IOWA 



Not having had this in fruiting upon my own 

 grounds, I give the description of Mr. Roekhill, the 

 originator, viz. : — "Plant large and thrifty, always 

 healthy here, a satisfactory plant maker. A 

 little later than some others in coming into bloom, 

 thus saving the labor of disbudding. A heavy and 

 continuous fruiter here from August 10th to cold 

 weather; fruit medium to large (about the size 

 of average Brandywines ) , color scarlet, firm, qual- 

 ity good but not of the highest." It succeeds es- 

 pecially when restricted to hills and yields enor- 

 mously. Pot-grown plants, dozen, $1.00; 100, 

 $5.00. 



PAN AMERICAN 



"The fruit is of medium size, of nice color and 

 flavor and produced in good quantities. The ber- 

 ries are borne up under the leaves and are inclined 

 to mildew and rot in wet, muggy weather ; they 

 must be hunted among the leaves if you find them 

 at all. The frosts have little effect on the blos- 

 soms or fruit because both are hidden by the 

 leaves. Bears freely on old plants and young 

 runner plants each season." — From Fall-Bearing 

 Straio'berry Secrets. 



The Pan American has been fruited at Mon- 

 mouth for a number of years. We have never 

 been troubled with mildewing of either foliage or 

 fruit and although the plants have been very pro- 

 lific and the fruit of excellent quality, the berries 

 have not been as large as desired — in fact, quite 

 small. Pot-grown plants, dozen, $1.00; 100, $6.00. 



PRODUCTIVE 



"Parentage Pan American and Autumn; it has 

 an imperfect blossom and requires a perfect blos- 

 som fall-bearing variety set with it to pollenate 

 its blossoms. The plants are very large, with 

 dark green foliage. It makes plenty of runners. 

 It fruits considerably on new runner plants. The 

 berries are above medium in size, color light red, 

 heart shaped, very firm, seeds prominent; a good 

 shipper. I think this the most productive of any 

 variety I ever saw. It should be grown in hills." 

 — The Originator, 



"The berries literally lay about the plants in 

 heaps and piles; the size and quality are deter- 

 mined by the quantity produced. If you wish to 

 grow only large specimens of the best quality it 

 is necessary to remove a large proportion of the 

 blossoms." — Fall-Bearing StroAvherry Secrets. 



I have had this variety for three years. The 

 fruit is fine and the yield all that can be de- 

 sired. The plants are strong, healthy, vigorous and 

 multiply freely. It is a very valuable variety. 

 Pot-grown plants, dozen, $1.00; 100, $5.00. 



PROGRESSIVE 



Not only the finest of the Roekhill varieties, 

 but by far the finest and best of all the fall- or 

 everbearing strawberries to date. The plant is of 

 strong, vigorous habit with good large leaves, and 

 it multiplies all that it ought to. The berries 

 are beautiful; nearly round, glossy, rich deep 

 crimson, of fair size, excellent quality and firm. 

 It begins to ripen with the second early June 

 only kinds and the plants yield such vast quan- 

 tities of such nice and good berries it is among 

 the best for its June crop alone. As it continues 

 to yield fine fruit (though not so lavishly of 

 course) until late autumn, it is indeed a va- 

 riety of great value. 



Having thoroughly tested the variety, I speak 

 of it from personal experience with it. The il- 

 lustration shown on page 7 is from a photograph 

 of berries grown at Monmouth the season just 

 past. Pot-grown plants, dozen, $2.00; 100, $10.00. 



SUPERB 



Regarded as the largest and finest of the va- 

 rieties produced by Mr. Cooper (Autumn, Pan 

 American, Productive, etc.) and claimed by some 

 to surpass all the other fall- or everbearing va- 

 rieties. I have had it three years and I know it 

 to be a "Superb" variety indeed. In speaking 

 of it, "Fall-Bearing Strawberry Secrets" says: 

 "The fruit is very large, round, rich dark color, 

 glossy, attractive and as smooth as if turned in a 

 lathe. It is not produced in as great abundance 

 as Productive, but each fruit is large and fully 

 developed; and above all, it has the finest flavor. 

 The berries are only borne on the parent plants; 

 hardly ever do you find a young plant bearing 

 fruit. This variety does its best when planted in 

 hills, with runners kept cut." See illustration of 

 a dish of Superb on page 14. Pot-grown plants, 

 dozen, $1.00; 100, $5.00. 



SPECIAL OFFER.— As an inducement 

 to strawberry lovers to plant these in- 

 teresting and valuable faU-bearing varie- 

 ties, I will supply a dozen fine pot-grown 

 plants of each of the seven varieties for 

 $6.00 or 25 each of them for $10.00. 



Chippewa Co., Mich., Aug. 19, 1912. 

 The 150 Strawberry plants which I just received 

 from you were in fine condition. 



Meklin Wiley. 



Westmoreland Co., Pa., Aug. 22, 1912. 

 The plants received were in fine condition, 

 thanks to your care, etc. John B. Keenan. 



Maeion Co., Tenn., Nov. 19, 1912. 

 The Strawberries I bought of you last August 

 are doing finely; only lost two plants out of six 

 dozen. J. E. Muecke. 



Douglas Co., Ga., Aug. 26, 1912. 

 Strawberry plants received in good condition 

 and they are set out, and I hope will live, as 

 we had a nice shower the next day. Many thanks 

 to you for the extra plants. 



G. N. Patterson. 



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