DREER'S MID-SUMMER CATALOGUE. 



PARKER EARLE. 



Lady Thompson. Eari y , perfect. 



A North Carolina favorite of undoubted merit, with 

 a great record for productiveness and profit, now planted 

 extensively in the Northern States. Several Pennsyl- 

 vania and New Jersey market gardeners fruited it last 

 year, and praise its earl}- ripening qualities. Strong 

 foliage; fruit of good qualitv. 50 cents per dozen ; §3.00 

 per 100 ; $25.00 per 1000. 



Marshall. Early, Perfect. 



This sort did well with us the past season, and has 

 become a favorite with many growers. Mr. Crawford, 

 the strawberry expert, says of it : "It may be described 

 by saying that it is perfect in ever}- way. It has pro- 

 duced 3,000 quarts on one-third of an acre. The plant is 

 very large and luxuriant, blossoms perfect, fruit of the 

 largest size, good shape, dark, glossy red, and of very 

 excellent qualitv." 50 cents per dozen ; §3.00 per 100 ; 

 §25.00 per 1000.' 



Mary. Early, Pistillate. 



A comparatively new berry, widely on trial on ac- 

 count of its record. Early, large, productive, with 

 strong foliage. Worthy of trial everywhere. Fertilize 

 with May King, Sharpless, or some other comparatively 

 early perfect-flowered sort. 60 cents per dozen ; §4.00 

 per 100 ; §30.00 per 1000. 



May King. Early, Perfect. 



An old and justly famous standard sort. It bears a 

 fair crop of medium-sized, bright scarlet berries, and is 

 a reliable kind to plant for fertilizing the earlier pistil- 

 late varieties. 50 cents per dozen ; §3.00 per 100 ; §25.00 

 per 1000. 



Michel's Early. Ean y , 



Perfect. 



A very- strong growing, extra early variety, moder- 

 ately productive, with many frieuds. Quality good, 

 attractive in color, and worthy of a place in all gardens. 

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



Parker Earle. 



Late, Perfect. 



A most wonderful producer, having yielded at the 

 rate of 15,000 quarts to the acre. It succeeds every- 

 where under proper treatment. Berries are long, coni- 

 cal, regular and uniform, glossy red in color, and of good 

 quality. The variety is of Southern origin, and, although 

 it bears dry weather well, its best and most prolific results 

 are obtained under high culture, rich manuring and 

 irrigation. The plant usually sets more fruit than it 

 can possibly perfect except with a copious water supply. 

 " First choice " of Mr. Albert Atkinson, of Three Tuns, 

 Montgomery county, Pa., in our recent canvass. 50 

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



RiO. Early, Perfect. 



A recent introduction that is very highly recom- 

 mended. It is of a rich, glossy color, medium size and 

 very prolific. Recommended by the practical experi- 

 ence of Mr. Edward T. Ingram, West Chester, Pa. 50 

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





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V There is no better pleasure in stra' 



PLACE CHIEF RELIANCE upon standard strawberries of known excellence, but A 



DO NOT BE AFRAID to test new varieties on your grounds. C" 



strawberry growing than in selecting the prizes from the ripe fruit of the test bed. j 



