The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-05-14
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more berries than the Noonan, but the fruit is
not quite good in quality, that is, it has less
pronounced acid or flavor of any kind. It's ship
ping qualities have not been sufficiently tested as
yet.
1t is also superior to the Noonan in it's exemp-
ton, so far, from the rust. After all the drouth
and frost of this unparalleled winter the plants
are still freshly green.
The Cloud has good habit of keeping it's
earliest berries well tucked under the leaves,
escaping the frost This, however, has been the
with most varieties this winter, the drouth
leading naturally to short growth of stem.
HAvERLAND-A pistilate variety throws out
very long and sharply conical berries, with long
stems, which exposes them to frost 1t is nearly
as vigorous grower as the Cloud and nearly as
fruitful, and is also so far fairly exempt from
rust. Sufficient opportunity has not yet been
afforded to test the fruit by long shipment in
large quantities, that decisive opinion can
not be pronounced as to it's firmness.
WAKEFIELD NO. "A pistillate variety; very
fruitful and tolerably vigorous grower, berries
not quite stubby as the Cloud, but too soft
for Northern shipment. 1t has been fairly tested
at Lawtey in this particular.
CLOUD SEEDLING.-A variety introduced from
Crystal City, Mississippi; fairly productive
kind, but the fruit not quite so good as that of
the parent Cloud This testimony, however,
must not be accepted as conclusive against it, as
the bed was set with plants which were weaker to
begin with than those on the bed of Clouds.
MAY KING.-A perfect bloomer a great favor
ite in New Jersey, some of whose growers kindly
introduced it at Lawtey. The plants are very
beautiful, being remarkable for their glossy
leaves and free from rust, and the fruit is fairly
abundant 1t has not endured the drouth as we'll
as most of the preceding, but the bed was rather
1t needs further trial.
BUBACH No. 5.-Pistillate. This has not stood
the drouth we'll. The plants are free from rust
and are fruiting some but they seem to lack vi
tality.
CRYSTAL CITY.-A perfect variety; p favorite in
Louisiana and also at Chattanooga; but the fruit
does not seem to be firm enough for the long haul
from Florida. 1t is very early berry, and has
withstood the drouth very well, the foliage COM
ing through green and bright and nearly free
from rust. 1t was on beds of the same width as
those last above mention (only four rows to the
bed), but it endured the prolonged dry weather
very well.
MAMMOTH A perfect bloomer At a fair in
Burlington, N j.. two years ago, it is said. three
quarts of these berries were shown which con-
Ganed only H. II ana IL berries respectively. Like
SO many other Northern varieties when brought
here it started with great vigor and last Janu-
ary it showed good number of very large irreg-
ular shaped berries; but now the plants are gone
except a little, miserable center in each.
JESSIE Perfect Was very promising at first;
threw out great quantities of fruit. but went
down under the drouth and frost. The plants
nowlook very bad nearly all the leaves are dead
The fruit is considered too soft for long hauIs.
CoHANsIc- Perfectly; only plant left alive
bed a rod long.
LoNGFELLow.-Low, fattish, stubby plants;
bloom early; threw out good deal of fruit early
last winter and the plants are fairly we'll fruited
yet. Stood the drouth tolerably WELL rather bet
ter perhaps than the average of the vare-
ties. Berry more sharply conical than the
Noonan, and has a rather piquant flavor, re-
mindng one somewhat of wild strawberry De-
serves further trial.
GANDY's P PRDE.-Perfect; a very late bearerand
a strong fruiter, throwing out large, corrugated