PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 



"BipDywip." 



The Grand, New 

 \ STRAWBERRY 



Shown in Colors on the 



front of this Catalogue. 



The 

 Grand 

 New 

 Strawberry, 



"BRANDYWINE." 



(Bisexual : Mid-season to ve 



[LTHOUGH the Brandy wine 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 in 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 ter: 



The berries of the " Brandywine" are of magnificent and immense size— very firm, solid arid 

 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 lucious. The seeds are but slightly embedded which adds to its firmness. The color 

 is of a rich dark glossy 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 Brandy- 

 wine strawberry is truly a marvel, both in size and quantitv. The splendid large berries are borne on 

 stiff stout stems, ripening in succession for a long period, from mid-season until the very latest, hold- 

 ing up its size to the last and every berry coming to maturity. The plants of Brandywine are 

 remarkably vigorous, 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/% 

 of berries next spring), $1.00 per doz., free by mail ; $^.oo per 100, or by mail $0.50 per 100. 



(From The Rural New Yorker:} 

 " The two new berries which we would specially commend to our nadirs mre Brandywine and Timor,-.', 

 are abundant bearers, healthy and vigorous Tines. Of the two, Brandywine -will perhaps please the ma* I 

 because the ■berry ripens in every part uniformly. If we were desirous of setting out a new bed for 

 would plant, of all varieties in our collection , the Brandy-vine and Timbrcll." 



"Your crate of Brandywine strawberries were distributed among the following parties 

 Morton, Secretary of Agriculture ; lion. Donald McCraig, Chief Clerh, Pept if Agriculture; Mt 



Saunders, Supt. of Grounds and Gardens ; A/embers of the Division of Pom* H'. I. fisher , 



one of the principal commission merchants of this eity. A 11 were delighted with the quo. 

 firm condition of the berry. I know of no other large berry of the same uk: 

 color and as delightful a 'flavor. Samples of the foliage would be <'. 

 our painting of the berry." 



S. B. HEDGES, Pomologist of the United States D apartment t\f Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



Beautiful 



and 



Regular. 



PLANT: 



Strong. 

 Luxuriant 

 and 

 Healthy. 



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