Archive image from page 394 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhar00hedr Year: 1922 and New York for the home-garden, for which it is well fitted because of the productiveness of its vines and its handsome dark-red, well- flavored fruits. The berries are not firm enough for the market. It should be planted in fertile soils and receive the best culture. The variety originated with William Belt, Me- chanicsburg, Ohio, about 1888. Perfect. Plants vigorous, fairly healthy; runners numerous. Fruits medium to late, large, irregular, globose-conic or wedge-
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Archive image from page 394 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhar00hedr Year: 1922 and New York for the home-garden, for which it is well fitted because of the productiveness of its vines and its handsome dark-red, well- flavored fruits. The berries are not firm enough for the market. It should be planted in fertile soils and receive the best culture. The variety originated with William Belt, Me- chanicsburg, Ohio, about 1888. Perfect. Plants vigorous, fairly healthy; runners numerous. Fruits medium to late, large, irregular, globose-conic or wedge-shaped ; flesh rather soft, outer color dark crimson with dark red flesh; core pink, hollow ; mild subacid ; quality very good to best j seeds prominent. WILLIAMS. This variety is grown in the Niagara district of Canada and the United States. Its virtues are productive vines and handsome dark-red fruits; its faults, suscepti- bilit}- to diseases and too many berries with white tips. The variety originated on the Carlton Fruit Farm, St. Catherines, Ontario, about 1890. Perfect. Plants few, ductive ; leaves medium of fair length, slender thickness, often double, of medium size, not large to medium, late, dull; flesh dark red, flavor; quality good to of medium vigor, healthy, pro- in size, dark green; leaf-stems ; fruit-stems short, variable in prostrate ; blooms late; calyx leafy, pale green, flat. Fruit blunt, round-conic, dark scarlet, firm, agreeably acid, pleasant very good; seeds raised. 312. William Belt. (X) WILLIAM BELT. Fig. 312. Belt. William Belt has long been a favorite in New England WILSON. No other strawberry now of- fered by nurser>'men has been so long under cultivation as Wilson, and no other one has been so commonly grown. For many years it was grown in all parts of the United States, but it is now planted only about Rochester, New York, and in the states of Oregon and Washington. In these regions it is liked for its productive plants, and its dark-red, acid