J. T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 



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FALL-BEARING STRAWBERRIES 



The fall-bearing or so styled "Everbearing" Strawberries are interesting and have merit. 

 Fortunately, nearly all of them are excellent in quality and give a heavy yield of fruit in 

 June. The subsequent or autumn crop is less profuse. If. however, the blossoms are removed 

 from the plants until the middle to the last of June, the autumn crop will be very greatly im- 

 proved — both in size of yield and the berries themselves. Aside from removing the blossoms 

 by hand picking, the culture of these autumn-bearing varieties is the same as other Strawber- 

 ries, as set forth on page 3. 



Upon moist, fertile land our pot-grown plants of these fall-bearing Strawberries give 

 sweet, ripe berries in a few weeks from the time they are planted. We advise "hill culture'' 

 (done by clipping off all the runners soon after they appear, thus restricting the growth to 

 the parent plants) for best results with these varieties. 



Price, Pot-grown Plants, dozen, $1.25; 100, $8.00 



Advance. — This variety, after being fully The plants are of vigorous habit and very 

 tested here and with other growers, has im- attractive, with their large, clean leaves. The 



pressed us as being almost, if not the most, 

 valuable of all the Fall or Everbearing straw- 

 berries. Compared to the other varieties, it 

 most resembles the Superb: but produces 

 larger berries, and the plants are better grow- 

 ers and more prolific. The berries are deep 

 crimson, nearly round, of good size, quite uni- 

 form in size and shape, of firm, meaty texture, 

 and of good quality. 



Forward. — As a truly Fall bearing variety, 

 the Forward is notable: for it is more prolific 

 during the autumn than most of the other va- 

 rieties. It has the same originator as Superb, 



Advance, Ideal, Peerless, etc. Xo other Fall- 

 bearing variety on the market produces such 

 large or bright colored berries, and they are 

 of excellent quality, being firm, sweet, rich, 

 with true Strawberry flavor. The plants, too, 

 are very vigorous growers and quite prolific. 



Ideal. — This is a most promising variety of 

 recent introduction. In vigor and size of plant 

 it is a decided improvement upon the older 

 varieties, and the berries are of large size. 

 Further testing will be necessary with us be- 

 fore we can state our opinions with assurance. 



Progressive. — This variety has a widespread 

 popularity. Each year it produces two large 

 crops; the June yield, coming with the second 

 early sorts, is so heavy it is a profitable va- 

 riety at this season; and in the autumn it yields 

 quite freely until freezing weather. 



berries are so smooth and uniform in size and 

 shape that one might think them turned from 

 a mold. They are deep crimson, glossy, and of 

 good quality. 



Superb. — Xo other Fall-bearing variety is so 

 well known or so largely planted. It yields a 

 good crop both summer and autumn. Pot- 

 grown plants set out in summer yield a few 

 berries the first autumn and a fine crop the 

 following year. The berries are nearly round, 



smooth, dark crimson, glossy, of sweet mild 

 flavor and larger than those of the Progressive. 

 Plants are vigorous for a Fall-bearing variety, 

 with clean, dark-green leaves. 



