DREER'S MID-SUMMER CATALOGUE. 



General List of Select Tested 







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If planted before the middle of September these will produce a full crop next f line. 



While we do not offer a long list of varieties, our stock includes the very best so far as careful selection and 

 test can secure the highest quality. Scores of new strawberries come upon the market ever}- year of which but 

 few have permanent merit. Each season we add to our list all the better sorts which come forward with well 

 endorsed claims to public favor, and each season drop from our catalogue those which have failed to fulfil the claims 

 made by their friends. 



Reduction in Prices. Please note the reduction in prices in the popular standard sorts. This is made 

 possible by our production of these plants in great quantity, We have perfect facilities for packing and shipping 

 pot-grown strawberry plants in summer and autumn. Remember that pot-grown plants, if set firmly in the ground, 

 will safely endure anything except excessive or prolonged drought, and we advise immediate preparation and earl)' 

 planting (August) of next year's fruiting bed. Later planting is safe, but the stronger the growth this autumn, the 

 larger will be the berry crop of 189S. 



Bederwood. 



Earlj', Perfect. 



Bubach. 



Mid-Season, Pistillate. 



A well-known earl}- berry, a good strong grower and 

 most prolific producer of regular conical shaped me- 

 dium to large fruit, color orange scarlet and of excellent 

 flavor. Never fails to produce fine crops. 50 cents per 

 dozen; §3.00 per 100; §25.00 per 1000. 



One of the most productive berries now grown near 

 Philadelphia, and one of the most profitable. The 

 Bubach is in high favor among gardeners in both Penn- 

 sylvania and New Jersey, and is a recognized money 

 maker. It has both size and quality. This berry occu- 

 pied the post of honor on the Philadelphia stalls this 

 year. It was the handsomest fruit on sale in the mar- 

 kets. Plant Sharpless or other perfect flowering variety 

 to insure the fertility of the blossoms. Edgar Conrow, 

 of Moorestown, N. j., votes Bubach the first place for 

 profit. Michael Flyuu, Moorestown, N. J.; Charles Bell, 

 Mt. Ephraim, N. J.; James O. Atkinson, Montgomery 

 countv, Pa., endorse this opinion. 50 cents per dozen ; 

 §3.00 per 100 ; §25.00 per 1000. 



Charles Downing. 



Mid-Season, Perfect. 



A grand old variety for the home garden, a good 

 free grower, bearing good crops of medium-sized conical 

 light red berries of the most exquisite flavor. Succeeds 

 in all localities. Too soft for a market berry. 50ceuts 

 per dozen ; S3. 00 per 100 ; §25.00 per 1000. 



Crawford. 



Mid-Season, Perfect. 



Brandywine. 



I.ate, Perfect. 



All growers are unanimous in their praise of this 

 magnificent berry, and it is now considered the finest of 

 all late fruiting sorts. We do not know that it has a 

 single defect, plants of extra strong constitution and 

 growth doing well evervv.-here. The fruit is extra large, 

 heart shaped, color bright, rich red, and the flavor leaves 

 nothing to be desired. A grand variety for preserving, 

 retaining its native flavor in a wonderful degree when 

 canned. It always produces satisfactory crops, and 

 whether grown for market or home consumption will 

 always he found in the front rank of high sjrade berries. 

 50 cents per dozen ; §S.00 per mo ; Mi.YOO per 1000. 



Named after the well-known strawberry specialist, 

 M. Crawford, who describes it as "a berry for amateurs 

 who give good culture, for size, quality and beauty, it is 

 one of the best, but it will not bear neglect. The plant 

 is a good grower and bearer, has a perfect blossom and 

 produces an abundance of very fine fruit. The berries 

 are large, conical, dark red, glossv, firm, and very good. " 

 60 cents per dozeu : §4.00 per 100 ; §30.00 per 1000. 



Enhance. 



Mid-Season, Perfect. 



A grand berrv cither for home u*e canning, or for 

 market, always bringing a fancy price. Plant vigorous, 

 producing line crops of largest si/c handsome berries 

 of attractive bright crimson color, quality excellent, 

 slightly acid lmt not sour. 50 cents per dozen; $3.00 

 per 100 ; $25.00per 1000. 



