The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30
HORTICULTURF
COMPARATIVE TEST OF OVER
ONE HUNDRED VARIETIES
OF STRAWBERRIES.

perlehce as q strawberry specialist.
EXTREMELY EARLY VARIETIES
Meeks EATly,-Very firm, perfect
| color, gooG f;zn, profitable on rich soil.
Improved Weetbrook.- produc-
tIveness, frmness, perfect color and
good s,z9 make it a highly profitable
market berry. But soil must be rich.
Murray.-A better market berry
than WestbrOok under average culture.
Several days later.
H. ffman.-Not productive enough
this far north to pay.
Eleanor.-Very promising, but fully
tested here.
EARLY VARIETIES.
Smeltz3s Similar to Michel, but
larger and more productive. Pays
we'll here.
Michel.-Proftable as this is in the
West and Southwest, 1t does not pay
here.
Arkansas Tr&veler.-An exceedingly
heavy bearer of large berries.
Clyde.-Productive Of large berries,
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Rio, Dayton, Van Demon Fine bcr-
ries, all of them, but not productive
enough to p-y.
Newman. This standard Southern
berry does not pay this far north.
Beder Wood.-Moderately prolific,
but rather soft.
MEDIUM EARLY VARIETIES.
Bubach.-Its huge s'z9 and unfailing
productivenesg make it cur great mar.
ket berry.
Greenville.- Similar to Bubach.
Bismarck. Promises to be an excel
lent pollen!zer for Bubach, as it re-
sembles it closely in plant and berry.
Crawford, Beecher, Mary, Enor-
nous, Marshall. These varieties are
good only on very rich soil.
Candy Belle, Tennessee Prolific,
WoolveTton. These varieties are Of
the very highest value as pollepiz9rs
for Bubach, GreenviiIe and other large
pistillates. ---~-----
VIM. Belt.-A superb grower, not
fully tested as to fruit.
Brandywine In favor, color, size
productiveness and shipping qualities
about perfect.
Belle.-Rusts some, but bears good
crop of huge, fat, misshapen berries.
Barton, Crescent, HRverIand, Great
| Prolific, Phillips. Love Princess, Ssun-
ders, Blesell. Splendid, Muekingum,
Haverland, Edgar Queen.-These all
bear good crops and are safe average
| market varieties.s-
Cumberland, Parker EarIe.-These
varieties have fatal weakness. They
are too soft to carry to market.
Columbian, Cloud These varieties
DO not pay this far north.
Cyclone.- Prolific Of firm berries,
but not large enough.
Lanah.-This variety, which has
created a great stir South, will not pay
| here.
Enhance.-A powerful 'polleniz9r.
| Berries large but rough. - ,4.~
WarfieId.-That great standard of
the West and North west ranks far be.
low Crescent here. e.
IvenhOe, "A firm, large, we'll colored,
productive market berry.
Brunette, Banquet Claimed to be
of perfect flavor, out have never been
able to fad enough fruit to get the
taste well IN my mouth.
West Lawn-This ranks with my
largest and most valuable market ber-
ries.
Smiths S9edIing.- good average
berry, but not at all extraordinary.
Shuckless Too soft to ship.
Shusters Gem. n.-Excee dinghy prolific
of berries of the Crescent type. know
| no heavier bearer
Louise.-A good, productive, aver
| age eizod stamln8te.
Lady Thompson. Ripens among the
first medium early varieties. Bears
here heavy crop of large, well col.
ored berries.
LATE VARIETIES.
Gandy.-A superb berry, but not
prolific except under very high culture.
Aroma.-Equal to Candy in size and
far more productive under average
conditions.
Equine x.-The latest of all. Prolific,
of fair size, but of poor favor.
Timbrell. "A well favored table
berry, but fails to color well.
The following varieties I have dis
carded; some Of them as worthless;
some of them as inferior to varieties OF
similar character:
Acme. May King, Ontario, Pearl,
Regina. Stevens, Accomac, Beebe, Bel
mont, Bombs, Capt Jack, Dew, Giles
pie, fairfield, Beverly, Ida, Manches-
ter, Monmouth. Oregon Everbearing,
Cameronian, Pineapple, Southland,
Sterling, Alabama, Bessie, Clark's
Early, or Early Idaho, California. Crys~
tai City, or Hy slop, Jess Jersey Queen,
Mammoth, Old Ironclad, Price, FELTON,,
Pansy. Steyman, Yale, Gypsy, LeVlar
than, Kentucky.