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EXCEIjSIOR. — A stantiaid for earliness by 

 which all others ai-i' com 

 pared. The beirics are alio.it uiediiun in size 

 very productive and linn ; one of the best ship- 

 pins; l>erri s on ihe li'^t. If sriven half a cliance it 

 will take care of itself and brins; splendid returns 

 It is too Ro.ir to sMt the taste of the avera.;? per 

 son and has. th?refore. never been popular for th( 

 home Si'iiien. As a first early shippinsi berry i' 

 has few ecpials and is d-cidi d'.y tlie best of thi 

 old standard extra early market sorts, and if ther' 

 is a vari-ty that will give rip? fri'it earlier in the 

 season, year after year. I have not yet found it. 



HELEN GCTTLD.— Originated l)y .T. R. I'eck. 

 of issouri. and intro- 

 duced by .M. (^rawford. of Ohio. The berry has 

 not had a fair shov. with me. and perhaps it is 

 hardly fair to the \ariety to say that it has not 

 created a good i:npr( ssiou willi me. It has mad' 

 a fair growth, but fsoii its general appearance I 

 cannot seem to bring mys?lf to beleve that it i-^ 

 as good as niany eth"rs that we have on Xhf mar 

 ket. Mr. ("raw ford Ijeing Ihe introducer, and muc: 

 more familiar v.ith th- variet.v than 1 am. I wil 

 give vol his d"scrii)"ion. wli'ch is as follows 

 "Season medium to Lite. This was onr preminni 

 l)erry two v. mis r-i i.nd we ar^ glad tha^ vo gav. 

 our customers something so good. Every time it 

 fruits we adii'ire it more and more. It does better 

 in hill« than in icattod rov, s. and needs plenty of 

 plant food to rnabL'> ihe foliage to keep up th< 

 fruit. When well nourished the plant is large and 

 healthy and produces a great crop. It sends out 

 a moderate nuatber of strong runners. The fruit 

 is large and holds up well to the end of the sea 

 son ; roundish conical in shai)e. quite uniform, ex- 

 cept the lirst b.?rry on the stMU. v>hich is some 

 times triangular or slightl.v flattened. In color it 

 is bright, .glossy red. and the berries have a rich 

 delicious llavor. tho-.igh not as sweet as Win. Belt 

 and Marshall. It is moderaitly lir.u and very tine 

 for canning." 



OSWEGO. — I do not ivnow the originator of the 

 Oswego, but it was Introduced by L. J. 

 Farmer, and is supposed to be a seedling of the Bu- 

 bach and Sharpless. Mr. Farmer tells us: "It orig- 

 inated in an old family bed and atlracted attention 

 by its large size and its al)iiity to produce a large crop 



of lierries under neglect. It was transferred to the 

 family .garden and grown there for years before it 

 finally attracted the attention of commercial growers. 

 Tlie plants are large and vigui-ous. producing a num- 

 ber of young plants, \\hile the old plant is inclined to 

 bush up much like the I'arker Earl. The berries are 

 large. lMi.ght crimson and ripen about with Sharpless. 

 The blooms arc perfect. Season late." 



POCAHONTAS.— Originated by S. K. Garrison, 

 of Virginia. TIm- plants are 

 exceedingly large and sturdy, somewhat resembling 

 the Marshall, but more vigorous and healthy, and 

 make more jjlants. The berries are large and beauti- 

 ful and tine ipiality. Jlr. Garrison, in writing about 

 it. speaks thus : "I have one of the finest berries 

 tliat has ever been seen. 1 showed it to all the berry 

 growers in this section and they all said it was the 

 biggest berry they had ever seen. I found the plants 

 up iji a mountain where never a strawberry had Ix'en 

 planted, and it was the heaviest and largest plaut I 

 ever saw. From the small patch I had of theai I got 



.32 (piarts every other day, and sold them to Mr. ■ 



in Charlottesville, and he sold every quart of them for 

 25 and 3l) cents when he could not get but 10 cents 

 for (ilen ilary. I had a lot of calls for this new 

 berry, but I have not let any of the plants go. I have 

 onl.v a few of them this spring and have not uamed 

 it yet. It is a fine, large, heavy bearer as I erer saw 

 and I would like you to name it. The plant is a big, 

 sturd.y fellow, larger than the (ilen Mary. I showed 

 the plant and berries to a number of promineat geo- 

 tlemen here and they will tell you that just what I 

 say is so." A very promising berry that you should 

 not fail to gi\'e a trial. 



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I C'si/'K/f/cT///- /9<;a-(y:^/iiLk\T^^MAyeo/,,XT3'e<'\/r 



Orange Co.. X. Y.. May 1. 1903. 

 W. F. A ILEX, Salisbury, Md. 



Dear Sir — I received my strawberry plants 

 all right. They came through in fine shape, 

 and when 1 need more will send to you for 

 them. 



Yours respectfully, 



FRANK CHUDZEY. 





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