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THE. NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
FRUIT AND PLANT NOTES 
NEW FRUITS OF VALUE 
Everbearing Strawberries 
Unusual interest in this type of the strawberry is mani¬ 
fested the present season. A number of varieties exhibiting 
late fruiting habits have appeared. It is to be remembered 
that Pan-American, produced by Samuel Cooper, Delevan, 
New York, and exhibited at the Pan-American Exposition, 
was one of the pioneers of this type. Among others which 
are claiming public attention is a variety introduced by Mr. 
Farmer of Pulaski, New York, and several types being 
propagated by Gardner and Son, of Osage, Iowa. It is 
altogether likely that a place will be found for these types in 
regions where the autumn season is relatively open. 
A Sample of Fall Bearing Strawberries 
Under date of October 26, we received a package of 
strawberries from Mr. L. J. Farmer of Pulaski, New York. 
These were samples of the Francis, so called everbearing 
strawberry. Mr. Farmer says that, “We began picking ripe 
fruit from these plants on September 10, and they will con¬ 
tinue to fruit until the hardest freezing weather. Last year 
from 500 plants set May first, we gathered during August, 
September, and October, 400 quarts of berries and sold them 
to grocers and leading hotels at twenty-five cents per quart. 
This means that they yielded at the rate of 8000 quarts to the 
acre, and at this price would net something like $2,000 per 
acre.” 
The berries are of medium size, conical or wedge-shaped, 
light red, sometimes rather lacking in color. The texture of 
the specimens received is exceptionally firm, and their keep¬ 
ing quality excellent. In flavor they somewhat resemble 
forced strawberries, that is, strawberries grown under glass, 
lacking somewhat the rich, sugary flavor of the summer-grown 
berry. A berry of this kind at this season of the year is 
certainly a imique production, and if it can be depended upon 
to behave itself regularly in the manner described by Mr. 
Farmer, it should prove not merely a novelty, but a valuable 
addition to our fruit lists. 
Editor. 
Varieties of Pecans 
Sam H. James of Mound, Louisiana, writing in a recent 
number of the Rural New-Yorker recommends Moneymaker 
as one of the most prolific varieties he is growing. Another 
heavy yielder with him is Teche. This variety, he says, is 
superior to Frotscher, but it is certainly very much smaller 
than Frotscher. Among other varieties recommended are 
Carman and Van Deman. The latter, he says, is a beautiful 
nut, but a poor yielder. It might be added that Van Deman 
is also, as grown in Georgia and Florida, subject to scab to 
such an extent that orchardists are planting it very sparingly. 
Prepotency 
As a result of the exhaustive studies of Professor Hansen 
of Brookings, South Dakota, in the breeding of hardy fruits. 
notably plums and raspberries, he states that at the present 
time he is unable to formulate any law or rule specifying the 
influence we may expect from either parent on the offspring. 
There are those among the older school of plant breeders who 
believed that the pistillate or female parent dominated the 
constitution and vigor of the plant, while the staminate 
parent influenced the quality of the fruit. These assertions 
are not substantiated by Hansen’s investigations. 
Professor Hansen states that the most promising line of 
work which he has conducted thus far is in crossing the 
native sand cherry with the Japanese plums. The result of 
this cross has been several varieties of plums exceedingly 
attractive in color, with much of the quality of the Japanese 
plum inherited, and much of the hardiness of the native sand 
cherry. 
High Color in Apples in England the Past Season 
The excessively warm weather which visited the European 
continent and Great Britain during the past season heightened 
the color of many of the native fruits in a very unusual 
manner, and we note frequent reference to this in European 
journals. An American variety of apple, Tompkins County 
King, which usually, as grown in England, takes on very little 
color, appeared in its native American dress this season, and 
greatly astonished the English growers. As grown in New 
York orchards, it is one of the showiest of our early winter 
apples. As grown in England, it is usually a dull green with 
slight bronze tintings. The present season, however, its 
natural brilliant color has been brought out by the excep¬ 
tional warm weather, and many expressions of admiration 
for the beauty of the apple are recorded in connection with 
exhibits of this variety at the different shows. 
English Apples in Herefordshire Orchards 
The Coimty of Hereford has long been renowned as one of 
the noted fruit growing counties of England. John Lindley’s 
description of Herefordshire apples constitutes a valuable 
contribution to the general subject of pomology. A strong 
impetus to fruit growing in the County was given by the 
famous fruit grower, Thomas Andrew Knight, who lived at 
Wormesley Grange, near the city of Hereford. The County 
possesses an active fruit growers’ association. This organiza¬ 
tion recently made an exhibit of apples at the Crystal Palace 
in London. Among the apples exhibited were the following: 
Dessert and culinary: Blenheim Orange, Lady Henneker, 
Nonesuch, Lord Nelson, and the American variety Wealthy. 
It is interesting to note that this productive variety has found 
its way into the orchards of England. 
Dessert: Baumann’s Red Reinette, Cox’s Orange Pippin, 
King of the Pippins, Ribston Pippin, and Worcester Pear- 
main. 
Culinary: Bismarck, a variety of the Alexander type, 
Warner’s King, Wellington, and Yorkshire Beauty. 
