T>esfri])tive Price -List of Choice StrfLwherrij Plants. 



hardy one: beautiful foliage and a free runner; fruit very large and beautiful ; globe-shaped, though s(jine- 

 times a little flattened ; flavor rich and delicious, being one of the best ; color shining red, flesh also highly 

 colored; time of ripening the earliest I have; remarkablj- productive, even late runners showing large 

 trusses of berries; stands dr«)Uth exceedingly well owing to its immense masses of roots." 



Good Words for the TIPPECANOE. 



We, the undersigned, citizens of Delphi, hereby certify to the high claims made by Mr. Haynes for 

 his new strawberry, TIPPECANOE, having seen it in fruit on his place alongside of hundreds of otber 

 varieties, seedlings and new kinds introduced, .Vo claims are made for it that cannot be proven by wit- 

 nessing it in fruit here. We recommend it to the fruit-trrowing world as a variety of great merit. 



( A. W.WoDOVKK, Mayor. 

 I J. M. Wat IS, Druggist. 

 i'^\cr,^c.A\ J -A. B. Ckampton, Ed. "Times." 

 (Ni^nea) , ^^,^.^ Wason. Merchant. 

 i (). C. Gkukkk, Painter. 

 t Geo. Gii.lifoku, City Gardener. 

 McCONNELsviLLK, Kv., Aug. 2o, 1.S89.— .l/r. Hojines, Dear Sir: Your TIPPECANOE is a marvel of 

 productiveness, fruit very good and jilaiit a fine grower. This variety, if it does as well for the peoplt- 

 generally as it does for me, will beconit- tlie standard berry. Yours lespectfully, C. M. Hobbs. 



Greencastle, Isv.—Mr. Hni/iif'fs, D^ar Sir: Of t he few plants of your new strawberry, TIPPECANOE, 

 only one lived and came into bearing the past season. The berries were «iaile large, of'a beautiful crim- 

 son c(jlor— n<j green tips— quality very excellent, with nlants fully as proliflc as the ('rescent. I c(insider 

 it ahead of any strawberry I nave seen. Yours truly. W. A. Wokkmax. 



Only a verj' limited number of these phamplets will be sent out. and all nurseymen who receive 

 one are especially invited to offer the TIPPECWNOE in their catalogue for the spring trade. The cata- 

 logue price will be uniformly -*10 per IfX) and $80 per lOX). To the trade who will catalogue thlK new beriT 

 I offer special inducements, namely: SO per 100 and 8.3") per 1<X)<J; 20^J or over at thousand rates. (I will 

 furnish electros t«^) those who wish to use them in their catalogues at S1.2S by m^iil, postpaid.) I will 

 consider it a great favor if every nur.^erj-man who receives one of these circulars will write. Dont fail 

 to offer the TIPPECANOE in your catalogue and order an electro to illustrate it ! 



Michel's Early. 



The Michels Early strawberry is an accidental seedling, first discovered by Mr. Michel, of White 

 county, Ark., in the spring of 18*^, among a lot of seedlings gathered by him in a place where he had 

 thrown out a lot of strawberry pulp the previous year. 



It showed remarkable thriftiness from the very -start. By its strong, healthy and vigorf)US growth, it 

 attracted Mr. Michel's attention, and he has been propagating and testing it ever since, it proving itself 

 of more and more value every year, by being two weeks earlier, a stronger grower, a perfect blossom, and 

 as productive as the Crescent. 



The above good points induced Mr. Michel last year to plant of it largely, for the purpose of giving it 

 a thorough test and determining its last and best value, b.v putting it on the market under its own name. 

 There it reached the climax. Think of it I only 2}4 acres of Michel's Early strawberries, planted the last 

 week in June, 18.S8, which netted by the end of May, 1S89, SKiOO. First crate was shipped April 14th. and 

 continued for six weeks, some shipments selling as high as s8 per 24 quart case, and none less than ii.'2o. 

 Here are some of the St. Louis daily market reports: 



April 24th.— Sales were at 34 for 6-gallon case Scarlets; Soto §6 for Crystals and Crescents; Sti to SO.oO 

 for Michel's Early, the latter a new, fancy, large variety introduced from Arkansas, which matures two 

 weeks earlier than other varieties. 



April 2f)th.—.\rkansas berries generally in gf)od condition, selling at $4 to S4.oO for Scarlets; S.5 to S-^.oO 

 for Crescents and S<i.50 to S7 f(jr Michel's Early. 



We refer you to the above plain facts in evidence of the higli reputation of the Michel's Early as a 

 good market berry. 



These market reports were a great advertising medium for the Michel's Early strawberrj', and some 

 of our friends said 'the market reports make your berry. " But we say iia,y : it's the berry that makes 

 the market reports. 



Before shipping season was ended, Mr. Michel was flooded with inquiries and orders for plants from 

 all directions, most of which he had to refuse, on account of the large demand from his neighbors, who 

 have been so anxious to get the plants as to buy in 10,000 and even 2o,<kmi lots. 



DESCRIPTION. 



The Michel's Early is the earliest of all good and reliable strawberries known. It is two weeks ear- 

 lier and is as productive as the Crescent; a perfect bloomer; size above meaium lo large and very uniform 

 never running to small buttons; color beautifully scarlet; shape handsomely conical, never irregular 

 and shapeless; siinllar to the Wilson; qualit.v very fine— pronounced by ail who have tested it to be the 

 finest— possessing the flavor of the wild strawberry; plant very vigorous and healthy, making numerous 

 strong and deep-r<joted plants; foliage on long stems and very large, with never a trace of rust or blight 

 retaining its green lustre all winter. It is a true ironclad. One thing we have not sufficiently brought 

 into ncjtice is its stnjng fertilizing properties, making it valuable to jilant with pistilate sorts.' I am in- 

 debted to the .\I. E. S. Plant Co. for the above description, jis the Michel's Earlv has not vet fruited with 

 niH. Plants to the trade onlv at »i.'> p»r louo. 



