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TOP NOTCH-Big, Sweet and Productive 



EVERBEARING STRAWBERRIES 



Bears from June till Thanksgiving. 



These everbearing strawberries are preeminently the 

 home-garden berry, although the fruit may be shipped 

 short distances if properly packed. The method of raising 

 these berries is the same as for the other sorts, excepting 

 that for the first season, (that is the same same season 

 they are planted) all blossoms that come before the middle 

 of July should be kept cut off. They not only produce a 

 good crop of berries the first year planted but the follow- 

 ing year they fruit at the same tin^e as the old standard 

 sorts and then produce another crop in the fall. 



PROGRESSIVE. This is generally considered the best of them all. 

 Produces immense crops of medium size berries of the very highest 

 flavor, even better than most of the "June only" varieties. If you hav€ 

 never grown strawberries of any sort you will be safe in planting these. 



SUPERB. In some sections, especially the North, this is considered 

 better than Progressive but for the South and Middle States I believe 

 Progressive the best. The berries of Superb are larger than the Pro- 

 gressive but it does not produce half as many of them, nor is it usually 

 as good a plant maker. The berries resemble those of the Chesapeake. 



AMERICUS. The berries are medium to large in size, firm and of 

 the very highest flavor, very spicy, the flavor is entirely different from 

 any other strawberry that I have ever tasted. 



IDEAL. One of the newest of the everbearers. Has a little smaller 

 plant that the Superb and the berry is a little smaller but it is much 

 more ])roductive. 



PEERLESS. Better than Superb, being a more vigorous grower, 

 more productis-e of equally as large fruit and fully equal to Superb in 

 ipiality. If you have been growing Superb try a few Peerless. 



TOP NOTCH. A strong, luxuriant: grower, not affected by any dis- 

 ease. One of the most productive of the everbearers as large as the 

 Superb and much more productive with me. If you want something 

 extra fancy try Top Notch. 



PERFECTION. This is the everbearing variety which won the $1000 

 cash prize for the everbearcr which proved nearest perfection. In the 

 contest for this $1000 prize it was necessary for the winning variety t» 

 excel in the following points: (1) Strong, hardy and vigorous in 

 plant growth. (2) Unusual i)roductiveness. (3) Uniformly large and 

 well-formed berries of rich color, delicate flavor and high quality. (4) 

 Uniformly i)roductive from early spring to late fall. This trying con- 

 test covered several years and was open to all everbearers. 



NO. 999. Introduced last year by the Gardner Nursery Co., and they 

 claim it is the host they have ever fruited in the ten years they have 

 been testing them. They sold them at $r).00 per dozen last spring and I 

 was so favorably impressed with their description that 1 )>urohased 

 some of them. 



DULUTH. (Minnesota No. 1017). The plants are good sturdy grow- 

 ers, produce n goodly number of runners, besides stooling heavily. The 

 fruit that each individunl i.lant produces is almost incredible. They 

 simply lay about the plants in piles. The fruit is good size, round in 

 shape, deep red in color and very firm and of good quality. I InMieve 

 it will be one of the best market sorts. 



