^4 . ■ £ y^ Townsend & Co. 'a Great Crops of 



*naiKl for plants left me without any whatever to fruit, and I have not yet 

 ^een able to fruit the Steven's Lat<^ Ciiampion. I heard so many great things 

 about this berry at tlie New Jersey State Horticultural Society that I plant- 

 ed much more of it than I would otherwise have done. It !>< said to yield 

 4arge crops of large, beautiful berries that ship well late in the season after 

 most of the oth^r varities have rii)ened and gone. It is evidently a decend' 

 ant of 'the grand old Gaudy, but it is a much better grower and wiU thrive 

 better oi> it greater variety of soils. Last year we only had a moderate 

 ^"PPl.y 'Of plants, but this year I have an exceptionlly fine stock, and will be 

 in a position to handle all orders, large or small. I have just returned from 

 a t^'ip in Connecticut and I find a great many of this variety growing, and it 

 seems tt* be givfnggeneral satisfaction. It is one of the finest growers we 

 have, and I find that it is a safe berry to plant for local market: do not ad- 

 vi.se it where it has to 1)? shipped long distances. 



Hutniner (Per)— A berry that is second in size and in (piality to but 

 lew. and one variety tluir it is a hard job for us to get enough plants to go 

 around with. I^ast season every plant was booked by February 15th. 



We qiK>te the originator's decrirtion : 



Kalamazoo County; Mich., Jan. 21, lyOo. 



Dear r^ir — ''On my grounds is a new strawberry that is a 'Hummer.' 

 Undei-stand me, wdule I am not its originator, it has been grown for sev- 

 eral .years by a man who lived about ten miles from here. He ahvays re- 

 cused to sell jilants, notwithstanding as high as $2.00 were offered for them 

 but two or three years ago he sold by mistake for Sharpless. After he found 

 out he tried to Induce the man to dig them up, but the bu^er mistrusted 

 what he had recieved and said he thought those would do. We growers 

 have not been able to compete with said berry in Battle Creek market. 

 One of the merchants had its exclusive sale and shipped it as a fancy berry 

 to Kalamazoo. Jackson, Lansing, etc. The original owaier has sold out 

 and removed to the West. I know of but one l)esides myself that has this 

 variety. He is an old man from whom I got my plants, I do not believe 

 the introducer has it. It is my opinion that it is an English berry, because 

 the man above alluded to is an Englishman. The originrtor being out o 

 the field and out of the business, I feel at liberty to let you have soma of 

 the plants. * Yours truly, 



• JOHN KOOL\()RD. 



Parks Barle (Per) — A very good late variety. Originated in this county 

 ttesenibles Chesapeake, only imperfect bloom. 



