M. S. PRYOR, SALISBURY, MD. 



MID-SEASON VARIETIES-Continued 



GIBSON— (Per) One of the best 

 growers of large healthy vigorous 

 plants and is a favorite with large 

 commercial growers in many sections. 

 Very productive the plants being sim- 

 ply loaded with berries. You can hard- 

 ly understand how the plants can pro- 

 duce such large quanities of berries. 

 Fruit of large size, dark red in color, 

 firm and of fine flavor. A strong pol- 

 lenizer. 



COOPER— (Per) A chance seedling 

 found by Mr. Cooper of Michigan and 

 introduced by Henry Emlong and Son 

 in 1921. They say, "it is the most beau- 

 tiful, largest and heaviest yielding- 

 variety we have ever seen; and we 

 have tested hundreds of varieties dur- 

 ing the past forty years. In 1919 we 

 called on Mr. Cooper during the straw- 

 berry season. The sight was well 

 worth the trip. We were amazed. We 

 had never seen such large fancy fruit, 

 but the flavor was the greatest sur- 

 prise of all. We never bit into any- 

 thing so sweet and delicious and in 

 size they varied from big to large and 

 larger." I sold out on Cooper last sea- 

 son , had to return orders, and only 

 kept about a dozen plants and could- 

 not give them a fair test so am giving 

 the introducers description again. I 

 was well pleased however with what 

 I saw of them. The berries were of 

 large size, bright red color very pro- 

 ductive and of delicious flavor. The 

 plants are large with long, strong 

 healthy roots that enables them to 

 withstand drought better than many 

 varieties. I have a good supply of 

 plants for this season and recom- 

 mend it for trial. 



BUN SPECIAL— (Per) Bun Spec- 

 ial was introduced by 0. A. D. Bald- 

 win who says "Bun Special leads in 

 size, color and productiveness. It is 

 the finest flavored big yielding straw- 

 berry we have ever seen. Berries are 

 not only large but are uniform in 

 size and shape, a beautiful bright red 



color, and are firm in texture making 

 a splendid market, table and canning- 

 berry. The plant is vigorous, healthy 

 and a fair plant maker and have_ ex- 

 ceptionally large crowns throwing 

 out several strong fruit stems on each 

 plant and they produce an immense 

 amount of large berries of extra qual- 

 ity and flavor." I have not fruited Bun 

 Special but the plants I set last spring- 

 have made good number of plants 

 which are of large size and deep 

 rooted. I believe it worthy of a trial. 



PARSONS BEAUTY— (Per) Heal- 

 thy and vigorous and will make a good 

 fruiting bed on most any soil. A favor- 

 ite with market gardeners and can- 

 ners throughout this county. A heavy 

 producer and a sure cropper. Will 

 produce more quarts of fruit per acre 

 than almost any other midseason vari- 

 ety. Fruit large, dark red in color and 

 when fresh from the vines of the best 

 eating quality. 



BUBACH— (Imp) This is an old 

 standard variety and is still being- 

 grown by thousands of growers es- 

 pecially for home use or near-by mar- 

 kets. Fruit is extra large, the largest 

 berries I saw last season were of this 

 variety, fairly firm, and of good color 

 and quality. Foliage very strong and 

 of a dark green color. Must be planted 

 with some perfect variety of same 

 season as it is a pistillate variety. 



KELLOG'S DELICIOUS — (Per) 

 This variety which was introduced by 

 R. M. Kellogg Co., who say it is enor- 

 mously productive of very large dark 

 red berries of the most delicious fla- 

 vor, and a splendid shipper. As fruit- 

 ed here last season they produced an 

 abundance of fruit and the first ber- 

 ries to ripen were large size but after 

 first few pickings were too small for 

 market. The plants are good healthy 

 growers and make good fruiting beds. 

 I have a fair supply of plants and am 

 offering them at reasonable prices to 

 those who want to try them. 



LATE VARIETIES 



BIG JOE — (Per) Also known as Joe 

 Johnson. One of the best, if not the 

 best, of the mid-season to late varie- 

 ties and the kind to plant if you want 

 a big crop of fancy berries. The plants 

 are exceedingly vigorous and make fine 

 fruiting beds on any soil that will pro- 

 duce strawberries. Makes good under 



nearly all conditions. Berries are firm, 

 bright red in color, almost perfect in 

 shape of very large size and produced 

 in great abundance for so large a ber- 

 ry. Sells for top prices. It is a fine 

 table berry and I can recommend it 

 for home use or for distant market. 

 For profit plant Big Joe, it is distinct- 

 ly a money maker. 



