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J. T. LOVETT, INC., LITTLE SILVER, N. J. -STRAWBERRIES 



CHESAPEAKE. — Upon soil and under con- 

 ditions that suit it, this is indeed a wonderful 



variety. It will not succeed upon thin, sandy 

 soil, but requires loam or clay-loam; and de- 

 mands high culture. The berries are very large 

 and beautiful, with smooth, even surface and 

 prominent seeds. The color is bright lively 

 crimson, and the prevailing form is heart- 

 shaped with pointed tip. Flesh firm, quality 

 very good. Plants vigorous and healthy with 

 large foliage but multiply sparingly. Midseason 

 until quite late. If one has the right kind of 

 land and will give it high culture, it is exceed- 

 ingly profitable. A number of growers in the 

 vicinity of Little Silver have made small for- 

 tunes from it during the past few years. The 

 berries, which were largely sold in Red Bank, 

 have been so fine, it has been given the name 

 of "Pride of Red Bank" in the markets there. 

 Dozen, 35c.; 100, $1.00; 1,000 $6.00. 



EDMUND WILSON 



A striking unique Strawberry and strictly an 

 amateur — not a commercial variety. The plants 

 resemble potato vines in size and vigor; the 

 berries are as large as small apples or oranges. 



Form globular or bluntly heart shaped, of deep 

 maroon color with smooth surface and quite 

 firm. Upon good soil the plants attain a height 

 of twelve to fifteen inches with 3. spread of 

 fully a foot and are enormously prolific. Ripens 



in midseason. 



Mr. B. B. Cozine, editor of the Shelby News, 

 Shelbyville, Ky., says: "About the middle of 



February, 1915, I purchased from you 100 each 

 of Early Jersey Giant and Late Jersey Giant 

 and 50 Edmund Wilson Strawberry plants. 

 Paying no attention to advice, I left about half 

 the blossoms on these plants, and for the past 

 ten days, I have been picking the finest berries 

 a person ever enjoyed. While the Jersey Giants 

 showed up nicely, they do not compare with 

 the Wilson. They are now in full bearing, and 

 for size and flavor they beat anything ever seen 

 in this section. Despite the fact that I per- 

 mitted the plants to bear only three months 

 after planting they are strong, vigorous and 

 healthy — the Wilson being especially so. They 

 are doing this, too, in spite of the fact that our 

 season in this section from last February to 

 the first of May was dry, cold and unfavorable 

 for growth." 



Mr. John W. Bain, Red Hook, N. Y., says: 

 "The Early Jersey Giant is all that is claimed 

 for it. * * * The Edmund Wilson is all 

 you say in size and vigor of plant, and the size 

 of the fruit. Plenty of the leaves measure a 

 foot across." 



"The Edmund Wilson Strawberry is all that 

 you claim it to be." — Alvin Tresselt (N.J.). 



"The Edmund Wilson Strawberry does fine 

 here. It produces lots of fine, large berries of 

 finest quality." — /. F. Layson (Canada). 



Dozen, 50c.; 100, $1.50; 1,000, $10.00. 



EARLY OZARK.— Until the appearance of 

 Early Jersey Giant, this was our best early 

 variety. It is a splendid growing plant with 

 healthy leaf and a profuse yielder. Succeeds 

 everywhere, even at the south where many ex- 

 cellent varieties fail. It is among the very first 

 to ripen and the berries are of fairly good size, 

 are bright crimson in color, slightly conical, 

 quite firm and of high quality. Plants multiply 

 so freely they usually become crowded, unless 

 kept in check by cultivation. Dozen, 25c.; 100. 

 65c.; 1,000, $4.50. 



GANDY. — Introduced by me in 1888 and now 

 perhaps more largely grown than any othet 

 variety. It ripens late to very late, and the 

 berries are large to very large, bluntly conical. 



of firmest texture and bright flame color — which 

 color they retain until they decay; but in flavor 

 it is rather acid and not of the highest quality. 

 It is very nearly perfect in vigor and growth 

 of plant, yet it is but a moderately productive 

 variety^ except under high culture and upon 

 moist soil. It originated in a meadow in South 

 Jersey and its peculiarities are its preference 

 for moist land and the fact that it usually yields 

 more bountifully the second than the first year. 

 Dozen, 25c.; 100. 75c.; 1,000, $5.00. 



