Strawberries 



If to be sent by mail, add 25c per 100, to prices quoted. Plants sent by mail at dozen rates, if desired. 



Strawberries give the greatest yield and the largest berries when grown in rich, well-prepared soil; hence no 

 pains should be spared in preparing the bed carefiilly before planting, by digging or ploughing deeply and turn- 

 ing under a liberal coating of well-rotted stable manure. Before planting, the roots of the plants should be shortened 

 about one-third, which will cause them to emit a profusion of new fibres. In planting, expose the plants as little 

 as possible to the wind or sun. Do not plant very deeply, but be sure and press the soil firmly about the roots. Should 

 the weather be warm, shade valuable plants for a few days with a handful of coarse litter, etc., over each plant. 

 For hill culture in the family garden, set in rows two feet apart and the plants fifteen inches apart in the rows, 

 cutting off all runners as they appear. For field culture, where they are to be worked by horse and cultivator and 

 permitted to form matted rows, plant in rows three feet apart with the plants one foot apart in the rows, requiring 

 14,520 plants per acre. 



The after culture consists in keeping the soil mellow and free from weeds by frequent hoeing or cultivation. At 

 the approach of winter, cover the entire bed with salt-meadow hay or other loose, light material. When the plants 

 "start" in spring, rake the mulch from off the plants sufficiently to permit them to push through it and leave it 

 on the surface about the plants, to protect the fruit and keep it clean and also keep the soil moist and cool. 



The blossoms of all strawberries in cultivation are either hermaphrodite (perfect) or pistillate ^imperfect), and 

 the varieties named in this catalog have perfect blossoms, except those marked with the letter P, which are pistillate. 

 It is best always to plant at least three varieties — early, medium and late — to expand the season of fruiting to its 

 full limits. 



Owing to the protracted drought of the past spring and summer, my supply of strawberry plants is much 

 smaller than usual. In fact, I am obliged to omit a number of varieties from the Catalog because I have only 

 enough plants of them for my own planting; and others I can offer in limited numbers only. Another year I hope 

 and expect to have plenty for all demands. 



BBINDTWIXE. — A superb variety of general adapU- 

 bility and one of the most popular. The berries are 

 large, roundish-conical, regular, bright glossy crimson, 

 firm and of good flavor. Plant a fine grower, vigorous 

 and productive. For best results it should be grown on 

 strong, rich soil. Ripens in midseason. Doz., 25c; 100, 

 60c. 



CABDIXAL (P). — A man-el in vigor and productiveness, 

 exceptionally firm and very handsome. The quality is 

 not fine — too tart and not refined — but it looks so well, 

 yields so well, sells so well and is so easily grown, it is a 

 most profitable variety to grow. The berries average 

 large and are bluntly conical with a bright green calyx or 

 "burr"; and they "stand up" remarkably well after shifv 

 ment. Season medium until quite late. Doz., 25c.; 100, 

 60c.; 1000, $4.00. 



CHIP3tA>'. — A variety from Delaware that is rapidly 

 making a nam.e for itself. It is of large size and very 

 prolific — of the old Bubach type but has a perfect blos- 

 som. Berries of bright red, glossy and "stand up" well 

 in market Plant of strong upright growth with large, 

 healthy foliage, that does not rust or scald. Season early 

 to mid-season. Doz., 25c; 100, 60c; 1000, $4.00. 



ElBLT OZIBK.— The finest and best very early variety 

 to date. It is among the very first to ripen and 

 the berries are from good to large in size. Fruit bright 

 red in color and globular form; plant of strong growth, 

 healthy and very prolific, Doz., 25c; 100, 75c; 1000, 

 $5.00. 



FAIBDALE GmT.— The originator says: "It ripens 

 one week in advance of Gandy and Stevens' Late 

 Champion. Their handsome appearance and unusual 

 large size make them a profit producer. We can truth- 

 fully say that Fairdale Giant is the largest variety we 

 have out of about thirty different kinds. Its flavor is 

 the best, being of a sweet richness that cannot fail to 

 tickle the palate." Doz., 25c; 100, 75c. 



FENDALL (P).— A Southern child of a worthy Northern 

 parent — a seedling of Wm. Belt, from Baltimore County, 

 Maryland. Wm. Belt is so fine, that a few years ago, 

 if confined to a single variety, it would have been the 

 one chosen. Fendall surpasses its parent in size, beauty 

 and uniformity. It also gives a longer season of fruit 

 and produces nearly double the quantity of quarts per 

 acre. It has yielded at the rate of nearly seventeen 

 thousand quarts per acre. The berries are smooth and 

 glossy, of firm, meaty texture and exceedingly full and 

 rich in flavor. Plant of strong growth, with great power 

 to resist drought. Midseason until very late. Doz., 25c; 

 100, 75c; 1000, $5.00. 



GANDT. — Introduced by me in 1888 and now more 

 largely grown than any other variety. It ripens late to 

 very late — and the berries are large to very large, bluntly 

 conical, of the firmest texture and bright flame-colored — 

 which color they retain until they decay; but in flavor 



it is rather acid. It is very nearly perfect in vigor and 

 growth of plant. It originated in a meadow in South 

 Jersey and its peculiarities are its preference for very 

 moist land and the fact that it usually yields mora boun- 

 tifully the second than the first year. Doz., 25c; 100, 

 60c; 1000, $4,00. 



HUNDRED DOLLAR.— Of this the originators have to 

 say: "I have done a great deal of strong boasting for 

 this new berry; but its continued annual big yield in fruit- 

 ing prove that all my claims in the past did not begin to 

 give it credit for what it proved itself capable of as a 

 tremendous yielder of the largest and most beautiful 

 berries, over all virietits grown in this section. It was 

 positively a wonderful sight — the berries piled high on 

 top of each other and to a side view of the rows the 

 berries were more conspicuously prominent than the 

 leaves of the plants themselves." ♦ • ♦ "j dg not 

 believe there is another variety of strawberry that will 

 outyield this giant in size or surpass it in quality. The 

 color and flavor are good; it has no core." Doz., 35c; 

 100, $1.00. 



