352 ReEporRT OF THE HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THB 
obtained directly from the originator or introducer in order to be 
the more certain of having them true to name. In other cases 
the plants were taken from the Station beds and were of estab- 
lished identity. 
The fact that no variety does equally well on all soils and in 
all localities should be borne in mind when using this bulletin. 
The notes which follow simply indicate the behavior of the dif- 
ferent varieties on our soil and under our local conditions. 
Under different conditions some of the varieties would be better. 
Nevertheless the results obtained with a variety here may be 
taken in a general way as an index to its value elsewhere, and 
the success of a variety here certainly would warrant giving it a 
place in trial grounds in other localities. 
NOTES ON TEST. 
The plants used in these tests were all set in the spring of 1901. 
The soil on which the tests were made is a rather heavy clay 
loam, well tile-drained and sloping slightly towards the south. 
During the season of 1900 a crop of corn was grown on this 
land. Early the following spring it received an application of 
barnyard manure and was plowed and thoroughly fitted for 
strawberries. Ten plants of each of the varieties tested were set 
May 16 and 17 in rows three and one-half feet apart. The plants 
were two feet apart in the row. J uring the season they were 
cultivated and hoed as occasion required. The blossom clusters 
were kept picked off, but no runners were removed. This was 
for the purpose of comparing the different varieties with regard 
to the number of runners produced. As the runners spread into 
the space between the rows the cultivator was narrowed to avoid 
breaking them. About the middle of July an application of acid 
phosphate at the rate of 825 pounds per acre was broadcasted 
over the rows and during the last half of September an applica- 
tion of wood ashes was given at the rate of 780 pounds per acre. 
Karly in December, when the ground was frozen, the bed was 
covered to a depth of three or four inches with clean wheat straw. 
On the approach of warm weather the following spring, the 
covering was shaken up and a portion removed from directly over 
