little berry machines began to 
send up from their crowns one fruit 
stalk after another, till many of the 
plants had three or more each, I was 
very much surprised, and much more 
so when those huge berries began to 
ripen. Some of the plants were so 
small and the pile of berries around 
them was so large that it seemed they 
would almost pull the plants up by the 
roots. The last of the berries were 
just as large as were the first to 
ripen." 
Again he says: "I shall be pleased 
to send you a plant of my W'Ondei'ful 
new strawberry on trial. It took the 
gold medal at the A.-Y.-P. Exposition. 
Prof. Van Deman weighed single ber- 
ries of three ounces each that had had 
no special care. It is the best ever 
seen on this coast in every respect." 
The Goodell was introduced in the 
spring of 1912 at the very moderate 
price of $1.00 per dozen, $5.00 per hun- 
dred. We bought plants at that time. 
Wishing to make sure that it was hold- 
ing its own, vve wrote Prof. Van 
Deman for his present opinion of it. 
