624 Report oF THE HoRTICULTURIST OF THE 
*Magnate, P. Blossoms with Beder Wood. Fruit dark 
scarlet, moderately firm. Plants not very productive. 
Manchester No. 1, P. (From Jackson & Perkins, Newark, 
NV. Y.) Blossoms with Sharpless or later. Foliage vigorous, 
but rather small; fruit stems good; runners abundant. | Plants 
moderately productive. Fruit medium to large, scarlet color, 
soft and not very good quality. 
*Meek’s Early, Advance, 8. (rom Slaymaker & Son, Dover, 
Del.) Not productive here. 
*Michel, Michels Harly, 8. For an early crop this variety 
takes the lead of all varieties tested, but the total yield for the 
season is not high. For local markets where very high prices 
are obtainable for early fruit it might be profitable to plant a 
few Michel; otherwise it is not productive enough to pay for 
growing Uy i tateo ve Its fruiting season lasts about two 
weeks, but the greater part of its yield is given within eight or 
ten days from the time it begins to ripen. 
*Muskingum, 8. (“rom S. R. Moore, Zanesville, O.) Fruit 
crimson color. Plants unproductive. 
Random, 8. (from G.W. Cline, Winona, Ontario.) Foliage 
first class; runners very abundant; fruit stems good. Plants 
not.very productive. Fruit medium size, light scarlet, mod- 
erately firm, good quality. 
Reth’s No. 5, P. (From H. A. Lvehl, Alton, JU.) Begins to 
blossom a day or two before Sharpless. Foliage and fruit stems 
good; runners abundant. One of the most productive of the 
varieties fruited for the first time this season. Fruit medium to 
large, moderately firm, fair quality, scarlet color. 
ftiehl’s No. 6,8. (Hrom EL. A. Riehl, Alton, Jl.) . Foliage 
and fruit stems good; runners abundant; plane ts moderately 
productive. Fruit dark scarlet, medium size or above, 
moderately firm, good quality. 
*Rio, Thompson's No. 9. (From Cleveland Nursery Co., Rio 
Vista, Va.) This season confirms the record of unproductiveness 
made by this variety last year. Mid-season, scarlet, good quality. 
Foliage good. Fruit stems short. 
* Varieties marked with a * were fruited in beds two years old. More complete descriptions | 
of them may be found in Bulletin 64 of this Station or the Annual Report for 1803. 
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