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other improved varieties. In this we have been thus far disappoint- 
ed. V. aestivalis has not yet bloomed with us, and the other wild 
species have bloomed so much earlier than the improved varieties 
that we have not been able to secure across. Last spring we mulch- 
ed the soil about the wild vines before the frost left the ground, 
hoping thus to retard the blooming, but in this we were unsuccess- 
ful. | 
Strange to say, the vines of all the wild species except V. aestiva- 
lis, bloomed profusely the past season, but not one of them set a 
single berry. We were unable to account for this fact, as the flowers: 
appeared to yield pollen. 
Notes on the Strawberry. 
In the autumn of 1884, six potted plants each of the following 
strawberries were planted, of which the note was omitted in our last. 
report. The last three named are Hautbois strawberries. With the 
exception of the Daniel Boone, all bore a small crop the past season, 
and we append the date of first bloom, and first and last ripe fruit of 
each as follows: 






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Manchester. .-..-.--.|May 25|June25|July 25- 
Bidwell. tee May 28).June23|July 13,\Mrs. Garfield ---...-- oe 20 fees) ee 
Charles Downing...| ‘ 25; “* 25) ‘* 25 Old Ironclad........ $8: 22| 2S Ol eee ee 
Crescent: 2.5222 5.465 19} “© 1%] “ 14)Prince of Berries ..|June 4) “* 27) “ 18 
Cumberland -------- $6) 95). SS Ore) S14 Dar less 2h. May 25} “* (287 oes 
Daniel BOGHOG he eee eel eee ceo ee | eee ‘Triumph de Gand..| ‘* 25) ** 25 Be a bys 
Golden Defiance..:.|May 28|)June 26|\July 15, Wilson --..-..-.-.--- 8 D1 Sn Ol pte dD: 
AMEN VICKea=-o-- ee 91} ** 18} “© 17: Belle de Bordelaise.| “ (26; ‘“* 23) “* 18 
Jersey Queen. ------ “i, 20) Sti ee] JY 11 2IiMontreufil die. i June 1] | 8h 24) “ce Be 
Legal Tender. .----- 99) ** 25] * 16 Royal Hautbois -...|May 25) ‘ 23] “* 15 
It appears that the Crescent was earliest, and the Prince of Ber- 
ries latest. The Crescent gave the largest yield, the James Vick 
second, and Legal Tender third. 
The Mrs. Garfield strawberry, from a plant set in the spring of 
1883, fruited with us the first, time the past summer. In season it 
was medium. The fruit was of a bright scarlet color, of medium 
size, ripened perfectly at the tip, pleasant but not high flavored, 
The plants were moderately vigorous and productive, and the berries 
were borne on short foot-stalks, and were largely covered by the 
foliage. | 
The foliage of the Wilson Strawberry, in a bed set in the spring of 
1883, blighted so badly during the latter part of the past season as to 
nearly destroy the plants. The blight was much worse in some parts 
of the bed than in others, portions being almost exempt. Rows of 
Sharpless and Hervey Davis growing alongside were also somewhat 
blighted, but in a far less degree. Of the nineteen varieties set in 
the fall of 1884, Cumberland and Golden Defiance suffered most. 
None of the varieties set in the spring of 1885 were noticeably affect- 
ed. 
Several seedling plants from the Manchester and Bidwell strawber- 
ries came into bearing the past season. Those from the Manchester, 
