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interest in the variety. The plant is strong and healthy, with a 
fine, dark green foliage, but here it was not productive. The first 
two or three pickings gave berries of good size, sub-conical, of an at¬ 
tractive color, fairly firm and of good quality; but afterwards the 
fruit was of small size. On a different soil we hope the variety will 
do better. 
Warfield .—This is undoubtedly one of our very best all-purpose 
berries. The plant is of medium size, very vigorous, producing as 
many if not more runners than Crescent. The foliage is strong and 
dark green, trusses short and stout, a second early variety, very pro¬ 
ductive; berries of large regular size, conical, slightly necked, of a 
rich dark red, firm, and a good shipper. Like the Wilson, it is a lit¬ 
tle acid. Of all the varieties tested, for a profitable market berry, 
the Warfield stands at the head. 
West Lawn .—A strong, vigorous variety, with long leaf stalks 
and long ovate, light green leaflets, trusses long and strong, holding 
the fruit well up from the ground, medium in time of ripening, ber¬ 
ries of good size, regular, sub-conical, of a dull scarlet. The tips are 
inclined to remain green, which feature, with many, would condemn 
the variety. 
Wilson .—No other variety of strawberry has been so widely dis¬ 
seminated and was held in popular favor so long as the Wilson. 
For more than twenty years it stood pre-eminently as a productive 
market berry, but now we are sorry to say that this once grand berry 
has certainly run down, until it is no longer productive, and the 
fruit is of inferior size after the first few pickings. The plant is a 
a strong, close grower, with large’ dark leaves, flowers strongly stam- 
inate, prolific in pollen, berries of medium size, conical, dark red and 
very firm, one of the best shippers grown. 
Wolverton .—A productive variety, ripening in mid-season, that 
gives promise of becoming a valuable berry, both for home use and 
for shipping, being a late bloomer it is not likely to be killed by late 
spring frosts. The plant is a close grower, strong and healthy, leaf¬ 
lets large, long ovate, light green, trusses very strong, berries large, 
conical, regular in size, color a bright, attractive red, flavor good. 
We believe this variety will be liked by all who grow it. 
SUMMARY. 
From the variety test carried on at this station, and from ob¬ 
servations made on beds of growers in this vicinity, the following 
may be summarized: 
1st. For an extra early berry, either tor home use or market, 
Mitchell’s Early is desirable. The plant is bi-sexual, prolific in pol¬ 
len and a good pollenizer. The variety does far Letter the second 
and third years than the first. 
