THE LOVETT COMPANY, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 



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Smith'** S<*edP»|rfl r . if, ^ incomprehensible why a straw- 

 berry of such 

 great value as 

 this should be so 

 slow in becoming 

 known. It was 

 produced by Dr. 

 Smith, the late 

 strawberry king 

 of the northwest, 

 who attests his 

 high opinion of 

 its value by giv- 

 ing it his own 

 name. Not only 

 was it producep 

 by this great ex- 

 pert in straw- 

 berry culture but 

 it was selected by 

 him as the best 

 out of thousands of new varieties produced by him. It 

 is a seedling of the famous k- old reliable" Wilson and 

 is the earliest berry that is both large and firm that 

 has yet appeared. The past season we made two pick- 

 ings of it before any other. In firmness it is equal to 

 the Wilson, bright color, handsome and uniformly of 

 good to large size. The plant is perfection itself in 

 vigor and habit and is above the average in produc- 

 tiveness. If confined to a single variety as an early 

 market sort, we would select this. We have now fruit- 

 ed it extensively for several years and are well ac- 

 quainted with it. Doz., 25c; 100, 50c; 1000, $2.50. 



Immensely productive 



Tennessee Prolific. 



great value for pro- 

 fitable market gro ,v- 

 ing. It ripens among 

 the earliest and the 

 berries are uniform- 

 ly large bright crim- 

 son, firm and good 

 quality. The plant 

 is excessively pro- 

 ductive, a thrifty 

 grower, with foliage 

 that ably withstands 

 the sun. It is especi- 

 ally valuable for 

 gro wing at the South . 

 Here, we have found 

 it one of the best 

 among the early sorts 

 for profit. Doz., 25c; 

 100, 50c; 1000, $2.50. 



Timbrcll (P). Where it succeeds it is a desirable vari- 

 ety for the home grower by reason of its fine handsome 

 berries, but it demands rich soil and good culture. It 

 is a good grower with rank dark foliage; berries large, 

 soiid, dark crimson and of fine quality. Excellent for 

 canning. Especially suited to the amateur who will 

 grow it well and very desirable for his table on account 

 of its fine quality and large size. Late. Doz., 30c; 

 100, $1.00; 1000, $6.00. 



STRAWBERRY-RASPBERRY. 



From an intimate acquaintance with this 

 berry we are convinced it is not a hybrid 

 of the Strawberry and the Raspberry as 

 claimed but is a true raspberry of herbace- 

 ous habit (the top dying down and the root 

 surviving as with the Paeonia and many 

 cultivated species of flowering plants), and 

 has no strawberry blood in it whatever. It 

 has proved to be a wonderful grower, al- 

 ways clean and vigorous, 

 with a mass of deep 

 green foliage, and al- 

 though it suckers im- 

 moderately it is extreme- 

 ly hardy and is prolific 

 in bearing for a period 

 of some ten or twelve 



weeks— from early m J uly until frost. The berries are of enormous size, of the richest shade of bright crimson 

 imaginable and are m yery truth the most exquisitely beautiful of any berry we have ever looked upon; but, 

 alas ! it is sadly deficient in flavor. Some have compared it to dried apples, others to a sweet orange sucked dry. 

 Seriously it is decidedly insipid as a dessert fruit but, strange as it may seem, when cooked it is rich, sweet and 

 good without the addition of anything else, and when cooked with the Columbian or other red raspberrv, one 

 part ot Strawberry-Raspberry to two of the other, or equal portions of each, it is simply delicious, surpassing all 

 other small fruits m the cooked state. The fruit is so large, beautiful and so constantly produced, the blossoms 

 so large and fragrant and pure white, and its foliage so abundant and attractive as to render it of great value as 

 ?^°Tnn m i e o I1 S P fe nt asl ™ fr ? m , the value of its fruit for culinary purposes. Ordinary or Sucker Plants, dozen, 

 50c; 100, $2.50. Strong Plants, from 3^ in. pots, each, 15c; doz., $1.25; 100, $6.00. 



Don't fail to plant at least a few plants of the mammoth, early, ironclad Blackberry— the 

 Mersereau. If you do not plant it you will always regret it. 



