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medium size, broad, medium to dark green, truss axes short to medium, bloom 
production fair, dowers small to medium, petals not imbricate. 
Berries medium size, short-conic to globular, deep crimson, flesh light scarlet, 
seeds deeply set, quality and yield good. 
First bloom May 10-14th, full bloom May 19-22d. First ripe berry June 
6-llth, last picking July 8th. 
A good early to medium variety. Reported from Georgia as a poor grower 
but a very heavy mid-season cropper, the best on the Station grounds. It is re¬ 
ported very favorably from Michigan but poorly from Montana. 
Princeton Chief. —pistillate. 
Variety of tall habit, vigorous, reproducing abundantly. Leaflets large, long, 
somewhat tapering toward apex, light green, trusses exceedingly long, somewhat 
overtopping the leaves, bloom very abundant, flowers large, petals five to nine, 
stamens considerably developed. 
Berries large, dark crimson, form irregular, yield good. 
First bloom May 19th, abundant May 24th. First ripe berry June 21st, last 
July 17 th. 
This is a very late, promising variety. Reported unfavorably from Montana, 
from Georgia as lacking in form and productiveness, but very favorably from the 
Michigan Station. 
Puritan. —pistillate. 
Plants after the Crescent type but taller and the leaflets more sharply toothed. 
It is a very healthy and vigorous variety, forming plants abundantly, leafstalks 
long and stout, leaflets medium to large, dark green, serrations small, trusses 
medium to long, bloom sufficient, flowers medium size, petals usually fire, 
stamens none. 
Berries medium size, conic, irregular, surface uneven, crimson, very acid, 
yield good. 
First bloom May 16th, abundant bloom May 28th. First ripe berry June 16th. 
full picking June 26th, last July 8th. 
A late variety, poor to medium in value. 
Rio. —bisexual. 
A variety of Crescent type. Plants low in habit, vigorous, reproducing freely, 
leafstalks short and slender, leaflets small, light to medium green, trusses short 
and upright, bloom sufficient, flowers medium size, petals usually five, stamens 
well formed. 
Berries medium size, broad-conic with somewhat prolonged point, bright 
scarlet, flesh ditto, quality good, acid, core cartilaginous, yield fair. 
First bloom May 16th, abundant bloom May 22d. First ripe berry June 13th, 
last picking July 2d. 
The variety is not desirable under our conditions. Reported unproductive 
at the Georgia Station, but favorably from Michigan. 
Seedling of Downing.— bisexual. 
A very vigorous variety, setting runners and young plants abundantly. 
Plants large, leafstalks long, stout, leaflets lar^e, long and narrow, uniformly 
notched, light green, truss axes long and upright,' bloom abundant, flowers small, 
calyx especially small, bowl-shaped, stamens well formed but not numerous. 
Berries medium size, long-conic, scarlet, flesh ditto, seeds deeply set, giving 
the surface a rasp-like appearance, the seeds on the exposed surface becoming 
red while the flesh is still white, quality good, not a good shipper, yield fair. 
First bloom. May 12th, abundant bloom May 20th. First ripe berry June 
14-17th, full picking June 20-26th, last picking July 12th. 
Unworthy of trial under our conditions. 
5huster’s Gem.—pistillate. A cross of Crescent x Sharpless. 
Variety large, thrifty, reproductive, leafstalks long, slender, leaflets large, 
oval, light green, trusses medium to long, upright, bloom fairly abundant, flowers 
medium size, petals none. 
Berries medium size, conic, symmetrical, clear scarlet, flesh lighter, quality 
good, sweet, lacks firmness, yield good. 
