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. later than the Michel’s Early, ripens a larger part of its crop in 
an extremely short space of time, and on account of its brilliant 
color and firmness, outranks the Michel’s Early as a market berry. 
The Enhance has dropped back for two years to a place among the 
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medium productive varieties, but comes up to fourth place this 
season, and as its fruits are large, showy scarlet, firm and extra 
fine flavor, it is a variety that should be grown more extensively. © 
The Warfield, Eureka and Haverland are good standard varieties, 
extensively grown by fruit-growers in many sections, and all of 
them prove profitable. 
The seedling strawberry plants resulting from crosses 
made in the Station greenhouse, as mentioned in former 
publications, have many of them fruited this season, and tbe ) 
results far exceed our expectation. A large per cent of these 
seedling plants show in foliage, fruit and lateness of fruiting the 
characteristics of one of the parents, also in some cases the strong 
individuality of the mother plant, in others those of the pollen 
plant. 
The strawberry leaf blight has been very severe this season, 
attacking varieties that have heretofore escaped the ravages of 
this disease, notably the Burt and Haverland. There is no doubt 
of the efficacy of the Bordeaux mixture as a preventive, and we 
now practice and advise others to begin spraying young planta- 
tions as soon as possible after the plants have become established, — 
with Bordeaux mixture half the strength of the old formula, 
i, e., two pounds of lime and three pounds of copper sulphate to 
twenty-two gallons of water. This mixture should be applied 
three or four times the first season and at least twice before fruit- — 
. ing the second season. 
Complaints reach this Station in regard to the ravages of the 
rose beetle, which insect has become a source of considerable loss 
to those having newly set plantations. This is the insect that has 
been so destructive to roses, grapes and other plants. A great 
many remedies have ‘been tried, but without any degree of suc- — 
cess. The following in regard to the life history of this insect 
is copied from Saunder’s Insects Injurious to Fruits: | 
“This beetle, commonly known as the rose-bug, attacks the 
rose, and is also very injurious to the grape-vine, apple, cherry, 
