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Rayner Brothers, Salisbury, Maryland 



Aberdeen. 



We find this to be a 

 mighty fine variety, 

 becoming very popular in estern Pennsyl- 

 vania and New Jersey and will probably 

 be widely planted when its merits are bet- 

 ter known. Makes a rank growth of strong 

 healthy plants, so many in fact that unless 

 planted 24 inches apart, in good soil, thin- 

 ning will be necessary to produce best re- 

 sults. Aberdeen is very productive, equal 

 to, and said by some growers superior to 

 Premier. 



Fruit is medium to large, of conical shape, 

 an attractive dark red, and of very good quality. 

 We cannot recommend this variety for distant 

 shipment in refrigerator cars, but for markets 

 within 300 miles it is a berry hard to equal and 

 is very profitable because of its hardiness, ability 

 to fruit under most trying conditions, its unsur- 

 passed productiveness and quality of fruit. Fruit- 

 ing period extends from two to three weeks. We 

 have a good supply of exceptionally strong plants 

 of Aberdeen to offer this season and would like to 

 have our customrs try them in comparison with 

 Premier and Big Joe. 



ABERDEEN 



Trv this for vour roadside market 



LUPTON. A mighty good late shipping berry, very large, in fact as large as 

 Chesapeake and just as attractive but only fair in quality but always brings top 

 prices in city markets. Lupton is a mighty heavy bedder and therefore a fine variety 

 to grow in land where it is impossible to get a satisfactory bed of Chesapeake. They 

 are very firm and excellent shippers but we do not recommend them for home garden. 



WM. BELT. This is one of the best 

 flavored berries grown and is the standard 

 of excellence of quality. The berries are 

 somewhat irregular in shape but are fairly 

 large, bright glossy red with a green cap 

 and are therefore handsome. Wm. Belt is 

 desired for the home garden, local market 

 and for the grower who takes pride in the 

 quality of the berries he ships. The con- 

 sumer is always willing to pay good prices 

 for them. Be sure to try a few of them in 

 your patch this year. 



PARSONS' BEAUTY. This is a fine old 

 variety for the home garden or local market. 

 The plants make a vigorous gro\\i;h, are 

 easy to bed and are very productive through 

 a long fruiting season, of dark red, fine 

 flavored, medium size berries. The house- 

 wife will find them unexcelled for canning 

 and very easy to cap. 



GANDY. This is one of the old varie- 

 ties that ranks as a leader among extra 

 late shipping berries. It does best in low, 

 springy land as it needs plenty of moisture 

 through fruiting season, Gandy is not a 

 heavy producer but all the berries are very 

 large and of fine quality, fruit bright red with a large green cap, therefore very 

 handsome, and mil stand shipment to distant markets in perfect condition for they 

 are the firmest berries on the market. They are good plant makers and you should 

 have no trouble in getting a good fruiting b^(J. 



WM. BELT— The standard of excellence. 



