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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
July 7 
A STRAWBERRY TALK. 
THE NEWER V’ABIETIKH DISCUSSED. 
How Tlmbrell Behaves. 
On June 25 I visited the nursery of T. 
J. Dwyer, at Cornwall, N. Y., where an 
opportunity was offered for examining' 
the newer varieties of strawberries. 
The R. N.-Y. has always been interested 
in Timbrell, as it was first to bring this 
variety to public attention. .Judging 
from what I saw on Mr. Dwyer’s grounds, 
the standing of Timbrell is settled. The 
variety showed the effect of the drought, 
yet the plants had made a healthy, vigor¬ 
ous growth, and with sufficient rain 
would give fruit for 10 or 12 days more. 
The Timbrell is a rich, high-flavored 
berry, and its flrmness makes it a desir¬ 
able market as well as home variety. The 
only objection is the somewhat mottled 
color which is characteristic of the variety. 
I asked Mr. Dwyer what the reports 
were from his patrons in various parts of 
the country. “ It gives general satisfac¬ 
tion,” he replied ; “ on account of its ex¬ 
treme lateness, alone, it must become a 
valuable acquisition. It extends the sea¬ 
son at least one week later than any 
berry that I have yet seen, and it is 
twice as productive as Gandy, which has 
heretofore been considered the most de¬ 
sirable late berry.” 
Another “Coming" Berry. 
I put the Timbrell down as the best 
berry I had ever seen, but not long, for 
we next visited another new variety that 
is sure to dispute the flrst place in public 
favor. The Marshall was first intro¬ 
duced last spring at the extraordinary 
price of ® 10 a dozen. Mr. Dwyer’s stock 
of this plant was set this past spring, 
and the plants have already attained a 
growth of nearly 12 inches in height. 
It is a clean, vigorous and compact 
grower. Nearly all the fruit stalks had 
been removed from the plants early in 
spring, to prevent fruiting and increase 
the stock of young plants, but on a few 
plants that were permitted to bear fruit 
we found most magnificent specimens. 
In shape it is almost perfection, conical 
and uniformly regular in outline. The 
color is a dark, rich crimson, and the 
flesh is solid and dark red. The flavor is 
excellent. The fruit is very firm and it 
must be possible to ship it hundreds of 
miles with the assurance that it will 
arrive at its destination in a marketable 
condition. 
“ What do you know about its product¬ 
iveness ?” I asked Mr. Dwyer. 
“ Very little ; it flowered very freely, 
but I cannot say whether it is a prolific 
bearer or not. It has a perfect flower, 
and ripens in mid-season, not so late as 
the Timbrell. Judging from the promise 
it has made I hope to find it as product¬ 
ive as Triumph or Bubach. Possibly it 
may lack productiveness, though I have 
no reason to think so. It has every de¬ 
sirable quality that could be looked for 
or hoped for in any berry.” 
The Marshall comes nearer the ideal 
strawberry than anything else I have yet 
seen. It is beyond doubt one of the 
largest, if not the largest, berries yet in¬ 
troduced. Fig. 108 (page 423) shows the 
form and does not exaggerate the size. 
The berry has not, of course, been yet 
fully tested in different parts of the 
country, and may possibly develop weak¬ 
nesses in other soils and climates, but 
Mr. Dwyer’s grounds at Cornwall test 
the vigor of plants pretty thoroughly, 
and judging from its behavior there it 
has a great future. 
Other New Berries. 
The next and probably most promising 
of recent introductions, is the Greenville. 
This was growing in a field side by side 
with the Marshall, The plants looked 
remarkably strong and vigorous with 
healthy foliage and a tendency to multi¬ 
ply rapidly. It is also a bisexual vari¬ 
ety. Very productive, of large sized 
fruit, with a tendency to fruit in large 
clusters. The flavor is good, though 
lacking a little in sprightliness. In form, 
it would rank with Bubach. The berry 
is irregular in shape, bearing quite a few 
coxcombed fruits, resembling the B’d- 
well both in plant and fruit. However, 
it is without the white tip which was an 
objectionable feature of Bid well, making 
it undesirable for market purposes. The 
Greenville ripens with Sharpless. 
“ What new early varieties of promise 
have you ? ” 
“Van Deman and Michel’s Early. 
These ripen together. They are our two 
earliest varieties. They ripen here May 
29. They are both perfect flowering 
varieties, and the foliage is not so strong 
as some other varieties. The Van Deman 
is fine flavor and dark red, fairly large in 
size and quite productive, having more 
desirable qualities as a home variety than 
any berry yet introduced. It should be 
in every private garden,” 
I also saw the Mary and Henry Ward ' 
Beecher lately introduced by the Lovett j 
Company. These two varieties are being 
fruited in a small way. The flavor is 
not so high as Timbrell or Marshall or 
do the plants show as much vigor as 
these varieties. Another new berry is a 
seedling originated by Mr. Dwyer, and 
named after his little daughter “ Nan.” 
This is being tested at the Rural Grounds 
this year. At its home it shows con¬ 
siderable promise. 
A Talk About Varieties. 
I asked Mr. D wyer his opinion of the 
comparative values of old varieties. “ I 
would put Parker Earle and Lovett’s 
Early on the list of standard varieties 
now. These two, with Bubach, Cumber¬ 
land Triumph and Haverland, are the 
best of our old varieties for profit. Sharp¬ 
less is a very fine berry, and well liked 
by good growers and private gardeners, 
but is not so productive as the varieties 
just mentioned.” 
“ Which do you regard as the heaviest 
yielders of the whole lot ? ” 
“ Under favorable conditions, Lovett’s 
Early and Parker Earle. What I mean 
by favorable conditions is this : These 
two varieties set such an enormous quan¬ 
tity of fruit that they necessarily require 
a well enriched soil, thorough cultivation 
and abundance of moisture to bring fruit 
to maturity. Under ordinary conditions, 
Cumberland Triumph and Bubach will 
produce as much as either of them.” 
“ How about their comparative ten¬ 
dency to multiply with you ? ” 
“ Lovett’s Early makes plants freely. 
Parker Earle makes few plants, tending 
to go all to fruit and forming large stools, 
many of which contain from 200 to 300 
berries.” 
“ How about the length of the fruiting 
season ? ” 
“ Bubach bears all its fruit in 10 days, 
while the season of Cumberland Triumph 
covers a period of 25 days. It is a good 
grower and producer in every way.” 
Among the other new varieties that I 
saw in the trial beds are Orange County, 
a seedling from the disseminator of 
Timbrell; Southard’s Early, Swindle, 
and General Putnam from Hale Bros., 
and Dayton, Boynton, Middlefield, Meek’s 
Early and Woolverton. Some of these 
showed promise of productiveness, but 
no commanding marks of especial merit. 
Mr. Dwyer has no less than 10 acres in 
strawberries alone, and as many more 
acres in other varieties of small fruits. 
Currants, celery and asparagus he has 
by the million. I never saw cleaner 
fields or more thrifty plants. The sur¬ 
face of the ground is kept perfectly 
loose and fresh, and from one end of the 
grounds to the other, I did not see a 
single weed or blade of grass, j. j. d. 
Good Strawberries. —I finished pick¬ 
ing strawberries yesterday. I like Parker 
Earle the best of all the perfect, and 
Bubach, the best of the imperfect flow¬ 
ered varieties, Timbrell third and 
Gandy’s Prize fourth, everything being 
taken into consideration. The above list 
is my choice of 30 different varieties. 
Dent, Ohio. J. h. 
R. N.-Y.—Our strawberry report will 
soon be made. 
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