488 REpoRT OF THE HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE 
Columbia.— (J. B. Wild & Bros., Sarcoxie, Mo.) Imperfect. 
Plants very numerous, strongly vigorous, healthy, very produc- 
tive. Leaves unusually large, dark green; leaf stems long, very 
trick. Fruit. stems long, thickish, often single, rather erect. 
Blooms and ripens late, picks easily. Calyx above medium to large, 
oiten leafy, usually slightly sunken. Seeds numerous, raised. 
Fruit large, often very large, wedge to roundish conic, attractive, 
glossy, light scarlet. Flesh well colored, firm, agreeably acid, 
pleasant flavor, good to very good in quality. Retains size well as 
the season advances. Desirable in size, color and shape. Flesh 
characters good. One of the most promising kinds. 
Colossus.— (Geo. R. Schauber, Ballston Lake, N. Y.) Imper- 
fect. Plants medium in number and vigor, healthy, productive. 
Leaves small to medium, dark green; leaf stems short to medium, 
slender. Fruit stems inclined to short, medium to slender, often 
single, prostrate. Blooms in midseason, ripens early, does not pick 
easily. Calyx medium to below in size, slightly leafy, attractive 
green, reflexed, flat to slightly sunken. Seeds variable in depth. 
I'ruit large to medium, retains size well in later pickings, wedge to 
roundish conic, rather blunt, attractive, medium dark scarlet. Flesh 
medium red to light colored, firm, mildly acid, not high flavor, of 
fair quality. Attractive shape. Characters desirable except in 
flavor and quality. 
Commander.— (Flansburgh & Potter, Leslie, Mich.) Perfect. 
This variety is of French stock imported and sold first in this 
country by J. H. Goldsburg, of Washington, D. C. Plants numer- 
ous, vigorous, susceptible to attacks of leaf blight, productive. 
leaves medium to large, dark green; leaf stems of average length, 
rather slender. Fruit stems medium to above in length, of average 
thickness, rather prostrate. Blooms and ripens in midseason, picks 
medium easily. Calyx medium to above in size, often discolored, 
usually slightly raised. Seeds depressed. Fruit very large to 
medium, varies in shape from irregular wedge to roundish conic or 
slightly elongated, surface irregularly furrowed, light to dark scar- 
let, does not color uniformly. Flesh medium well colored, very 
irild, not juicy, inferior in flavor and quality. Coarse in general 
appearance. Fruit runs small in later pickings. 
Dighton Rock.— (J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, Conn.) Per- 
fect. Plants few in number, below medium in vigor, healthy, pro- 
