•HE LOVETT COMPANY. 



ELEANOR. 



The term "fills 

 a long felt want, " 

 has been used so 



\^ Y^y^^_ /'* . ^ w much as to have 



"i^t^ y-F^/i^ R become hack- 



le ^ , V y"''^^ ^^KV neyed StiU 



I V4.^' ^-^y^ there is no other 



Jr ^ / expression that 



so correctly states 

 the situation as 

 this, when ap- 

 plied to this can- z*^ 

 didate for favor. 

 For a long time 



fruit growers ,; 

 and amateurs 



alike have been iJ'>^' 

 looking for a 



strawberry that was both large and xery early ^ 

 possessing also the necessary properties of vigor 

 and productiveness of plant, and firmness, fine appear- 

 ance and good quality of fruit. In Crystal City we 

 have earliness. but its berries are insignificant ; in sev- 

 eral other varieties large size, but they all ripen in mid- 

 season or late. In the old Black Defiance we have the 

 nearest approach to the ideal early strawberry ; being 

 large, early, of high quality and firm, but unfortu- 

 nately it lacks vigor and, especially, productiveness. 

 Upon a thorough test of the Eleanor the originator's en- 

 thusiasm did not carry him beyond the bounds ol truth when he shouted "Eureka !" for it is second to none 

 in earliness, ripening with Crystal City and in advance of all others ; in size rivaling the grand old Sharpless 

 and retaining its size well to the end of the season; in productiveness sm-passing the famous Crescent; in 

 firmness equal to the TTilson, which it resembles in form and is of bright scarlet color and has few equals 

 in quality. Among other valuable properties of the Eleanor may be mentioned its unifonn size, color and 

 shape, never cockscombed, and coloring evenly all over with no gi-een tip. a strongly stamina te or perfect blossom, 

 and especially its vigor ; a field of it after picking season being as green as a field of clover, when all other va- 

 rieties are sere and brown. 



This Strawberry is a chance seedling found in Atlantic Comity, New Jersey, and has now been thoroughly 

 tested in field cultm-e on an extended scale for several years. It is by far the earliest large berry and the most 

 prolific early variety yet of- 

 fered. Being fully con- 

 vinced of its great value we 

 have purchased the entire 

 stock and control of the va- 

 riety and we offer it this 

 season for the first. "We 

 take much pleasure in pre" 

 senting a photograph of 

 sweet little Eleanor Combe, 

 daughter of the discoverer 

 and in whose honor the va- 

 riety was named. 



The colored plate of the 

 Eleanor accompanying this 

 description was sketched 

 from a photograph and is 

 in no manner an exaggera- 

 tion. T\'e are sm-e everybody wiU be more than 

 pleased with this truly grand variety and we recom- 

 mend aU to get plants of it at once, if but a few. Ea., 

 25c; 3 forCOc; doz., 82.00; 100, 810.00; 1000, 875.00. 



\ IVIARY(P). 



Among aU the strawberries here none have proved 

 finer the past season than :\Iart. This and its com- 

 panion, Hexry TTaed Beecher, have led them aU 

 in size, beauty and productiveness, thus endorsing 

 our good judgment in introducing them, and con- 

 firming our faith in them. They differ in many respects, ripen at different 



that the one should always accompany the other- 



seasons, and both are so very good 



