OF CHpICE STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 27 



SHARPLESS— Well known everywhere for its large size and'good quality, 

 does best in low land. 



STAY/WAN NO. 1— vigorous [grower, size and productiveness about the 

 same as Crescent. Commences to^ripen at mid season and holds out to the veiy 

 latest. 



SWINDLE— A large vigorous and healthy plant but of no special merit. 



VAN DEMAN— Reported as doing well in some places but very inferior here 

 It sets an immense load of fruit but matures but veiy little of it. The fruit, 

 when you can get any, is of good color and firm. 



WILSON — Known everywhere needs no description. 



CRAWFORD — large size, very firm, good quality. 



CESCENT— too well known to need description. My stock of this is very 

 fine, succeeds every where. 



ENHANCE. — It is a general purpose berry, and can be grown for a fancy or 

 high priced market, for home use, for canning, for pleasure or for profit. The 

 plant is a vigorous and healthy grower, with dark green foliage; it sets an abun- 

 dance of well proportioned runners which easily take root. It is a beautiful 

 grower; its flower is perfect. Its. berries are of the large size, and being very 

 firm and of a bright crimson color, makes them very attractive and salable. Its 

 firmness aids in its keeping qualities both before and after being packed. My 

 stock of plants is unusually fine. 



GANDY BELLE.— Is a large berry, perfect bloom and veiy productive. Ber- 

 ries dark red when ripe. The plant is a veiy strong grower; always makes a 

 heavy bed of plants. Time of ripening, early, quality fairly good* 



GILLESPIE.— A seedling of the Haverland with a perfect blossom, large 

 size, good quality and very firm for a large berry. Not as productive as its par- 

 ent. 



NEW NAMES FOR OLD VARIETIES. 



Early Idaho is Clark's Earty renamed. 



Boynton is Crescent under anew name. 



Ella is only a new name for Mitchel's Early. 



Beeder Wood is called Racster by some. 



Gandy and First Season are identical. 



Lovett was first called Lovett's Early. 



Sandoval and Warfield No. 1 are the same. 



Michael's Early, Michel's Early and MitcheFs Early are the same. 



Gandy Belle, Isabella and No Name are one and the same. 



Shuckless is said to be the old Mt Vernon under a new name. 



DISCARDED. 



Some of the followiug varieties have some merit and some of them are en- 

 tirely worthless, but none of them have enough good qualities to justify their 

 cultivation when w T e have dozens of others so much better. The list is as follows: 

 Acme, Accomack. Anna Forest, Alabama, Auburn, Bessie, Bidwell, Bomba. 

 Beebe, Cloud Seedling, Chairs, Capt. Jack, Cowan, California, Clingto, Camer- 

 onian, Crista! City, Clark's Early, Dew, Eureka, E. P. Roe, Edward's Favorite, 

 Farnsworth, Felton, Gipsy, Gen. Putnam, Gov. Hoard, Hatfield, Hyslup, Hen- 

 derson. Jay Gould, Jucunda, Klickitia, Kentucky, Lady Rusk, Leviathan, Lida, 

 Mineola, Monarch. Manchester, Mammoth, Middlefield, Ontario, Old Iron 

 Clad, Oregon Everbearing, Pineapple Price Seedling, Pearl, Parry. Regina. 

 Shaw T , Sandoval, Southard, Stevens Viola, Yale* 



IN CONCLUSION. 



I wish to say to my many friends and patrons that the foregoing descrip- 

 tions, are true to the best of my knowledge. What I have to say concerning 

 the different varieties is as I have seen them. Where other authority is quoted 

 I have endeavored to give the most reliable. Some varieties that do well here 

 may fail at some other place, but it is not my desire or intention to describe 

 any variety in a way to mislead or disaqpoint any one. 



