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THREE W'S. A ver >' P°P ular - Perfect- 

 blooming midseason va- 

 riety. Plants very large and stocky; amply 

 able to produce big crops. The foliage is 

 beautiful, dark green in color and very at- 

 tractive. Fruit is large, fine quality and very 

 productive, covering a long season from 

 medium-early to late and is one of the best 

 to plant with pistillate varieties. It is quite 

 firm and a good keeper. In 1904 Three YV's 

 won highest prize at the World's Fair at St. 

 Louis and made a record of keeping ten days. 

 In 1905 it made a big crop after going through 

 the freeze of April 15 and 16, while other 

 standard varieties produced only 25 per cent 

 of a crop. For several years the demand for 

 Three \\ "s has been such that we have seldom 

 had plants enough. I am pleased to say that 

 this season we have a very large stock of 

 exceptionally fine plants and I feel quite con- 

 fident that we will be able to take care of all 

 orders on this variety. 25 cts. per doz., 40 cts. 

 for 25, 60 cts. for 50, 90 cts. per 100, $1.50 

 for 250, S2.25 for 500, S4 per 1,000. 



Highland. This variety has fruited with 

 me for the third time and it gave an immense 

 crop of fine-looking, large berries. The fact is 

 I am very much pleased with it and believe it 

 will be a money-maker among the commercial 

 varieties. It makes very large, healthy plants. 

 The fruit is of good size, fine color and form. 

 It is giving good results at the Experiment 

 Stations and, so far as I have heard, is giving 

 satisfaction among growers everywhere. 



Howard. Perfect blossoms, superb growth 

 of vigorous, healthy, light green foliage; very 

 productive, season late. I have fruited the 

 Howard for several years and have always 

 been very well pleased with it. It is a good 

 variety. 



Howard's Early. A new early variety. 

 It is a great plant-maker. The originator, 

 Mr. A.J. Howard, Somerset county, Md., who 

 grew it successfully for three or four years before 

 putting it on the market, advises planting it a little 

 further apart than other varieties and not let the 

 bed get too thick for best results. Mr. Howard de- 

 scribes it as follows: "One of the best qualities of 

 Howard's Early is that it does not put on all its 

 blossoms at once and you are about sure of a crop, 

 cannot fail on account of the frost. It is a very 

 early sort, about two days behind the Excelsior and 

 fully as early as the Hoffman. The berries are bright 

 red, medium size and carry well, and are about the 

 size of the Virginia, and similar in shape but of a 

 better color." 



Hummer. The Hummer is a big fellow, as its 

 name would indicate, and hails from Michigan. 

 Its exact origin is not known, but it is probably a 

 seedling of the New York, as it resembles that 

 variety in many respects. Some of our customers 

 claim, however, that it is even more productive. 

 With all of its other good qualities it is a grand, 

 good berry, which is emphasized by the fact that 

 we have seldom had plants enough to go around. 



Ideal. One of the newest berries. The plant is a 

 strong, vigorous grower with clean foliage, free 

 from rust, sending out very large, heavy runners, 

 making strong, thrifty plants. Blossoms staminate, 

 or perfect, need no fertilizing. Season, medium to 

 late; a very heavy cropper of large, uniform berries, 

 holding well up in size to the last picking. The 

 finest berry, the best shipper, the best canner; re- 



Three W's. Won highest prize at St. Louis. 1904 



mains whole and keeps its shape when cooked, goes 

 to market bright and crisp, does not bruise or dis- 

 color; the best looker in the boxes; the best seller. 

 If you want the best selling berry, the best shipping 

 and best canning berry, get a few plants of the 

 Ideal. Mr. Joseph W. Haines, the originator of 

 this berry says: "I have been growing Strawberries 

 for market for forty-five years and bought nearly 

 all the new ones, but never got anything to near 

 compare with the Ideal. It is the firmest berry I 

 ever saw, and the description is rather underdrawn 

 than overdrawn." 



Promptness Appreciated 

 The plants, arrived in fine shape. They are fine, 

 large plants and I am more than pleased with them 

 and thank you for your promptness in filling the order. 

 — C. M. Arney, Center Co., Pa., May 5, 1911. 



Everything 0. K. 

 The plants as ordered, arrived on same day as post- 

 card notifying me of shipment. Plants are fine, and 

 all parties well satisfied. The count was right and 

 everything O. K. Wishing you all success.— Geo. 

 Depenbrock, Hamilton Co., Ohio, May 1, 1911. 



Finest Berries Sent to Market 



I enclose order for 5,000 Chesapeakes and trust I 



am not too late. My Strawberries of this variety were 



pronounced the finest of any sent to Boston market 



last year. — John W. Nichols, New Haven Co., Conn. 



