THE LOVETT COMPANY 



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ELEANOR. 



The Largest and Best Very Early Strawberry. 



For a long time frmt growers and amateurs alike have besn looking for a strawberry that, was both large 

 and very early^ possessing also the necessary properties of vigor and productiveness of plant, and firmness, fine 

 appearance and good quality of fruit. In Crystal City we have earliness, but its berries are insignificant; in 

 several other varieties large size, but they all ripen in mid-season or late. The Eleanor is second to none in earli- 

 ness, ripening with Crystal City and in advance of all others; in size rivaling the Sharpless, retaining its size 

 well to the end of the season; in productiveness surpassing the famous Crescent; in firmness equal to the Wilson, 

 is of bright scarlet color and has few equals in quality. Among other valuable properties of the Eleanor may 

 be mentioned its uniform size, color and shape, never cockscombed, and coloring evenly all over with no green 

 tip, a strong staminate 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 varieties are sere and brown. 



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

 tested in field culture on an extended scale for several years. It is by far the earUest large berry and the most 

 prolific early variety yet offered. Being fully convinced of its great value we have purchased the entire stock 

 and control of the variety and offer it this season for the first. We take much pleasure in presenting upon the 

 front cover 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 was sketched from a photograph and is in no manner an exaggeration. We 

 are sure everybody will be more than pleased with this truly grand variety and we recommend all to get plants 

 of it at once, if but a few. Ea., 25c; 3 for 60c; doz., |2.00; 100, $10.00; 1,000, $75.00. 



MARY. 



The Largest Strawberry Yet Produced. 



Among all the strawberries none have proved finer than Mary. This and its companion, Henry Ward 

 Beecher, lead them all in size, beauty anu productiveness. They differ in many respects, ripen at different 

 seasons, and both are so very good that the one should always accompany the other. 



To describe the Mary in a few words is to say that it is of ths largest size, the most prolific in bearing, the 

 most beautiful in appearance, and the firmest large strawberry yet produced. The berries are uniformly of 

 conical form with blunt apex, regular in size and shape, never cockscombed, deep crimson in color, and of a rich 

 high quality. Its great firmness and solidity render it of exceptional value for distant shipment and it keeps in 

 good condition and retains its fresh color remarkably well. In season it is medium to late and the fruit retains 

 its large size to the end. Four consecutive seasons of fruiting enable us to speak intelligently of this variety and 

 we have yet to find a defect in it. 



The commission merchant to whom has been consigned the shipment of Mary strawberries for the past two 

 years is enthusiastic in its praise, as the following letter will show : 



New York, June 12th, 1894. 

 The Lovett Co. — Gentlemen : I have handled strawberries for the past twenty -seven years in this market. 

 During these years almost every variety has come to us, on sale. This season and last we became acquainted 

 with the Mary strawberry, grown by H. H. Alley. We find it one of the best in color, flavor and size. It hf" 

 always brought the highest market price, often from five to ten cents more per quart than the best of other vt, 

 rieties in market with it. L. Shanley Davis. 



Ea, 15c; 2 for 25c; doz., $1.00; 100, $5.00; 1,000, $35.00. 



HENRY WARD BEECHER. 



The Most Reliable Very Large Strawberry. 



For enormous yield of large, firm berries, under favorable and imfavorable circumstances, in seasons of ex- 

 cessive rain and seasons of di'ought, this is the berry to plant. It may be termed "the reliable," and is superb 

 under all manner of trials and conditions. Not so large as the Mary, yet very large when compared with other 

 varieties; not so beautiful, yet a handsome berry. It possesses, however, the same firmness and high quality, 

 and is so sturdy, large, productive and enduring, none should fail to plant it. It is a cross between the Cham- 

 pion and the Sharpless, and possesses all the valuable properties of both parents. In fruit, the firmness and rich 

 color of the Champion in its palmy days, and the size of the Sharpless; while in plant it has the strong habit and 

 perfect blossom of the Sharpless and the sturdiness and productiveness of Champion. Like the Mary, this vari- 

 ety has, for several years been subjected to the severest tests without developing a single defect. Blossoms per- 

 fect. Season early to medium. Ea., 15c; 2 for 25c; doz., $1.00; 100, $5.00; 1,000, $35.00. 



SPECIAL OFFER : For $i.oo we will mail 3 each of Eleanor, Mary and Henry Ward 

 Beecher; for $1.75, 6 each; for $3.oo a dozen each; for $5.00, 25 each; for $9.00, 50 each; for 

 $17.00, one hundred each; all by mail. 



Scribner's Fungus Diseases of the Grape and other Plants. 



A thoroughly practical work prepared especially for the Vineyardist, Fruit Grower and Gardener of to-day 

 and treats the subject presented in the freshest and most practical manner. IT CONtAINS OVER SIXTY 

 ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN FROM NATURE. The details are quite freely given in each case and remedies 

 suggested with mode of apphcation. It will be found to supply all that is necessary to the intelligent fruit 

 grower and vineyardist to enable him to prevent fungus diseases, or to fight them when they appear. A care- 

 fully prepared and complete index adds completeness to the book. Price, by mail, post paid, paper cover, 

 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents. 



