Show strawberry for every locality klondike aroma and howard 17 are three leading lea d varieties prepared by the united states staten Depart Doo artmont merit ot of agriculture service people who avoid strawberries because of their high acidity need not deny themselves the pleasure ot of eating this luscious fruit if they will try some of the milder flavored varieties such as the new york the marshall and the chesapeake several hundred varieties of strawberries are grown in tho the united states one for every locality and purpose according to specialists of the united states department of agriculture who have classified them for the benefit of growers and cop consumers sumers of this large number of varieties however only about 40 are grown rown commercially and 19 of these constitute 00 per cent of the acreage the three leaders klondike aroma and howard 17 account for 63 per cent of the acreage in the country best beat varieties to grow climate and soil conditions are factors that determine to a large extent the best varieties to grow grov in the different sections of the country the missionary Is the leading sort in florida and along the atlantic coast to maryland most other parts of the south prefer the klondike the blakemore a new berry developed by the department Is becoming popular in the carolinas Caroll nas and as far north as new jersey the aroma Is a favorite in most or of the milder regions of the central states including the northern part of arkansas and tennessee and the southern parts of missouri illinois and indiana the dunlap Is popular in the remainder of the middle west in the northwest marshall oregon ettersburg ottersburg Etters burg and dark clark are most widely grown while the howard 17 Is king north of the ohio and potomac and east odthe of the mississippi new varieties increase new varieties of strawberries are being introduced constantly the department part ment says many of them possess no special value as compared with the well established varieties and most of them soon disappear from nursery mens lists occasionally a new variety such as the blakemore has merit enough to tb make a place for itself |