ing and canning. After processing the color was very good. 
Flavor is excellent, plants are vigorous and healthy, and 
propagate rapidly. Berries are glossy, attractive, firm, and red 
to center. Easy to hull. 
EMPIRE (Mid-Season) 
A new variety just named by the N. Y. State Agricultural 
Experimental Station. The berries are large and maintain 
their size well throughout the picking season. The shape is 
conic to wedge-conic, and color a very attractive light glossy 
red. Quality better than Howard. A heavy cropper, vigorous, 
and makes plenty of runners. Principal merits are the pro- 
ductiveness of the plants and the very attractiveness of the 
berries. Ripens 4 to 6 days later than Howard. 
Empire is a cross between Dresden and Sparkle. 
ERIE (Mid-Season to Late) 
A new variety from the New York State Experiment ~ 
Station at Geneva. Berries are large, maintaining their size > 
well throughout the season. The color is medium red, bright 
and attractive. Ripens about eight days later than Howard. 
Plants are vigorous and bear heavy crops. The principal merits 
of Erie are the heavy crops of attractive berries which ripen 
late. It is a cross between Sparkle and Howard. 
Three new Berries from the Maine Agricultural 
Experiment Station, Orono, Maine 
ORLAND (Mid-Season to Late) 
Parentage—Aberdeen and Howard 17 
Six days later than Howard 17. Yield, excellent. Berries 
have bright, attractive exterior. Flavor, firmness and quality 
for freezing about like Howard. Plants very vigorous and re- 
sistant to red stele. Considered the most promising of the 
three varieties released, when considered in an over-all rating. 
MONMOUTH (Mid-season) 
Parentage—Aberdeen and Howard 17 
Season about four days later than Howard. Berries bright, 
attractive red, darker exterior and interior color than Orland. 
Average size larger than Howard. Flavor and freezing quality 
very good. Occasionally mildly infected with leaf spot; good 
resistance to red stele. Yield, excellent. The above report is 
from the Experiment Station at Orono, Me., but our experience 
indicates a large set of berries and they run small even with 
irrigation. 
MAINE (55) (Mid-season) 
Parentage—Aberdeen and Howard 17 
Season 3 or 4 days later than Howard. Berries bright, at- 
tractive red with excellent interior color. Good flavor, highly 
aromatic, and excellent for freezing. We consider the Maine 
do the best of the three new Maine varieties. 
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