New YorK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 4OI 
ment all varieties were planted the same distance apart, three feet 
by two feet. In commercial work some of these varieties should 
be planted much closer, while others should have more room. The 
following is a list of varieties producing very few or very many 
plants: 
VERY FEW PLANTS. . VERY MANY PLANTS. 
Mark Hanna, Challenge, 
Ridgeway, Commonwealth, 
Senator Dunlap, Goldsborough 
Shenandoah, Joe, 
Stahelin. Mead, 
| Midnight, 
Pan American. 
Productiveness.— Observations were made in the field at fruiting 
time in regard to apparent productiveness, and the fruit of each 
variety was weighed at each picking, the rate per acre being 
obtained from these figures. As yield is largely influenced by !ocal 
conditions, the figures are omitted from this bulletin, the rating of 
productiveness being recorded in the description of each variety. 
The most productive kind, Mark Hanna, yielded at the rate of 
12,400 quarts per acre. Among other productive varieties were 
Cardinal, Kansas, President, Ridgeway, Rough Rider, Senator Dun- 
lap, Shenandoah and Stahelin. 
Some varieties gave a very low yield. The least productive kind 
was Midnight, yielding 1,114 quarts per acre. Among other unpro- 
ductive kinds were Commonwealth, Hunn, Joe, Pan American. 
Three of these, however, would have given a much higher yield 
had the plants been set closer, the individual plants in some cases 
being very productive. 
DESCRIP ELON. ORY ARIE TIES. 
In these descriptions the names in parentheses following the 
names of varieties indicate the source of the plants tested at the 
Station. 
Beaver.—(John Mull, Dayton, O., and M. Crawford, Cuya- 
hoga Falls, O.) Per. A chance seedling of unknown parentage, 
originated about 1901 by J. F. Beaver, Dayton, O., and introduced 
in 1904 by Mr. Crawford. Plants moderately numerous, moderately 
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