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/. T. LOVETT CO— STRAWBERRIES. 



It would fill a large volume to tell vail of interest that could be said re- 

 garding this truly wonderful berry and the work of the grand old man who 

 originated it. Mr. Henry H. Alley, of Essex County, \New Jersey, is now 

 over seventy-one years old, and although a shoemaker by trade he is a 

 horticulturist by instinct. For the past twenty years he has devoted every 

 moment possible to the study of the strawberry and originating and testing 

 new varieties. During that time he has produced and fruited over three 

 thousand seedli?igs from crosses of the best varieties in cultivation. We have 

 arranged with Mr. Alley for the introduction of all his seedlings and now have 

 the pleasure of offering the two best of the entire collection thus far fully 

 tested, namely Mary and Henry Ward Beecher. As we must be brief 

 we can perhaps best describe the Mary by simply stating it is the largest 

 strawberry yet produced; the most prolific, the most beautiful and the firmest 

 large strawberry yet offered. 



The berries are uniformly of the conical form, with blunt apex, shown 



