PETER HENDERSON & CO. r NEW YORK. — POT-GROWN STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 3 
NeW Strawberry, "fiARGARET. 
{Bisexual : Mid- 
Mr. E. C. Davis', (Mass.) '96 report 
is as follows : 
"/ am having the best berries ever seen 
around here this season, with the Margaret 
almost out of sight of all others, in beauty, 
quality and productiveness. The fruiting 
period covered sSdays,fromfune 1st to July 
'8th , inclusive. A s late as July 4th I picked 
eifht baskets from my bo ft. row, and with 
a* few friends we had on Independence Day 
dinner, christening it "The Feast of St 
Margaret.'' The following Monday the same 
roiv yielded fou r heaped baskets. I'm glad I 
do not know what the total yield was, for if 
I did a 7id should tell it , people would say that 
I could leave A nanias and S>ipphira in the 
shade. But it was simply immense and I'll 
drop it there." 
season to Late.) See Colored Illustration on Back Cover. 
THIS variety was originated about six years ago, from seed of the Crawford. 
It has made a remarkable record -perhaps never equaled in the world — and 
is now offered with great confidence. It responds readily to good culture, 
and all careful growers may expect it to produce the finest fruit in great abun- 
dance. 
The plant is large and healthy, and so vigorous in growth that it will ma- 
ture its last berries and continue green and luxuriant while an abundance of 
strong runners are produced. The foliage is dark green, and so clean and 
healthy looking that it is a pleasure to work among the plants. The blossom is 
perfect and one of the strongest ever seen. It commences to ripen soon after 
the early varieties, and bears until nearly all others are gone. With a good 
chance its berries are all of large size. The plant with its habits of growth and pro- 
ductiveness is faultless. The fruit is usually conical, sometimes rather long, but 
never cockscombed or misshaped, often necked. The color is dark, glossy red, 
and the berries are not inclined to have 
white tips. The large, green calyx adds 
to its beauty. The flesh is firmer than 
most very large berries, and of excellent 
flavor. For healthy, vigorous growth, 
productiveness, size, beauty and quality 
the Margaret is a remarkable variety. 
Price, ( pot - grc nun 
plants that will bear 
a full crop of berries 
next spring", $1.00 per 
doz., free by mail ; 
$6.00 per 100, or by 
mail, §6.50 per 100. 
The 
Grand 
New 
Strawberry, 
"Brandywine" 
(Bisexual : Mid-season to Very Late.) 
LTHOUGH the Brandywine has only been offered to the public one year. Yet it is already world 
famous from the superlatively flattering reports in the Horticultural Press, from the experiment 
stations and from strawberry critics to whom a few plants were given for trial. It has been 
thoroughly tested m many parts of the country and has given universal satisfaction, in fact, we doubt 
if any strawberry ever before has received such enthusiastic praise over so wide an extent of territory. 
The berries of the "Brandywine" are of magnificent and immense size— very firm, solid and shapely 
for so large a berry. In general it is broadly heart-shaped without neck, occasionally fruits will be 
found shaped as if two berries were joined together ; flesh red to the core, of delightful aroma, rich, 
juicy and luscious. The seeds are but slightly embedded, which adds to its firmness. The color is of a 
rich dark glossv scarlet, Coloring uniformly all over, no white blotches nor green tips, and its large 
green calyx greatly adds to the attractiveness of the fruit. In productiveness the Brandywine straw- 
barry is truly a marvel, both in size and quantity. The splendid large berries are borne on stiff stout 
stems, ripening in succession for a long period, from mid-season until the very latest, holding up its 
size to the last and every berry coming to maturity. The plants of Brandywine are remarkably vigor- 
ous, healthy and hardy, throwing out strong runners, the foliage is of the largest and thriftiest, 
entirely free from scald or blemish. Price, < for pot-grown plants that will bear a full crop of berries next 
spring), 75c. per doz , free by mail ; $5.00 per 100, or by mail ; $6.50 per 100. 
FLAVOR: 
Delicious. 
COLOR : 
Brilliant 
and 
Uniform. 
* * * 
SHAPE: 
Beautiful 
and 
Regular. 
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PLANT : 
Strong, 
Luxuriant 
and 
Healthy. 
