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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JULY j 8 
stock, and a neighbor (Racster) introduced them under 
his own name. June 8: Plants fairly vigorous, berries 
large, heart-shaped, regular, crimson, Round tips, short 
neck, quality fair. Productive. A few still ripening. 
Gen. Putnam, from J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, 
Conn , August 13 1890 (P.) Strong plants. Berries be¬ 
tween crimson and scarlet, regular in shape, often nearly 
as broad at tip as at stem, though not coxcombed. Quite 
firm, large s^ze, not very productive, good quality, mealy. 
June 18: Flavor excellent. A few still ripening. June 
27: A few ripe berries, rather soft. 
Cloud's Seedling, from A. B. Coleman, Princeton, Ky., 
April, 1889, has never done as well here as in many other 
places South. The plants are hardy, medium as to season 
of ripening. Berries heart-shaped, inclined to crescent 
shape, medium size, regular, sour. It is a fairly produc¬ 
tive variety. 
Saunders (Bis.) is a promising variety from Canada; 
spring set plants. 
Jessie does not thrive. 
Yale, from S. Hoyt’s Sons, New Canaan, Conn. Sep¬ 
tember 12, 1888 (Bis.)—Late. June 8. not ripe. June 12: 
Ripening freely now. D irk red color and dark red flesh. 
Large, to very large, good quality, roundish, heart-shape, 
often with a slight neck, generally regular, often ribbed, 
but not coxcombed. Vine healthy. Prolific at this time- 
more so than in preceding years. June 19: Still a large 
number of green and ripening berries. June 22: Of all 
the berries ripening at this date, Yale is preferred for 
quality, shape and productiveness. It is a fine late berry 
never before quite appreciated as such by The R. N.-Y. 
Clara, from the Cleveland Nursery Co., March, 1889 
(Bis)—Plants healthy, berries fair quality, conical, necked. 
June 18: Many large berries ripening and many green 
still. Quality fine. June 22: It is now bearing large 
quantities of berries both ripe and green of medium to 
large size. It appears to be later than Gandy. June 23: 
Suffering from rain. Berries soft and decaying. June 29: 
A few green berries.. Season practically past. 
Eureka, from the Cleveland Nursery Co., Cleveland, O., 
March, 1889 (nearly P.)—June 10: Just beginning to ripen. 
Large size, flavor medium. June 19: Large number of 
green berries. Much the same may be said of this as of 
Clara. This season both are later than Gandy, of good 
shape and fair quality. J une 23: Berries soft and decaying. 
Seedling No. 8 , from T. R. Hunt, Lambertsvllle, N. J. 
(Bis )—Plants thrifty. Berry medium red. Conical heart- 
shape often with truncate tip—sometimes green. Rather 
acid. June 10: Generally green tip. Quality medium— 
quite productive. June 12 : A promising late berry. Now 
at its best. Heart-shape, inclined to conical. Good quality, 
large to very large A handsome berry. Vines healthy. 
June 19: A few berries, both ripe and green. June 23: 
Past. 
Seedling No. 1 (P.), from T. R. Hunt, as above.—Vines 
vigorous. Medium as to season. Heart shape, large, reg¬ 
ular, often with white tips, colored flesh, medium quality. 
Much like No. 3. The quality is not so good. June 19: A 
large number of ripe berries. More productive now than 
No. 3, with an equal number of green berries. June 23: 
About past. 
Everbearing, from Seth Winqulst, Russellville, Oreg. 
—“ a chance seedling of 1882” (Bis )—Thrifty vines, suck¬ 
ers freely. Berries heart-shape, regular, glossy crimson, 
medium size, fine quality. Spring set plants. 
Tippecanoe, from M. Crawford, April, 1890.—Berries 
large, heart-shape, truncate, scarlet, rather soft, mild 
quality—not very productive. These plants have been 
interfered with by potato vines. 
Augur’s No. 70 (P.) or Middlefield, from P. M. Augur, 
Mlddlefied, Conn., August 24, 1887 —Fine plants, large 
leaves on tall stems. Berries light scarlet, fine flavor; 
not firm. Heart-shape, very regular. Suckers freely ; 
productive. It is a fine home berry. Midseason. 
Wabash, from J. A. Foote, Crawfordsville, Ind., Sep¬ 
tember, 1887 (Bis )—Berry irregular, dark red, flesh red- 
finest quality. Harmed by potato vines. 
miscellaneous. 
Edgar Queen (J. C. Vaughan) Spring set plants. 
Shuster’s Gem up to June 12 was our most prolific 
variety, and the berries were large during its entire season. 
It lacks in quality and might be a better shape. 
Hampden is not remarkable in any way. The height of 
its season this year was June 12. Peduncles weak, and 
the berries lie on the soil. Medium size, running to both 
small and large. Red flesh, not high flavored. 
Gandy ripens late, and Is of excellent quality. Heart- 
shape, generally regular. Large to very large. 
The season was dry in the early portion, then wet, and, 
finally, very dry. Soil a rich, mellow, sandy loam. 
A Promising New Seedling Strawberry. 
In the summer of 1889 specimens of three seedling straw¬ 
berries were forwarded to the writer for his examination, 
by Mr. H. S. Timbrell, of Unionville, Orange County, N. 
Y. The fruit was so large and handsome that a drive 
across the country to see it at home soon followed. Mr. 
Timbrell has a small place in the village of Unionville and 
the three seedlings—all which seemed promising out of a 
large number he had started—were in full bearing on his 
place. They were then known as numbers One, Eight and 
Ten. The two latter were large and handsome, but were 
not of high quality and were rather too soft for shipping, 
and I attached but little value to them. Not so with 
number One, which is in many respects a remarkable 
berry. I have watched it ever since and have j ust returned 
from my third annual visit to it. The berry was submit¬ 
ted to me by its originator for a name and in his honor I 
christened it Timbrell—a name which has the merits of 
briefness and euphony. I learned from Mr. Timbrell that 
it is probable that Mr J. T. Lovett will disseminate it at 
the proper time and Rural readers may be interested in 
an unbiased opinion of this new claimant. 
The plant Is a very vigorous grower and In a field 
where it was growing with other sorts, its rank foliage 
enabled one to identify the rows at once. I judge from 
careful observation that it is as productive as any variety 
now before the public. The fruit is round and generally 
symmetrical—the berry being a little longer than the 
Cumberland Triumph—and it averages much larger than 
that variety. It is very solid and will bear shipment well. 
In color it is of a dark crimson—a little patchy in appear¬ 
ance before it becomes fully ripe; then it Is a solid crim¬ 
son. In quality, I think it better than any other in culti¬ 
vation—it certainly surpasses the Downing or Gandy. 
The berry has been tested on Long Island and elsewhere 
and Mr. Lovett is giving it a thorough test on his grounds 
at Little Silver. I certainly consider the Timbrell a very 
promising addition to our list of strawberries. 
E. G. FOWLER. 
Strawberry Notes for 1891. 
E. P. POWELL. 
Dry weather leaves us with one-fifth crop and no profit. 
But as I grow more for experiment than for money there 
is not any great harm done. 
Bubach No, 5 is A No. 1 in growth, cropping quality and 
size. The best berry all in all that I have. Pistillate. 
Sharpless is the best in flavor and averages best in size ; 
but is not quite the best cropper. A late berry. 
Cumberland is always reliable, sweet, delicious, hand¬ 
some and large. It is rather soft, however, and is bisexual. 
No small or hard berries. Ripe just after Crystal City. 
Eureka is a large, fine flavored berry, a rapid grower 
with fine foliage: late. 
Mrs. Cleveland is a very beautiful berry, vine large and 
enormously prolific. Both early and late. On the whole 
it Is one of the best of the late additions. Ripens a long 
time. Pistillate flowers. 
Haver land does not please me so well as it did. It re¬ 
quires narrow rows and good culture. It is, however, one 
of the largest and handsomest. The flavor is good, but 
not high. Rather soft for a distant market. Early. 
Jessie I shall drop out hereafter, although it is far ahead 
of most of the sorts recently disseminated. 
Warfield is too sour and small and carries Its berries too 
close to the ground. 
Pearl, a berry of good quality and fine foliage, medium 
early. The quality is above the average; productive. 
Crawford is large, handsome and of fine quality, and a 
very fair grower. It is not as prolific as Eureka and Mrs. 
Cleveland. Late. Bisexual. 
Florence is a really excellent conical berry, of fine qual¬ 
ity on tall stalks. Early. 
Summit; I wish I could make this grow and bear well 
and ripen up. It is a standard for form, size and quality. 
A very heavy berry. 
Lady Rusk grows moderately and is a fairly good berry, 
not as valuable as supposed or represented. 
Viola is only a medium affair in all ways. 
Vick should be thrown out as positively poor ; but it Is 
an enormous bearer of small fruit. 
Lida is a large berry and a good plant. It bears splendid 
crops; medium in ripening. 
Thompson’s No. 51 is a really grand affair, as nearly as 
I can judge from one year’s fruiting. It grows finely, like 
all the seedlings of this enthusiastic grower. It does not 
ripen evenly. 
Thompson’s No. 7 is also a promising berry, but not, I 
think, equal to 51. 
Parker Earle was planted this year, and is full of prom¬ 
ise, so far as growth and setting berries can decide. 
Itaska should be discarded. 
Belmont may have local claims, but not here. 
Crystal City I still plant for extra early. It is a rampant 
grower. 
My own preference to-day, just after a careful walk 
through my grounds, is for Sharpless, Eureka, Mrs. Cleve¬ 
land, Thompson’s 51, Bubach, Cumberland and Haver- 
land ; that is, of those fairly well tested. If confined to 
four sorts, I would take Bubach, Cumberland, Sharpless 
and Eureka or Mrs. Cleveland. I do not include Thomp¬ 
son’s 51 because it needs another year’s trial. I have my¬ 
self a seedling cross of Sharpless and Cumberland that is 
as large as Sharpless and in quality the uest of all. I have, 
however, no certainty as to its ability to give large crops. 
Another year will tell. But in quality It Is as delicious as 
clotted cream. The ideal berry is not q uite here, unless it 
be Bubach. If planting for succession, I would have 
Gandy for late, instead of planting Eureka or Mrs. Cleve¬ 
land. 
FINAL NOTES. 
In response to an editorial note, I add the following 
items: Bubach in quality is not quite equal to either 
Cumberland or Sharpless, but is a berry of very excellent 
flavor, and, while not a sour berry, it has a positive char¬ 
acter and some acid. Sharpless is on my grounds by all 
judges placed among the very be3t in quality. My soil is 
a strong clay. My latest judgment places Mrs. Cleveland 
decidedly ahead of Eureka for bearing an even-sized full 
crop of the high colored berries. The berry is moderately 
acid, and only moderately high flavored. Its shape is like 
that of the Cumberland, but it is a deeper scarlet. The 
pictures of this variety do not in the least resemble it. It is 
one of the best new ones. Eureka is less regular in form, 
more tart, but of better quality, and, withal, an irregular 
bearer; that is, while some berries are enormous, others are 
small. This year is not a just and conclusive test, how¬ 
ever, owing to the dry weather. Crawford has shown a 
disposition to rot. It is the only berry, with one excep¬ 
tion, in my beds doing so this year. The flash is solid ; 
flavor inclined to be tart, and it is not prolific. I have 
concluded to plant for my own use a bed of the Prince of 
Berries and Gypsy. Every one praises their quality. They 
are not unlike, and will come on in succession. Thomp¬ 
son’s No 7 turns out better flavored than 51; hut both are 
good. The latter does not ripen up quite satisfactorily. 
Of Warfield I think less to the end of the season. It gives 
but few good-sized berries, and has but two good points— 
abundance and a dark, rich color. But light colored, 
bright scarlet berries sell best. Michel’s Early is not as 
early as Crystal City. Early in the season the quality was 
poor; but later the berries were better; a good grower. I 
am closing the season with a very good opinion of Pearl 
and of Florence. 
A Prize Garden ; New Seedling Strawberry. 
The strawberry garden shown at Fig. 193 was entirely 
overgrown with weeds for years. About four years ago 
I dug out the dead trees, etc., and planted the place with 
vegetables for one year, having manured it well with stable 
manure. In 1888 I set out about half of it to strawberries 
—Belmont, Miner’s Prolific, Jewell and other kinds. In 
1889 I set out the other half to my new seedling the Bever¬ 
ly. When the committee from the Massachusetts Horti¬ 
cultural Society, in June, 1890, visited my garden they 
could see the difference between the various kinds grow¬ 
ing side by side, and I was awarded by the gentlemen first 
prize—$30—for the best amateur strawberry garden In the 
State. 
This is the story of my new seedling strawberry: In July, 
1887 I sowed seed from Miner’s Prolific. In June, 1888 the 
plant bore its first fruit, which from the start seemed very 
promising, the late blossoms maturing large fruit. In 
August, 1888 I set a single row about 22 feet in length, 
which threw out runners very freely. In 1889 I gathered 
more fruit from that space of 22 feet than from two rows, 
one on each side, of Belmont and Jewell, each 40 feet long! 
In June, 1890 at the Massachusetts Horticultural Straw¬ 
berry Show I was awarded the silver medal for the best 
seedling strawberry. In August, 1890 I dug up all other 
plants and set my whole garden to the Beverly. Starting 
from one plant in 1888, in 1890 I picked 8% bushels of 
Beverly Strawberries. The fruit resembles very much 
Miner’s Prolific. It has a perfect blossom and is the most 
wonderfully prolific bearer I have ever seen, the late 
blossoms maturing large fruit which ripens all over. J. H. 
Hale, South Glastonbury, Conn., visited my garden in 
J une, 1890, on the eve of the strawberry show. He tested 
the quality of the Beverly with Belmont and Jewell and 
pronounced the Beverly better than either. My experience 
with it is that if runner plants are set in August in double 
rows three feet apart and the plants one foot apart in the 
rows, and the runners are kept cut off and the land is hoed 
as often as once a week, good crops are produced the fol¬ 
lowing J une. I manure the ground well at the start with 
stable manure, then apply ground bone and ashes in the 
proportion of three quarters of ashes in bulk to a quarter 
of bone. I have entered my garden again for a prize this 
year. The Bsverly is medium to late and was not at 
its best this year before July 1st. benj. m. smith. 
Wisconsin Strawberry Notes. 
The annual summer meeting of the Wisconsin State 
Horticultural Society was held at Kilbourn City on June 
23 and 24. 
One of the interesting features of the meeting was the 
presence of an unusual number of boys and girls ranging 
between 10 and 16 years of age, and the close attention 
they paid to the matters under discussion. President 
Thayer is largely responsible for this attendance, he hav¬ 
ing offered special prizes In strawberry plants to every 
child in Wisconsin who would pick and arrange a bouquet 
of flowers suitable for placing upon the exhibition tables 
or to be used In decorating the hall. About 20 prizes in 
strawberry plants were awarded to children under 15 years 
of age. The happiest boy I met was the one who was 
awarded a year’s subscription to The American Garden. 
Such prizes secured by effort on the part of the children 
will accomplish far greater good than the value in money 
and some of them prove the first step towards eminence in 
horticulture. 
Perhaps the greatest value of the meeting lay in the 
object-lessons furnished in the large and very complete 
exhibition of strawberries and especially of the newer 
varieties that are as yet in the experimental stage. Over 
100 plates were arranged upon the tables for exhibition, 
comprising 47 varieties, and as the leading exhibitors were 
from places considerable distance apart, a fair oportunity 
was afforded to decide upon the promise of varieties for 
different soils and general cultivation. The older sorts, 
such as the Wilson and Crescent, were poorly represented. 
The Jessie, Bubach No. 5, Hiverland, Eureka, Parker 
Earle and Warfield No. 2 are setting many of the older 
varieties in the background. 
The discussions brought out that pistillate varieties, as 
a rule, are more productive, and therefore more profitable 
for market purposes than the most perfect-flowering 
kinds; that perfect form, even but rather large size, 
firmness and brlgntness of color (whether light or dark) 
count for more in the market than superior quality. Some 
of the remarks made were : “ Haverland gives more bushels 
for a near-by market than any other variety, and sells well, 
although the quality is not the best.” “Van Deman is 
the earliest variety that promises to have merit enough 
to warrant its general cultivation.” “ Warfield No. 2 is 
the best variety to grow for shipping long distances, and 
surpasses the Crescent in productiveness.” “Doubtless 
the Parker Earle has come to stay. It has many fine 
points, and this year has done well in a great variety of 
locations.” “Bubach No. 5 produces the biggest berries, 
and is a great favorite in the home market, but too soft 
for distant shipment.” “ Michel’s Early has proved a dis¬ 
appointment. It is the most unattractive variety in the 
