Strawberries. 
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stalks are short and stout, the leaflets large, elliptical, teeth short and sharp, 
trusses long, bloom sufficient, anthers numerous but often poorly developed. 
Berries large, long-conic with neck, color good, yield poor. 
First bloom May 17-19th, abundant bloom May 28th. First ripe berry June 
20th, best yield June 28th, last July 12th. 
The variety is unworthy of further trial here. It is reported unproductive at 
the New York Station. 
Ironclad. —bisexual. 
Plants are of low habit, vigorous, reproducing fairly well. The leafstalks 
are short and stout, leaflets oval or broad-ovate, glossy dark green color, trusses 
medium length, stout, bloom abundant, flowers small to medium, petals five, 
stamens numerous and well developed. 
Berries small to medium, conic with tips, color dark red, flesh ditto, quality 
good, firm, yield low. 
First bloom May 13th, abundant bloom May 19th. First ripe berry June 
13th, first picking 17th, full picking June 20-27th, last July 12th. 
The variety will be discarded as unworthy. 
Ivanhoe. —bisexual. Originated in Southern Ohio with Geo. W. Trowbridge, of 
Hamilton county. 
Plants thrifty, foliage ample, leathery, dark green, blossoms medium size. 
Berries large, conic, symmetrical, colored well, quality excellent but with a 
slight core. 
First bloom May 21st, abundant bloom May 25th. First ripe berry June 20th. 
This is a promising variety here. It is reported favorably from the Montana 
Station. 
Jay Gould. —pistillate. Originated in Eastern Ohio, 1887. 
The plants are of medium size and color, trusses medium long, bloom scant, 
flowers medium to large, showy, petals five to eight in a single circle. 
Berries small, round-conic, crimson, flesh lighter, much like Gypsy in form, 
color and flavor, but smaller. 
First bloom May 16th, abundant bloom May 24th. First ripe berry June 
14th, last picking July 12th. 
Variety undesirable here. Reported very favorably from the Michigan 
Station but unfavorably from the Montana Station. 
Jessie. —bisexual—pistillate. Originated with Jas. W. Loudon, Janesville, Wis. 
Plants very large and vigorous, producing young plants freely. Leafstalks 
long, leaflets very long, teeth large and irregular, medium green, trusses long and 
stout, bloom abundant. We have two stains of the variety. The flowers are 
large in the perfect-blossomed strain and small in the pistillate. Both strains 
are very productive of large berries, the earliest of which are often flattened and 
slow in coloring at tips. 
Berries light scarlet, flesh lighter, quality good, calyx large, seeds prominent, 
quite firm. 
First bloom 12-14th, abundant bloom May 23-24th. First ripe berry June 
10-12th, last picking July 17th. 
The development of the pistillate strain is slightly in advance of the stami- 
nate. The chief fault of the variety is the uneven ripening of the first fruits. 
At the Southern California Station it ranks low in production and growth of vine, 
at the Kansas Station very low in production, at the Georgia Station it is 
regarded as a good variety for amateur culture only, and in Wyoming it is not 
very successful, but is reported very favorably from the Michigan Station. 
Jucunda. —bisexual. 
Plants large, medium green, leaflets large and long, trusses long, bloom 
abundant, flowers large, petals usually five but frequently numerous in a single 
circle, stamens well developed. 
' Berries large, conic, frequently ribbed and irregular, quality fair, acid, yield 
medium. 
