
Report of Assistant Horticulturist.* 
This Report treats in a brief manner of the newer strawberries 
tested on the trial grounds of this Station. The older varieties 
are described and reported on in Bulletins Nos. 24 and 36, and 
-Annual Reports for 1889, 1890 and 1891, copies of which can he 
obtained from this Station. roid 
The past fruiting season has been a fairly favorable one. 
Although the yield of fruit in this vicinity has fallen below the 
average of several years, the prices have been kept up by the 
help of a local canning factory that contracts for a large share of 
the products of the surrounding country at a price that well pays 
_ the grower who has from one to ten acres and who is able to get 
_ pickers at fair wages, thus making the market steady throughout 
the season. Reports from other sections of the State show a good 
crop and paying prices, and as the supply to a great extent creates 
‘a demand, there is but little danger of overdoing the strawberry 
business for many years. Of the varieties tested for two or more 
seasons, the Beder Wood leads in productiveness. As reported in 
a previous bulletin the berries of this variety are not of the largest, , 
but hold to a good market size throughout the picking season. The 
- foliage is healthy and the plants multiply by runners rapidly. The 
Greenville follows the Beder Wood in point of productiveness, and 
has the advantage of being larger and would probably sell for 
more per quart than the former. The Burt, which for three years 
gave the best yield of any variety tested, falls this year to third 
place in point of productiveness, and for the first time shows signs 
of disease on its foliage. We should feel at a loss without this 
variety, as it seems to fill the place of the Wilson in more respects _ 
than any other. The Middlefield still holds its own as a fine, 
showy garden variety. Its uniformity of size and shape, its fine 
color and excellent flavor combine to make it a favorite wherever 
grown. The Van Deman, while ripening its first fruits one day 
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