646 Report oF THE HorticvULTURIST OF THE 
Early Prolific, Thompson’s Early Prolific. (From Cleveland 
Nursery Co., of East Rockport, O., 1888.) Canes of Strigosus 
type, somewhat slender, nearly free from prickles, bright dark 
red, upright, vigorous. It was not early this season for it gave 
but five per cent of its crop before July 13, while other varieties 
had at that time yielded from thirteen per cent to forty- 
seven per cent of their crop. It gave twenty-nine per cent of 
its yield after July 24 and is therefore classed with the late 
berries for 1893. In productiveness it ranked nineteenth. Canes 
were injured by the winter as much as those of Shaffer. 
Fruit paler red than that of Early Pride, more juicy, medium 
size, firm, good quality. 
Erie, Gladstone, Carpenter's No.2. Canes vigorous, moderately 
productive. Sometimes it has bornefruit in the fall, thus making 
good its claim to a place in the “everbearing” class. Its canes 
were injured somewhat by the winter 1892-3. Its record at this 
station has been as follows: 1887+ productive, in 1888 ¢ unpro- 
ductive, in 1889 + productive, in 1890+ very productive. On the 
whole it has not compared favorably here with the best of the 
older varieties. } 
Fruit medium or above, rather soft, moderately juicy, good 
quality, nearly sweet, crimson or purplish. red when very ripe. 
It ranks fifteenth in productiveness for 1893. 
Genesee. (/rom Z. H. Harris, Rochester, V.¥Y., 1888.) Fruit 
large, scarlet, soft, good quality. Canes of Jdewus type, 
moderately vigorous, tender. Ninety per cent of the canes killed 
to the ground last winter with a minimum temperature of six 
degrees below zero. 
Gladstone. See Ertz. Originated by Charles Carpenter, Kel- 
ley Island, Ohio, and first disseminated under the name of Erie. 
Hansell. I[ruit medium size, bright red, firm, moderately 
juicy, good quality, not very productive here. But four per cent 
of its crop was picked prior to July 13 while at that time 
{M. H. Beckwith in reports of this station 1887 and 1888. 
+C. C. Hunn in reports of this station 1889 and 1890. 
