Of 25 kinds of strawberries tried at the Kentucky Experiment Station, upon a rich garden soil underlaid with clay, Bubach No. 5 alone receives a perfect mark in a scale of 10 for market purposes. For home use, Jessie, Henderson, Gold, and Gandy receive a 10. In quality, Henderson and Gandy stand 10, and Parry stands at O. In productiveness, Itasca, Bubach No. 5 and Lida receive a 10. "From our observations this year the following new varieties would seem worthy of trial for market: Jessie, Bubach No. 5, Hav-erland, Warfield's No. 2, Itasca, and perhaps the Crawford ; and for a late berry, Gaudy's Pride. For family use the Jessie, Warfield's No. 2, Itasca, Crawford and Henderson, and for a late berry, Gandy's Pride would be a good selection." These are interesting results, to be commended for their definite character, and worth comparison with other tests. L. H. B.

Strawberries #1

This bulletin gives, in tabular form, the results of observations as to sex, origin, date of introduction, time of blooming, maturity and weights of 20 berries of many varieties of strawberries. Descriptive notes are also added of some sorts. No succinct conclusions are drawn. Tests were made upon the relative merits of matted row and hill culture. "Comparing the results of the two methods of culture, it is found that in nearly all varieties the matted rows gave the larger yield and generally larger fruits. It has often been said in the past that cutting off runners, and so confining each plant to a single stool, resulted in giving larger berries, although fewer in number. Careful weighings of a given number of berries from nearly every picking of each variety this season give the advantage in size of fruit in nearly every case to the matted rows, and the (generally) marked increase in yield from this system leads us to believe that the matted row plan is greatly superior to the other, except with a very limited number of varieties.

It is probably true that for success with the hill system, very rich soil and high culture are necessary ; even then it is doubtful if anything is to be gained by it".

Strawberries #2

I fruited Sharpless, Cumberland Crescent, Kentucky, Glendale, Manchester, Gandy and Monmouth. The fruit was ready for the table June 6th and the season closed with us June 25th. The earliest berry was the Crescent and the latest the Gandy. Each variety produced only about half a crop, and this in a favorable season, for we had plenty of rain at the right times, and my plants came through the winter in good condition under a light covering of long stable manure. By far the finest berries I produced came from the Gandy plants, which were also much the most thrifty and vigorous growing vines on my grounds. Monmouth, growing right beside the Gandy plants, did no good at all, and most of the plants died. I am not prepared to give the explanation for this. The Gandy is the finest shaped and the firmest strawberry I have ever grown. - G. G.

Groff, Leroisburg, Penn.