398 Report oF THE HorTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE 
VARIETIES OF STRAWBERKRIP Sy Wale 
CULTURAL DiRT CG elG ie. 
OSM AY LOR: 
SUMMARY. 
Conditions of temperature and moisture in the vicinity of Geneva 
were favorable in 1905 for testing strawberries, although unfavor- 
able in the western and eastern portions of the State. 
Most of the varieties under test fruited in midseason. Fairfield 
and Weston No. 1 were the earliest desirable kinds, and among the 
latest were Cardinal, Mark Hanna, Mead, President, Ridgeway and 
Rough Rider. 
Good size of fruit is essential. Some desirable kinds such as 
Ernie, Fairfield, Kansas and Senator Dunlap produce large fruit 
which decreases considerably in size as the season advances, while 
Cardinal, Joe, Mark Hanna, Marshall, Mead, President, Ridgeway, 
Rough Rider, Thompson No. 511, Thompson No. 700 and Weston 
No. 1 produce large fruit of desirable size to the close of the season. 
Cardinal has many good qualities. Ernie may be valuable if 
not subject to leaf blight. Fairfield appears valuable only on 
account of earliness. Joe and Mead should be planted closer than 
other varieties. Mark Hanna is the most productive though low 
in quality. President is of largest size, an excellent show berry but 
deficient in quality. Glen Mary, Kansas, Marshall, Ridgeway, 
Rough Rider and Senator Dunlap are standard commercial kinds. 
The rating in regard to yield is given in the description of the 
variety. Mark Hanna, the most productive kind, yielded at the rate 
of 12,400 quarts per acre, and the least productive kind was Mid- 
night, yielding 1,114 quarts per acre. With some varieties such as 
Joe, Pan American and Commonwealth, the yield is largely deter- 
*A reprint of Bulletin No. 276. 
