Milford chronicle., 1889-08-09

iuS SUCCESS Whcn sui pcuNO EuitducAI hld
New York or Boston; and these are tn,
markets we have to depend on to use oui
crop. What varieties haze we to ehooS,
from ?" Wei may name varieties we hav,
tested:
Hoffman's Seeding first on account o
earliness; which is about five days aheaC
of Crescent or Wilson, while in growth
shape and color, it is desirable 1t i.
small, and will no doubt continue to be
grown largely on cur lower Peninsula Oh
account Of earliness. It is doubtful if We
need an early berry, as we must take oui
place after Virginia and Maryland in the
market.
Clouds Seeding has many good point:
to recommend it; but not sufficiently
tested here to say what position it will
take in public favor.
Jersey Queen, while perfect in shape
and color, hugs the ground too closely,
and is uncertain as to prOductiveness.
Manchester is killed ont with rust.
May Queen, while it may be held in
favor by some on account of having a
perfect blossom, and being almost identi-
cal in every other respect with Crescent,
and suitable for a fertilizer for that vari-
ETY., lacks in productiveness.
The old favorite Cumberland, notwith-
standing its many good qualities, never
sells as well as its size would seem to de-
mand for it, because of its showing mp in
market dull and leaden looking in color,
on account of its dark seeds.
Champion is beautiful dark, glossy
berry of good size, with strong vine, and
fruit borne well up ON long stems in
abundance; but too late for a market
berry.
Wilson, the old reliable, the introduc-
ton of which revolutionized strawberry
growing, must held its own for many a
day on account of its perfect blossom,
and its reliability as fertilizer to other
varieties with imperfect blossoms Many
persons have complained that this vari-
ETY. has lost its old time productiveness.
We believe there is no foundation, what
ever, for this opinion. A few thousand
plants we bought from reliable nursery
man in New York State the past spring,
are showing a vigor of growth equal to
half dozen other varieties planted at the
same time. If growers would always
plantl the Wilson in a separate every
fourth row, and not mixed in the row
with Crescents TO be choked out after the
first season, there would be no cause for
complaint.
The Gypsey created quite a furore
among strawberry men in some localities
two or three years ago, and it certainly
has many points in its favor as a berry
to ship to distant markets. Its beautiful
deep crimson, glossy berries, of medium
size and unusual irmness cause it to sell
for the top OF the market. Among Der
ries of its size, it has some serious faults |
It rusts somewhat, and the stems like Jer
sey Queen, are too short to commend it
foria universal favorite.
The Crescent everybody knows and
everybody plants; and nearly everybody |
abuses. It has its faults chief among
them is its lack of frmness; but it has
brought more clear money into this Pen
insula since its general introduction, than
all other varieties combined. 1t is likely |
10 be planted largely for some time As
is we'll known, both this variety and the
Gypsey are pissillate varieties, and must |
have some variety like Wilson, May King, |
Or Iron Clad-a berry similar to Wilson,
but lighter in color-planted near by
hem to render them futile and produc-
i've.
We have tested number of new vari-
eties in limited way; but notwithstaud-
ng the effort to boom Haverland Seed
ing we think it rather too light in color,
md too soft, to be profitable for distant
market Among the dozen newer varie-
les tested last spring, we have found but
me that we can recommend for general
planting, and this was unexpected, for it
S not once in ten years that a really good
lew fruit is introduced. We are firmly
convinced from our experience, and of
,thers who have fruited it on this PENN.
ula, and correspondence with others
Who are growing it elsewhere, that the
oming berry is already here, and that it
must as soon as known, entirely super
EIDE all others.
As Dean Swift said, doubtless the
,reator might have made better fruit
han the strawberry, but it was equally
ertain that he never did" So the skin
f the hybridizer may be able in time to
'roduce better market berry than War
eld, No. z; but it is equally certain that
hey never have. This variety, which for
we will simply call Warfeld,
) a chance Seeding, originating in Him
is three or four years ago, and which
apidly become so popular, that more than
alf the fruit shipped to some of the
7estern cities the present season, were
Varfelds. In health and vigor of plant,
4 the size, solidity, and deep rich glossy !