J. T. LOVETT, Inc., LITTLE SILVER, .V. J. 



5 



EDMUND WILSON 

 (Van Fleet No. 13) 



A strikingly 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 a spread of fully a 

 foot and are enormously prolific. Ripens in 

 midseason. 



Mr. B. B. Cozine, editor of the Shelby Sens, Shelby- 

 ville, Ky., says: "About the middle of February, 191 5, 

 I purchased from you 100 each of Early Jersey (jiant 

 and Late Jersey Giant and 50 Edmund \Vi]'s( n 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. DApite the fact that I permitted 

 the plants to bear onJy three months after planting they 

 are strong, vigorous and healthy — the Wilson being es- 

 pecially 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, X. V.. says: "The 

 Early Jersey Giant is all that is claimed for it . 

 The Edmund Wilson is all you say in size and vigor of 

 I)lant, 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 Strawb'-rr>' does fine here. It 

 produces lots of fine, large berries of finest quality." — 

 J. F. Layscn (Canada). 



Pot-grown plants, dozen, 75c.; 100, S4.50. 



JOHN H. COOK (Van Fleet No. 7) 



'Tn some properties, this is the finest of all 

 the wonderful Van Fleet Hybrids. It is an 

 enormous cropper, ripening with the second 

 early varieties — not so early as Earl}- Jersey 

 Giant, but in advance of numbers 13 and 14. 

 The berries are nearly round though somewhat 

 irregular in shape, of exquisite quality, blood 

 red in color and very firm. The plants are of 

 strong growth, with large spotless foliage. Of 

 superlative excellence for the home garden, it 

 is also of untold value to the market grower ; 

 indeed, I am convinced, in the near future this 

 strawberry' will 'become one of, if not the most 

 popular commercial variety in cultivation." 



The above is what was said of the John H. 

 Cook in last year's catalog. It has not developed 

 a defect, which is unusual w.th new varieties 

 and we have nothing to "take back" from what 

 we said of it. In fact, after another year's 

 experience with and after having grown it quite 

 extensively under field culture, we think better 

 of it than ever before. A neighbor who is a 

 commercial grower of wide experience told us 

 only a few days ago, he had tested the John H. 

 Cook thoroughly for two years, and values it 

 so -highly he has decided to discard all other 

 varieties and grow it only in the future. It is 

 truly grand. In ' delicious flavor it closely ap- 

 proaches the wild strawberries of our boyhood 

 days. 



"I wish I had an acre cf the John H. Cook. It is 

 a beauty in size and flavor." — H. F. IVoodruif (Pa.>. 



"I think the \'an Fleet Hybrids, the most valuable of 

 an^ strawberries, yet brought to my notice." — /. E. Dubois 



"We planted a bed of your Hybrids two years ago 

 and the results have been highly satisfactory. Last 

 Summer eight of the berries weighed a pound. They 

 are wonderfully luscious, sweet, firm in texture and of 

 marvelous size." — Mrs. E. O. Wagner (N. Y.). 



"The John H. Cook is a midseason sort of exquisite 

 quality. Edmund Wilson with the last named, a \'an 

 Fleet hybrid, has tall and big stalks and large leaves 

 with very large fruit." — Garden Magazine. 



"John H. Cook, I found to be very prolific; it gives 

 the finest and showiest berries of best quality. — L. J. Pope. 



"The plants have just come in good condition." — J. 

 R. IV. Morris, Sr. (W. Va.). 



Pot-grown plants, dozen, $1.00; 100, $5.00. 



