‘CRAWFORD NO. 25 (Imp) _— 
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' A GREAT STRAWBERRY | 
FROM A GREAT MAN}! 
And A Money Maker. 
Spring 1911, the late Matthew 
Crawford sent to me a number} 
of new seedling strawberries, | 
stating that he had more on| 
hand than he could possible give 
attention. Among this lot was! 
a seedling numbered 25. All} 
others of which were destroyed 
after a few years testing. We} 
have taken great pains to pro- 
pagate this variety and have 
given it wide test on a great; 
number of soils, and have now} 
grown sufficient stock to place 
it on the market under the name’ 
of the originator CRAWFORD | 
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In seven years testing this 
variety has never failed a heavy 
crop. During this time there 
were extremely dry seasons as]. 
well as cold late springs when|. 
frost fell for several nights dur- 
ing the blooming season. But 
never a failure. Often varieties 
in the next row were killed te 
the last berry; but still the 
Crawford 25 had a row full of 
the most beautiful delicious 
bright large shiny berries. 
At a time when there are so 
many good varieties all ready 
listed I had hesitated to bring 
out my favorite. But as one of 
my sons said the other day, 
“Dad”—it is too good a thing to keep from the straw- 
berry world and let’s introduce it this year, and name it 
after your friend, Mr. Crawford.” 
So here it is and it did not cost me fifty cents as it 
has always paid its own way. But I think just as much 
of it as if I had paid $50,000.00 for it. And take my 
word: It is going to prove a winner Many of the now 
good old late varieties will have to take a back seat for 
Crawford 25. 
Crawford 25 is a late pistillate or imperfect flow- 
ering variety. Season is very late. Every year we pick 
berries from this seedling after all others were gone. 
We had it fruited with Chesapeake the past season and 
believe me they made some pair. But Crawford 25 out- 
done its companion in both quantity and quality of fruit 
and produced berries for at least a week after Chesa- 
peake was done. 
In plant growth it is ideal, plants large and stalky, 
making just enough for a good fruiting bed, plants 
strong enough to hold most of the berries off the 
ground, has long stems and large green calyx. Berries 
are large to extra large, slightly pointed, rich bright 
red to the center with no core texture, very firm and 
flavor mild and sweet. I do not believe that there is any 
variety that will produce more quarts of berries per 
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CRAWFORD No. 25. 
acre than Crawford 25. 
Crawford 25 should be mated with such varieties 
as Chesapeake, Ford, Lupton or Gandy. I have never 
offered a variety that has a more promising future than 
this one. I hope every customer will give it a trial. I 
would back it with my last dollar. 
PRIZE, (Imp) 
Prize—Is a very late pistillate or imper- 
fect bloomer, fruit is very large bright red in color, 
quality ordinary as it is lacken in sweetness and in fla- 
vor as compared with such varieties as Townsends Big 
Late, Chesapeake, Crawford 25, Ford and ete. Fora 
commercial variety where quality is not demanded it is 
a good money maker and can be depended on to grow 
a heavy crop of large size berries. 
SAMPLE 
A Late Imperfect Flowering Variety. 
Sample—Is a late imperfect flowering variety that 
has been on the market a long time and has given gen- 
eral satisfaction in the northern half of the country, 
but is fast being replaced by many of the newer varie- 
ties such as Ford, Townsends Big Late and others. 
