DREER’S MID-SUMMER LIST. 3 
NEW STRAWBERRIES.—Continued. 
THE HERSEY. 
LATEST FIRST PRIZE VARIETY. 
This Strawberry originated at 
Hingham, Mass., some five years 
ago, it being a seedling, grown 
by Mr. Samuel Hersey, of that 
town. It attracted so much local 
attention that its originator soon 
learned that it had unusual 
value as a new and distinct va- 
riety ; and, after securing several 
first prizes at local exhibitions, it 
was also awarded first prize at the 
Strawberry Exhibition of the 
Massachusetts Horticultural So- 
ciety last season. 
This berry possesses all the 
good qualities desired for home 
use and the market. Its flower is 
perfect, requiring no other variety 
to fertilize it. The fruit is of 
most excellent flavor, having the 
taste and aroma of the best varie- 
ties of the wild Strawberry. Its 
form is very attractive, and its 
color a rich, dark red ; very uni- 
form in size and easy to hull. 
The vines are very strong and 
thrifty ‘in appearance, also ex- 
tremely hardy and very pro- 
ductive. Under ordinary culture, 
1,000 quarts of fruit have been 
grown on a plot of land sixty 
feet square—this being at the 
rate of over 12,000 qts. per acre. 
$1.50 per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 
New Early Strawberry.—_VAN DEMAN. 
An extra early perfect flowering variety, a seedling of Crescent, crossed with Captain Jack. After 
haying been tested at twenty-seven State experiment stations, the following report from New York State is a 
sample of many favorable reports : 
‘This is the best extra early variety ever tested on the Station grounds. The first picking of three 
quarts of any one variety was picked from this, and it continued in bearing for twenty-one days, ripening the 
bulk of its fruit, however, in ten days. The vigor of the plants is good, growth stocky, and fruit hid beneath 
the dark foliage ; berries a showy glossy scarlet, with yellow seeds, firm and tart. I am of the opinion that 
this variety has a great future.’? 75 cents per dozen; $5.00 per 100. 
New Strawberry.—_THE BANQUET. 
In this New Strawberry we have an exceptionally high flavored berry. It is not an untested variety, 
but has been under cultivation since 1880, when it first originated, in Orange County, N. Y. It isa seedling 
of berries crossed with the wild strawberry of the fields, the exquisite flavor of the wild fruit is so marked in 
*“ The Banquet ’’ as to at once place it at the head of the list of high flavored Strawherries. 
The berries are of medium size, measuring about one-and-a-half inches in diameter, of uniform conical 
shape, ripening up well without green ends, of a rich crimson color; in season it is about medium. 
$1.00 per dozen; 38.00 per 100. 
OUR NOVELTY COLLECTIONS. 
For the benefit of our customers who wish to try the six new varieties here 
listed, in an experimental way, we have made up the following collections : 
We will furnish one each of the 6 new yarieties, or 6 plants, for 75 cents. 
66 three be 6 66 66 18 66 $1.50 
6s Six 66 6 66 66 36 66 $2.50 
OG fifteen 6 6 « “6 90 «¢é $5.00 
The plants ordered from your firm arrived in perfect condition and were most satisfactory—more than meeting our 
expectations. The seeds were also satisfactory. MRS. F. LEWIS CLARK, Spokane, Washington, April 10, 94. 
