. Cone's catalogue and report : new and choice strawberries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Wisconsin Menomonie Catalogs; Strawberries Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Strawberries; Agricultural implements. - 13 - OTHER VARIETIES OF MERIT. have not had the pleasure of fruiting this variety, but it has been mentioned in reports for several \Tears, and nearly everyone is familiar with its name and repu- tation. It is the berry of all berries for richness and high flavor. The plant is strong and healthy, of the Bubach type, with taller foliage. Granville
. Cone's catalogue and report : new and choice strawberries. Nurseries (Horticulture) Wisconsin Menomonie Catalogs; Strawberries Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Strawberries; Agricultural implements. - 13 - OTHER VARIETIES OF MERIT. have not had the pleasure of fruiting this variety, but it has been mentioned in reports for several \Tears, and nearly everyone is familiar with its name and repu- tation. It is the berry of all berries for richness and high flavor. The plant is strong and healthy, of the Bubach type, with taller foliage. Granville Cowing, the originator, who is a strawberry specialist and a man well known for the exceeding care with which he puts forth any statement, has described it thus: "This variety, in its combination of delicious flavor and beauty, has probably taken a step in advance of any variety now generally cultivated. Its berries are abovemedium size, round, and almost invariably perfect; of a dark mahogany color when fully ripe—a shade darker than Warfield—and without any white tip. The plant is a strong grower, and as free from rust as any variety now cultivated. Flower perfect. The fruit is quite firm, very handsome, and remarka- ble for its exquisite flavor. It is the most attractive strawberrv in my collection, and readily sells for from three to five cents per quart more than my best Bubachs and Haverlands on account of its superior qualities. For two seasons invalids at Muncie have sent regularly three miles into the country to its originator for Brunette berries because they claimed it was the only variety they could eat with ; Brunette has become a favorite with all the experiment station experts who have fruited it. Prof. J. Troop, of the Indiana Experiment Station, where Brunette has been three years on trial, places it at the head of all varieties at that station for delicious flavor. The following is the report of Ohio Experiment Station for 1894: "B
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