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conical, crimson berries, seldom ill-shaped, with light 

 red flesh. Some specimens quite dark red all the way 

 through. Sub-acid without much flavor. Larger and 

 more productive than the Crescent. It is an excellent 

 pollenizer, furnishing bloom through the season. 

 Hale says it does better in loam or clay than in sandy 

 ground. See colored Plate I. 



CRESCENT. The most prolific and best known of strawberries. 

 Thought by some to have run out, but will hold on while a good 

 many new ones die. The plant is light and slender, but healthy 

 and vigorous. The berries are rather small, roundish, conical, 

 slightly depressed at apex, of dull scarlet color ; light flesh ; sub- 

 acid, with spicy flavor ; season early to late. It is often called 

 the poor man's berry because it is sure to yield fruit under 

 adverse conditions. Shown in colored Plate II. 



DISH OF BEDER WOODS 



Hard to beat 



WOOD. Moderately thrifty growing plant 

 of Crescent type ; very productive of medium, round- 

 ish, dull scarlet berries, with white flesh ; moderately 

 firm ; sweet but insipid. Seems to give fair satisfaction 

 where tried, but I would not plant it for market. See 

 colored Plate IV. 



