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Blossoms are perfect and good for pollenizing Sample, 

 Haverland, etc. Price $8 per thousand. 



HUSTLER. A vigorous grower, making a few large, 

 strong plants, rather than many small ones. The fruit 

 is uniformly large in size and firm enough to ship to dist- 

 ant market. The berries are rich scarlet in color, and ex- 

 cellent in quality. The blossoms are imperfect and should 

 be planted with some perfect flowering variety. "We 

 recommend Big Joe, Ekey, Aroma and Magic Gen as being 

 especially valuable to plant with Hustler. Price $12 per 

 thousand. 



Late Jersey Giant. Berries very large, almost perfectly 

 round. Highly colored and of good quality. Price $12 per 

 thousand. 



McALPIIV. A very vigorous grower that should be kept 

 thinned for best results. The berries are medium to large 

 in size, brilliant scarlet in color and unexcelled in quality. 

 After a heavy rain in fruiting time the Mc Alpin will have 

 less sand and dirt on the berries than any variety we 

 know and this is especially important, where mulching 

 materials are scarce and hard to get. Its excellent qual- 

 ity makes the McAlpin a good one for the home, or local 

 market, as well as for shipping purposes. Price $8 per 

 thousand. 



SAMPLE. The berries are a perfect strawberry type, 

 bright red in color, large in size, delicious in flavor and 

 very attractive in appearance. It is very productive and 

 quite firm, which makes it possible to ship the fruit to 

 distant market. The blossoms are imperfect and must be 

 planted with some staminate variety, such as Gibson, 

 Big Joe, Ekey, or Magic Gem. It is a hardy variety, which 

 makes it popular both north and south. Price $8 per 

 thousand. 



Sharpless. Berries large, handsome in appearance and 

 excellent in quality. Price $8 per thousand. 



WM. BELT. For a long time, Wm. Belt was the stand- 

 ard of quality — now 

 it shares honors with 

 the Chesapeake and 

 McAlpin. Wm. Belt 

 berries are large in 

 size and somewhat 

 irregular in shape. 

 This variety is indis- 

 pensable and it takes 

 the lead whenever 

 quality is the import- 

 x „ ant consideration. We 



IC* . have a nice block of 



Wm. Belt plants this 

 year that are dandy. 

 The quality of the 

 Jjjl|lf berries, altho of the 

 / highest, does not ex- 

 cell the quality of 

 our plants. Order 

 these early, as they 

 are a great favorite. 

 Price $8 per thousand. 

 Wm. Belt 



VERY LATE VARIETIES 



GANDY. One of the best known of all strawberries. 

 For best results, it should be planted in black-swamp 

 land, or in springy land with some clay in its makeup. 

 Never plant Gandy in dry, sandy soil. Gandy has been 

 and still is a great favorite on the market. It is not a 

 heavy producer, but the berries it does produce are uni- 

 formly large in size, brilliant red in color and have a 

 large, bright green cap, which makes the berries very 

 beautiful and attractive Price $6 per thousand. 



KELLOGG'S PRIZE. The berries are large and beauti- 

 fully formed. See illustration front cover. They are very 

 firm in texture, which makes them good for shipping pur- 

 poses. Kellogg's Prize is one of the most productive very 

 late varieties we have seen, and it holds its size well until 

 the end of the season. A good point about this variety 

 is that it gets better with each succeeding season, giving 

 two or three big crops of very fine berries where proper 

 care is taken. Kellogg's Prize ranks with Hustler and 

 Sample as one of the three best late pistillates. Price $8 

 per thousand. 



OREM. This is the very latest berry that we have and 

 it is a good one. Many growers, especially those who 

 are supplying a local market, are planting Orem to ex- 

 tend their season as long as possible. The plant is a 



