482 KeEporRT OF THE HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE 
Blooming season.— In some parts of the State and in localities 
subject to late frosts the time of blooming is of great importance 
as a large proportion of the blossoms are often killed by low tem- 
peratures at blooming time. The date of bloom varies, depending 
considerably upon the season and on the amount of winter protec- 
tion given in order to keep the plants back as much as possible. 
Records were kept of the date of the opening of the first blossoms 
and from these data the kinds have been grouped according to the 
relative time of blossoming into early, midseason and late bloomers. 
Fourteen varieties bloomed early and fourteen were late in coming 
into bloom. The following is the lst: 
Farty BLooMeERSs. 
Abington Fairfield Nimrod 
Advance Florella Oak’s Early 
Chipman Gill Olympia 
Early Beauty Morning Star Somerset Maid 
Excelsior Mrs. Miller 
LATE BLOOMERS. 
Amanda Good Luck Quality 
Blaine Joe Schauber No. 106 
Chesapeake Magnus ochauber No. 108 
Columbia Millionaire Williams 
Elma Prof. Fisher 
Desirable kinds.— Of all fruits the strawberry is one of the most 
variable in its behavior in different localities and under changed 
conditions. A variety may succeed in one place and fail in another 
place even in closely related territory. It is therefore unsafe to 
plant largely of any kind, no matter how well recommended, with- 
out a preliminary trial to test its adaptability to the proposed loca- 
tion. Nor is it generally desirable to include too many varieties in 
the main plantation for commercial purposes. A conservative 
study should therefore be made of the large list given below. 
These include the varieties which have strongly shown desirable 
characters along important lines. These characters are fully noted 
in the description of the variety. None of these kinds is perfect in 
all points and doubtless some will be discarded after a longer test. 
The fifty-four varieties not included in the list did not succeed well 
in the test at this Station. Those marked with a star should be 
planted closer than the other varieties. 
