1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
471 
Strawberry Notes for 1897. 
(CONTINUED.) 
Plants exceptionally vigorous; leaf stems 
long, peduncles stout and berries well 
held up. June 8 : Just beginning to 
change color. Large to largest size. 
The shape this season varies from round 
to broad heart-shaped, few berries hav¬ 
ing any neck. Medium red color, red 
flesh, of good quality, and fairly firm. 
June 16 : There are many ripe ber¬ 
ries, and so many green ones that it 
may be regarded as not only a late 
variety, but one ripening through a long 
period. Berries are of medium siz3 and 
firmness. June 21: Still bearing many 
berries which, however, do not ripen 
well. It would seem that the strength 
of the plants went rather to the vines 
than to ripening the berries. 
Joe.— From the same, September, 1895. 
—Perfect flower. June 8 : Just chang¬ 
ing color. June 11 : Berries large to 
largest size ; quite firm, medium red, 
red flesh, of good quality. June 16 : 
Moderately productive of berries of 
medium to large size and of good form. 
June 21 : Still ripening a few berries of 
medium to large size and of good quality. 
Vines still of exceptional vigor. See 
Figs. 195 and 197, pages 465 and 467. 
Stella. —From same, September, 1895. 
—Imperfect flower. June 2 : Vigorous 
plants. June 8: None ripe yet. June 
11: Berries from large to the largest 
size, varying from round to broadly 
heart-shaped and irregular; scarlet color, 
red flesh, quite firm, of mild quality. 
June 16 : Moderately productive of ber¬ 
ries of medium size, good form and fair 
quality. June 21 : Many berries green 
and ripe, variable shape, peduncles too 
short. June 27 : Still bearing a few. 
Free Silver — From T. C. Kevitt, 
Athenia, N. J., September 5, 1896.— 
Potted plants. June 2 : Plants of medium 
vigor, peduncles short, berries lie upon 
the ground. June8: Berries firm, of 
medium size and fair quality. 
Selection from 1,000 Seedlings — 
From Jackson & Perkins, Wayne County, 
N. Y., September, 1895. — Imperfect 
flower. Our report last year was fav¬ 
orable. June 2 : Ripening a few. This 
variety disappoints us ; vines not vigor¬ 
ous. June 8: Height of season. Vines 
low ; berries lie on the soil. 
Parker Earle Jr —From T. C. Kevitt, 
September 2, 1896 —Potted plants. June 
2 : Plants of medium vigor. Berries 
vary from heart-shaped to conical, gen¬ 
erally without neck. Scarlet color, 
glossy, not very firm, medium size and 
fair quality. 
Greenville. — From J. T. Lovett, 
Little Silver, N. J., April, 1894.—Imper¬ 
fect flower. June 2: Long lived, hardy 
and vigorous. A few ripening. June 8: 
In their third season, the vines have held 
out remarkably well in vigor and pro¬ 
ductiveness. June 16 : At this date, 
the vines are bearing as many as, or more 
berries than, any other variety in our 
collection. The berries are not held up 
well. They ripen in such large quanti¬ 
ties that the ground is red; medium 
firmness. 
Robbie —From J. H. Black, Son & Co., 
September, 1895.—Perfect flower. June 
2: Vines of unusual vigor and productive¬ 
ness ; berries well held up on strong, 
tall peduncles. June 11: Berries be¬ 
ginning to change color; fine form, 
broadly heart-shaped. The largest ber¬ 
ries in our collection ; medium firmness, 
pink flesh, splendid quality. We have 
rarely seen such large berries so well 
held up. As now judged, it is the most 
valuable late berry we have ever raised. 
June 21 : Still bearing many berries of 
medium to large size and good quality. 
See Fig. 198, page 467. 
Reba. —From same, September, 1895. 
—Imperfect flower. June 2 : Vines of 
unusual vigor. A few ripening. Round 
shape, red flesh, fairly firm and of good 
quality. June 11 : Moderately produc¬ 
tive. 
Nina. —From same, September, 1895. 
—Imperfect flower. June 2 : Vines of 
unusual vigor. It will be noted that all 
the varieties from this firm are of un¬ 
usual vigor. A few changing color ; ber¬ 
ries large, of variable shape, fair quality, 
not firm. June 16 : Not remarkable in 
any way. 
Nan. —From T. J. Dwyer, Cornwall, 
N. Y., April, 1894.—Perfect flower. 
Among the earliest varieties. Plants not 
productive. 
William Belt. —From C. A. Green, 
Rochester, N. Y., 1895 —Perfect flower. 
June 2 : Peduncles slender. This variety 
disappoints us, though we have received 
many favorable reports from other locali¬ 
ties. Berries not well held up, quality 
good, berries from small to medium size. 
Clyde. —From J. H. Hale, South Glas¬ 
tonbury, Conn., April, 1896 —Perfect 
flower. June 2 : Vines not vigorous, 
foliage scanty, peduncles weak ; not 
desirable. 
Columbian. —From same, April, 1896. 
—Perfect flower. June 2 : Vines of 
medium vigor; does not succeed at the 
Rural Grounds. 
Rural (proposed) —From Samuel G. 
Winant, Rossville, S. I., September, 1895. 
—Perfect flower. June 2 : Vines lack¬ 
ing in vigor ; short peduncles, small 
berries. 
McKinley. —From Ellwanger & Barry, 
Rochester, N. Y., Auguste, 1896.—Per¬ 
fect flower. It is too soon to make any 
positive report regarding this newcomer. 
June 2: Vines vigorous ; berries of dark 
crimson color, quite firm, broadly 
conical; tips unevenly pointed. Begin¬ 
ning to ripen, berries of fine quality. 
June 16, vines still vigorous and bearing 
well for August-set plants. June 21 : 
Berries still ripening, of fine quality and 
good size. The foliage is dark green, 
leaves large and healthy. It is an inter¬ 
mediate variety. On June 29, we re¬ 
ceived by express from the introducers a 
quart of this variety. Every berry was 
sound and shapely, and of fine flavor. 
The shape of this berry might fairly be 
described as triangular, that is, the 
berry never has a neck and tapers to a 
point. For so large a berry, it must be 
considered of good shape, as is shown 
by the two illustrations Figs. 196 and 
200, pages 466 and 468, one of a single 
berry, the other of a cluster. 
Goodkll’s No. 3. — From Samuel 
Goodell, Blaine, Wash., April, 1896.— 
Perfect flower. June 2 : Vines vigorous 
and moderately productive. June 8 : 
Berries of medium size, scarlet color, 
golden seeds, not very firm, fair quality. 
Goodell’s No. 4.—From same, April, 
1896 —Perfect flower. June 2 : An im¬ 
mense number of berries have set upon 
the vines, but the foliage is scanty. J une 
21 : Not recommended. 
Goodell’s No. 12 —From same, April, 
1896.—Perfect flower. June 2 : Vines 
vigorous, berries well held up on strong 
peduncles. It is a very late variety. 
June 21 : Ripening freely, berries of 
large size, good shape, white flesh and 
fair quality. 
H. W. Beecher. —August, 1893 —June 
2 : There is one thing that may be said 
in favor of this variety, the vines are 
very hardy and long-lived. 
Magoon. —From W. J. Magoon, Port¬ 
land, Or eg., April, 1896.—Feeble vines. 
An entire failure at the Rural Grounds. 
S t r o u s e Champion. —From David 
Strouse, Royersford, Pa., July 10, 1895. 
—Our report for 1896 was favorable, but 
this year it has been close upon a failure. 
Glen Mary. —April, 1894. — Perfect 
flower. Our previous reports of this 
berry have been favorable. The vines 
this season, as might well have been ex¬ 
pected, are growing feeble. 
NOTES. 
Of the following kinds, which have 
been tried sufficiently, we shall no longer 
make reports : Bouncer, Giant, Slay- 
maker, 1, 12 and 25, Hall, Hudson, Ex¬ 
celsior, Sparta, Arrow, Enormous, H. S. 
and A. J. See’s Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, 
Allen, Ridgeway, Seedling of Geo. Sloan, 
James Truitt, Wolverton, Anna Ken¬ 
nedy, Michigan, Henry, Ocean City, 
Columbus, Nina, William Belt, Clyde, 
Columbian, Greenville, H. W. Beecher, 
Strouse Champion, Magoon, Glen Mary, 
Edith, Annie Lawrie, Elinor, Mele, May- 
trott, Blonde, Marston, Tennessee Pro¬ 
lific, Thompson’s No. 66, Charlie, Satis¬ 
faction and Berlin. 
Some Poultry Experience. 
W. R., Mohawk, N. Y.—I was very 
much interested in the poultry notes on 
page 414, I, also, was a beginner with 
the incubator this year ; I bought as a 
beginning a 50-egg hatcher. The ma¬ 
chine ran very well, but I got only one 
chick from 50 eggs the first hatch, hav¬ 
ing removed almost all the eggs at the 
second testing. I filled it the second 
time, and at the second testing had only 
about half the eggs left in the hatcher. 
When hatching time came, no chickens 
came out, but we could hear them peep. 
There was no sign of breaking the 
shell, so we let them stay for two days 
after they were due, and then I broke 
one shell, but the others were so hard 
that I was afraid of hurting the chick¬ 
ens, so I let them go. The next morn¬ 
ing, the one I broke was hopping around 
the hatcher, and the wife then broke 
the others. We saved five chicks alive { 
the rest had life in them, but were too 
far gone to recover. If I had broken 
all the shells when I broke the first one, 
I believe that I would have 25 chicks to¬ 
day. I think my eggs were infertile. 
My wife set a hen with the same eggs ; 
she sat well, but with the same results. 
The trouble about keeping two roost¬ 
ers in a pen together is that they will 
fight, as I found by the death of my 
best rooster this spring. I would sug¬ 
gest putting in the fresh rooster every 
night after roosting time, keeping the 
other confined during the day. My pen 
consisted of 10 one-year-old Plymouth 
Rock hens and one rooster. 
Which would be the best to grow to 
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chicken runs to fasten the netting to, 
plum, cherry or nut trees ? I think 
grapes could be grown on these division 
fences with great profit, without taking 
any room from the chickens ; or plum 
trees might be trained as they do on the 
garden walls in Europe. 
R. N.-Y.—We prefer plum trees for 
the chicken yard. 
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