CATALOGUE OF STRAWBERRIES, BULBS, ETC. 



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FOREIGN VARIETIES. 

 PRICE: ^ 



Pot Grown Plants. — $i.oo per dozen. 



Layer Plants. — 75 cents per dozen ; $2.00 per 50 ; $3.00 per 100. 



Except otherwise noted. 



Alpine Wood — With runners, red and\tr 



\ white ; very hardy and prolific ; fruit 

 small, flavor musky and agreeable. 

 Belle Bordelaise — A variety of Hautbois; 

 medium size ; dark red ; flesh white^ 

 juicy, with a high musky flavor; for theVi 

 \ table unrivalled. Plant very orna- f 



V mental. Season medium to late. 



\Laxton's *' Commander" — Layer plants, 

 $1.00 per dozen. , 



Laxton's " Captain" — Layer plants, $1.00 



\per dozen. 

 Laxton's ** Latest of All " — Layer plants, 

 $1.00 per dozen. 



"N/'Laxton's "Noble"— (New, 1887.) Though 

 recently introduced, this is at the present 

 time the popular English market variety. 

 Very large ; roundish conical ; color 

 dark red ; handsome; flesh soft; quality 



good ; a good grower with us, and 

 promises to prove valuable. 



Montreuil — A fine large variety of the 

 Alpine ; very productive ; should be in 

 every garden where choice fruit is de- 

 sired. One of the best of this class. 



Royal Hautbois — Large, with the true 

 musky, Hautbois flavor ; a most abund- 

 ant bearer. Season medium to late ; 

 desirable for the garden. 



Triomphe de Gand — Very large, conical, 

 often flattened ; glossy crimson ; firm, 

 high quality ; hardy. Only a moderate 

 grower. Valuable for the garden. Hill 

 culture for it is the best. Season medi- 

 um to late. Price, pot grown plants, 75 

 cents per dozen; $2,50 per 50 ; $4.00 per 

 100. Layer plants, 50 cents per dozen ; 

 $1.25 per 50 ; $2.00 per 100. 



The Sharoless Strawberry, Compared with the '* Noble " in England. 



Mr. John Watkins of the Pomona Nursersies, Withington, England, says: " I 

 have often wondered why this (Sharpless) strawberry is not more cultivated. I 

 have grown it for several years. The following is my experience with it out of 

 doors : Very early, ripens with Noble ; flavor fair, much superior to Noble, a bet- 

 ter cropper, but it is not so strong a grower. The fruit is much larger, rather cor- 

 rugated, and sometimes growing rather coarse ; in this respect Noble has the 

 decided advantage in shape, but the color of Sharpless is superior to Noble. 



Take it all around, if I were selecting a very early strawberry for market, I 

 should give the preference to Sharpless over Noble." 



