1911. 
Tor 
THE RURAE NEW-YORKER 
Ruralisms 
STRAWBERRY TESTS IN MISSOURI. 
For several years the prospect for 
second year of trial and it has main¬ 
tained its first promise. One of the most 
promising new varieties, I call it, for 
general market purposes. I again note 
the great uniformity of its berries with 
their smooth top-like shape. 
small fruits has not been as favorable as 
this Spring of 1911. There was some 
cold weather and slight frosts, but not 
enough to indict serious damage. The 
strawberry plants fairly loaded them¬ 
selves with buds and blossoms and ‘'all 
went merry as a marriage bell” until 
drought obtruded his evil presence upon 
the scene. The weather became warmer 
and warmer as the berries began to ripen 
until the temperature was daily in the 
nineties with an unclouded sky. Dryer 
and dryer grew the soil, while the plants 
with their great burdens of berries 
struggled bravely to mature their off¬ 
spring. By the time half the crop was 
picked, the damage was severe and the 
remaining berries were unable to attain 
their proper development. Finally the 
plants themselves began to succumb, 
falling prostrate during the midday heat, 
and about this time I began to find it 
difficult to persuade myself to pay fur¬ 
ther visits to the field. It was indeed 
something like the inspection of a hospi¬ 
tal with its patients in various stages of 
affliction. Thus again must we record a 
season marred for purposes of compari¬ 
son and estimation of old and new va¬ 
rieties. What promised to be a glut of 
the local market turned out to be a scant 
half crop with prices well maintained to 
the last without the slump that we were 
predicting. “Three for a quarter” was 
as cheap as berries were sold, and con¬ 
sidering quality and size, this was all 
they were worth or more. Fancy berries, 
well graded, sold all through at two for 
25 cents. 
Early Ozark. —Among the earlies the 
Ozark was conspicuous for its wealth of 
bloom and heavy set of berries, but in 
its final maturity was rather disappoint¬ 
ing. In plant growth it is strong, but 
free from the tendency of most earlies 
to make runners in excess. In season it 
ripened among the first, but in berry it 
was another edition of the Excelsior, 
which with the Aroma is said to be 
parent of it. We all know how showy a 
berry is the Excelsior with its dark bril¬ 
liant red, but we also know how very 
sour it is. The Ozark is said to be 
larger than the Excelsior, but it did not 
prove it on this its first trial here. 
Gill. —The Gill, brought to notice by 
the Ohio Station, is another early that 
has a small plant but a tremendous ca¬ 
pacity to bear. In productiveness it is 
not surpassed by any of its compeers 
and probably not equalled. Its first ber¬ 
ries run to quite large, larger than 
Ozark here, and are mild and agreeable 
in flavor. It is probably too soft for 
distant shipping, but is all right for local 
markets. It should make a good berry 
for the family garden. The sweetest of 
all earlies is the Michel, which is also 
a good bearer under favorable condi¬ 
tions. It has a peculiar dry texture of 
covering that enables it to hang on the 
plant for a long time and to resist decay. 
King Edward. —This variety gave flat¬ 
tering promise for a time, but was not 
impressive in its final issue. Its plants 
are pictures of health and vigor and its 
berries run well up in size. It has plenty 
of firmness to make a good shipper and 
its quality is excellent, but it failed to 
turn out many berries when the test of 
the drought began to be felt. Still I re¬ 
gard it as distinctly promising and well 
worthy of trial. It must be borne in 
mind that a single year’s test is often 
most misleading. I note the widest of 
discrepancies between the results given 
by the same varieties on different sea¬ 
sons and soils here, though of course 
the best will assert themselves in a 
series of years, while some are always 
up to a high standard. 
Highland.— Here is a new sort that 
wins favor for its general good quali¬ 
ties. Provided with superabundant vi¬ 
tality in its large plant which stood the 
tallest of all among the many kinds, it 
is able to ripen an unusual number of 
berries of large size while being tre¬ 
mendously prolific. Its berries are dark 
red, good flavor, smooth and uniform in 
shape, but not as firm as the standard 
shippers. It did better here on hard un¬ 
mulched soil than under the best treat¬ 
ment, failing to ripen as many of its im¬ 
mature load as some others. This is its 
Mellie.— This is a seedling originated 
by Hubach, of Arkansas, and like the 
Highland, is a pistillate. Not so large in 
plant but very vigorous as are the most 
of seedlings; not so large in berry on 
the average, but with plenty of firmness 
for a shipper. In color it is a light red 
with a fine gloss that makes it shine at¬ 
tractively in the box. Its flavor, too, is 
very good and free from too much acid. 
It ripened here as a second early. Its 
value is in its immense productiveness. 
It has been on trial here for several 
years and I think more and more of it. 
Apparently it has all the characteristics 
of a fine market berry and can always 
be confidently depended on for a heavy 
crop. At the Ohio Station this variety 
was second in prolificacy among over 
100 kinds. 
William Belt.— This well known va¬ 
riety did so well last year that I made 
it my leader in point of numbers for 
this year. But alas, for the first time 
here it confirmed its reputation for sus¬ 
ceptibility to the rust. After giving a 
most brilliant promise for a splendid 
crop, its many immature berries failed 
to ripen and only a scant quantity of its 
finely flavored fruit found its way into 
the boxes. Nevertheless I shall not give 
up this excellent variety but next year 
shall resort to spraying. I cannot, how¬ 
ever, agree with those who think the 
Belt is the equal of the Marshall either 
in flavor or in beau-ty, though of course 
it ranks very high. l. r. Johnson. 
Missouri. 
Trouble with Grapevine. 
T. J. L., Ioioa.—l have a grapevine 
raised from seed. When two branches had 
formed from the sprout I laid one branch 
down and in time it also sent up a vine 
so now the vines are large at base and 
have enormous growth, running 300 feet. 
In Spring they are loaded with blooms so 
fragrant they are wonderful, but when 
blooms are shed they drop the fruit germ, 
and also the stem, and though this is the 
twelfth year I have never had a grape on 
vines yet. What is the matter with vine 
that it does not bear fruit? 
Ans.— The specimen clearly indicates 
that the vine in question is one of the 
very common wild species, Vitis vulpina, 
that is native in Iowa and over a very 
wide range of country. The flowers of 
this species are usually self-fertile, but 
not always so, and it is probable that this 
one is not of that character. Planting 
another wild vine of the same species 
near it might cause the fruit to set and 
grow to perfection, unless the flowers 
are staminate, in which case the vine 
cannot bear fruit. By sending specimens 
of the flowers when in full bloom to the 
botanist of the experiment station at 
Ames their sexual character can be de- 
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