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MIDSEASON 



ABERDEEN. A comparative new variety becoming very 

 popular in Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey and justly 

 so for it has much to recommend it. The plants show un- 

 usual thriftiness, making abundance of new plants, so 

 many in fact we advise planting the Aberdeen 24 inches 

 apart in the row or else the foliage will be so dense the 

 berries will not be firm. The Aberdeen is unusually pro- 

 ductive, equalling or surpassing the Premier. The berries 

 average about the same as Premier in size and similar 

 in shape being a dark red attractive color and very good 

 quality. It cannot be recommended for shipping to distant 

 markets in refrigerator cars, but for nearby markets up to 

 300 miles it is a hard berry to equal and is very profitable 

 because of its hardiness, ability to fruit under most any 

 conditions, its unsurpassed productiveness and the size 

 and quality of the berry. Its ripening period extends 

 from two to three weeks. We have a large supply of very 

 fine plants of the Aberdeen to offer this year, plant them 

 for comparison with Premier and Big Joe. They can be 

 rated among the most profitable varieties to grow. 



BIG JOE. No other midseason berry has stood the test 

 of varied soil and climatic conditions to which the Big Joe 

 has been subjected to for the last twenty years and come 

 through with the fine record it has for general hardiness, 

 productiveness and a profitable berry. It has stood the 

 test and now stands at the head of the list of Midseason 

 berries as does the Premier for early varieties and the 

 Chesapeake for late varieties. It is natural it should 

 respond to good soil and cultural methods but it will 

 withstand the trials of poor and varied soils and come 

 through with a fine set of new plants and a good crop. 

 It is a large to very large berry, attractive, dark, bright 

 red, firm berry that will sell on any market. It can al- 

 ways be depended on to make a good set of plants and 

 come through with a crop and this combination combine.': 

 to make it one of our most popular and most profitable 

 berries to grow. 



AROMA. One of the best for its season, following closely 

 on the Big Joe. The plant is very thrifty and readily 

 adapts itself wherever it is planted. It is especially popu- 

 lar in the Mid and Southwest and is becoming more pop- 

 ular in the East as the value of the berry is becoming bet- 

 ter known. The fruit is medium to large, bright dark red 

 the color carrying through the berry, it is firm and a good 

 shipper. It is a good plant maker and very productive. 

 You cannot go wrong on the Aroma as a berry to preceed 

 the Chesapeake. 



LATE VARIETIES 

 CHESAPEAKE. The aristocrat of all strawberries where 

 given good care and planted on good soil. It will not 

 stand abuse, seeming to do best in dark loamy soil and 

 heavier soils. Given these conditions you will find it the 

 most profitable berry to grow. As the Premier it is about 

 frostproof and bears abundantly, the plants having large, 

 healthy foliage. The berries are very large and attrac- 

 tive, being of superior quality. These points of merit en- 



ables it to command the highest possi- 

 ble prices for berries, very firm so you 

 can ship it to distant markets. You are 

 able to command the highest prices 

 possible for well grown Chesapeake 

 berries. Plant them. 

 BIG LATE. The only imperfect flower- 

 ing variety we list. It could be classed 

 as one of our greatest berries if it did 

 not have this fault. It must be inter- 

 planted with other 

 varieties to produce 

 good crops, this be- 

 ing done it is one of 

 the most productive 

 varieties in culti- 

 vation. The plant 

 is a strong grower 

 and disease resis- 

 tant. The berry is 

 medium to large, 

 and unusually at- 

 tractive. It is very 

 profitable if given 

 proper polonization. 

 LUPTON. A fancy 

 late shipping berry 

 similar to Chesa- 

 peake in size and 

 appearances but 

 does not have the 

 quality the Chesa- 

 peake has. We rec- 

 ommend it where you cannot get satisfactory beds of 

 plants of Chesapeake because the Lupton will do equally 

 as well on most all soils, making abundance of plants and 

 being a vigorous grower and you can always depend on a 

 good crop of Lupton berries. 



VERY LATE VARIETIES 



GANDY. A tried and proven real late berry. A vigorous 

 grower making plants freely preferring springy soil to 

 come to its best. B'erries are large, very firm and at- 

 tractive. 



WASHINGTON. A new late variety introduced recently in 

 Michigan. The introducer seems very enthusiastic about 

 it saying it is a good plant maker, big cropper, berries 

 large, glossy, deep rich red like black heart cherries. 

 Keeps very well. 

 The plant seems 

 to be a vigorous 

 grower with us, 

 and seems worthy 

 of a thorough trial. 



EVERBEARING 

 VARIETIES 



MASTODON. The 

 best Everbearing 

 strawberry yet 

 introduced, called 

 by some Western 

 Specialist "The 

 Wonder Berry." 

 This variety is 

 supreme among 

 a 1 1 everbearing 

 varieties even as 

 the Premier is su- 

 preme among the 

 early spring bear- 

 ing varieties. It 

 outyields some of 

 our best June bearing sorts during their season and con- 

 tinues to bear throughout summer and fall berries of amaz- 

 ing size and superior quality, being very firm and attrac- 

 tive. For best results newly set plants should be disbudded 

 up to July 1st, they will then bear till frost. They are 

 grown very successfully by hill culture methods as well as 

 matted bed row system, where hill culture is practised, set 

 the plants 15 inches apart in the row and have rows from 

 2 to 2 l / 2 feet apart. This produces strong robust hills that 

 produce very heavy. 



LUCKY STRIKE. Introduced recently by an Eastern plant 

 grower and is worthy of planting. We do not consider 

 this variety equal to Mastodon, but it is superior to 

 Progressive and Champion everbearing sorts. It is a 

 persistent yielder of medium to large berries of very 

 good quality and good appearances. Makes plants quite 

 freely and is a vigorous grower. 



Big Joe. 



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