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LOVETT. Productiveness, firmness, bright color, and 

 Jong-keeping- properties are the most prominent merits of this 

 variety. It is therefore a splendid shipping sort, and retains 

 its bright, fresh color for a long time. An excellent variety 

 also for family use, its firmness making it especially valuable 

 for canning, etc. The plant is a good grower, with clean, 

 bright foliage. Berries of medium size, but regular, uniform 

 in shape, conical, bright crimson, very firm, and of excellent 

 quality. Ripens second early and continues long in bearing. 

 Doz., 20c; 100, 50c; 1000, $2.50. 



MARSHALL [Henry) . Few strawberries are more de- 

 sirable for table use than this, and brings a high price in 

 market wherever fine fruit is in demand. The berries are 

 uniformly large, very dark crimson when fully ripe, handsome, 

 and all that can be desired in the way of quality and fine 

 flavor. The plant is strong and luxuriant, but needs rich 

 soil and good culture for best results. Under such conditions 

 it is one of the best, and its excellent qualit}' and large size 

 render it unsurpassed for the family garden. Midseason. 

 Doz., 20c; 100, 50c; 1000, $3.00. 



MICHIGAN. Another of my introduction, averaging 

 the largest in size of berries of any variety I have fruited, and 

 -*ith the exceptions of Lester Lovett and Hunn, the latest to 

 ripen of all. The berries are of perfect form and attractive 

 in appearance, of superb quality (being far superior to Gandy 

 in this respect), but only of moderate firmness. The variety 

 demands good loamy or heavy soil and good culture, and 

 should not be planted in sections where the rust or blight of 

 the foliage prevails; as it is subject to attacks of this fungus. 



SAMPLE. A very late, large, productive variety 

 of high quality, recently introduced, and one which has 

 proved of great value in all parts of the United States and 



The plants, however, are of strong growth and under favor- 

 orable conditions, exceedingly prolific. In form, the berries 

 are bluntly conical, with an even surface, and are remark- 

 ably large and uniform in both size and shape, and are of 

 deep crimson color. A general favorite as a late variet}', and 

 valuable for canning. Doz., 20c ; 100, 50c ; 1000, $2.50. 



MURRAY'S EXTRA EARLY. Especially valu- 

 able on account of its extreme earliness, but it possesses also 

 large size, productiveness, firmness, and good quality. Of 

 Southern origin, it is well adapted to Southern locations, its 

 foliage being free from sun-scald, and the plant strong and 

 productive. The berries are large, deep crimson, of firm, dry 

 flesh, sweet and richly flavored. It is valuable for an early 

 supply of berries in the home garden, and also for market 

 growing. Doz., 20c ; 100, 50c ; 1000, $2.50. 



SHARPLESS. A well-known and popular variety, 

 producing large berries of mild, pleasant flavor, but in lim- 

 ited quantities, except under favorable conditions. The plant 

 is large and vigorous, free from rust or blight. The berries 

 are very large : somewhat irregular in shape, bright crimson, 

 of good quality, but rather soft. Its large, handsome fruit 

 and good quality have made it a favorite. Midseason. Doz., 

 20c : loo, 50c ; 1000, $2.50. 



Canada. In "Strawberry Notes" of the Michigan Experi- 

 mental Station it is described as follows: "Plants very 

 strong in growth and have a healthy dark green foliage. 

 Berries large, round or broad conical form, and a very dark, 

 rich crimson color. The flesh is dark, rich, juicy, and of very 

 good quality and firm. The excellent plant qualities of this 

 variety, its productiveness, and the fine form, handsome ap- 

 pearance and high quality of the fruit make this one of the 

 most promising of the new sorts tried this year.*' Professor 

 Taft writes, "Asa medium to late variety the Sample leads 

 them all (of 160 varieties)." The originator says it is beyond 

 criticism. The demand for plants a year ago was so great it 

 left me none for fruiting and for this reason I cannot speak of 

 it from personal experience . Doz., 20c ; 100, 50c ; 1000, $2.50. 



SWEET OR BUSH 

 CLUSTER. 



One of the best for the 

 family garden yet pro- 

 duced, by reason of its 

 sweet flavor and tender 

 flesh, whilst for Southern 

 homes it is excelled by 

 none ; its foliage with- 

 standing hot suns per- 

 fectly. It is of the 

 Cresent type, but lar- 

 ger, firmer and earlier 

 than that well-known 

 variety, and equally as 

 prolific. The plant is 

 strong and healthy and 

 sure to yield a good 

 crop under almost all 

 circumstances. Especi- 

 ally valuable for its great productiveness and fine quality. 

 Ripens early. Doz., 20c.; 100, 50c.; 1000, $3.00. 



SUCCESS. A seedling of Bubach, fertilized by 

 Michel's Earhy, and possesses the large size and productive- 

 ness of the former and the earliness of the latter. The berries 

 are large, heart-shaped, bright glossy crimson, moderately 

 firm, and excellent in quality; ripening up evenly and color 

 all over at once. The plant is a good, strong grower, and its 

 foliage shows no indication of rust. It is very prolific, prov- 

 ing under favorable circumstances to be even more produc- 

 tive than Bubach and ripens early. Do/.., 20c; 100, 50c: 

 1000, $3.00. 



WM. BELT. A valuable late variety with berries of 

 great size and good flavor, borne very abundantly. Nearly 

 as late as Gandy. Plant a vigorous grower, 

 healthv. Doz., 20c ; 100, 50c ; 1000, $3.00. 



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