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Mixed Plants ^^ often happens that in taking up a large quantity of plants 

 to fill hundreds of orders that sometimes we will get up 

 more of some variety than are needed at that time to fill orders. It also some- 

 times happens that we will have a row or two in the field that will get mixed, 

 which we cannot use for filling straight orders. To those who are willing to 

 set this kind of plants, knowing that they have some of the listed varieties, 

 but not knowing which they are or which they are getting, we are willing to 

 make a very low price. 



Messenger ^ introduced this new berry for the first time last spring, 

 ® and after fruiting it another season I am more than pleased 



with it. Here is what I said last spring: "The fruit begins ripening witii the 

 early varieties and continues for a long season. The berry is of extra large 

 size, well colored, and very firm, making it a good shipper, excellent flavor, a 

 good market or home table berry. The plants are exceedingly vigorous — the 

 strongest of any early berry I ever saw. The foliage is clean and healthy, 

 almost, if not quite as rank as the Chesapeake, which it resembles very much. 

 I believe this berry will prove a money-maker to those who plant it and 1 

 advise you to secure enough of the plants to give it a thorough test. 



Masic Oem ^ midseason-to-late variety originated by Edward Vance of 

 ^ Idaho. Because of the unusually large size and high quality 



of the berries and its long fruiting season, Mr. Vance has controlled the straw- 

 berry trade in his local market. The berries are not only large and abundant, 

 but they also are beautifully formed and are distinctly cone-shaped. The ber- 

 ries are highly colored, being dark red with a glossy surface, and bright yellow 

 seeds which are imbedded in the surface just deep enough to produce a beau- 

 tiful contrast. The flavor of the fruit is mild and delicious. The calyx is a 

 dark, rich green, which adds to the beauty of the berry. The berries are very 

 firm and ship exceedingly well. 



Nick Ohmer ^ perfect giant among strawberries, roundish-conical in form, 

 uniform and regular; rich, glossy crimson, firm and solid, ex- 

 cellent in quality and average large to the very last picking. The plant is ex- 

 ceedingly vigorous with clean, healthy foliage without the slightest tendency 

 to rust. 



Norwood Introduced in 1908 at $10 per dozen, and every year since the de- 

 mand has been greater than the supply. Norwood is similar to 

 Marshall in many ways but is a better grower and more productive and reli- 

 able. The fruit is large and handsome, regular in form and equally as fine in 

 flavor as Marshall. The season of ripening is the same as Marshall, mid- 

 season. 



Ne-w York ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ strawberry that was awarded a prize of $100 which 

 new 1 uriv ^^g offered for the best and largest variety. The plant is an 

 unusually robust grower, making but few runners, throwing its strength and 

 vigor into the magnificent berries, which are produced in great abundance and 

 are of immense size. In form they are very handsome and regular, of a round- 

 ish conical shape. Color a crimson-scarlet, dark, rich and inviting, coloring all 

 over and leaving no green tips. The flavor is deliciously rich and melting. 

 For a family strawberry it is one of the best, but its large size and delicate 

 texture would possibly prevent the berries from arriving in good condition in 

 distant markets. This berry is so popular it has been introduced under many 

 different names. You will make no mistake in planting this variety for homo 

 use or local market. 



Received the plants O. K. and set them out The strawberry plants received from you 

 the next day. They were in fine condition. are growing nicely. I want you to reserve- 

 Many thanks for the extra ones you sent me. 1,000 Corsican for me this fall. MRS. JOHN 

 THOS. L. KTLLIP, Maryland, May 5, 1917. P. DUNN, Pennsylvania, July 9. 1917. 



