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NEW HOME. — This variety has again made an 

 excellent record, having given 

 me a large crop of beautiful, firm berries that sold 

 considerably higher than the common run of the crop 

 the past season. While there seems to be places where 

 It does not do well, it has been more certain to give 

 me a crop and bring good prices for the last ten years 

 than anything that I have grown. Some of the new 

 ones may be better, and in fact at this time I should 

 prefer the Chesapeake of the two, but as above stated 

 the New Home has made me more money than any 

 variety of strawberries I have ever grown. It is de- 

 scribed as follows : As late and as large as the Gandy. 

 fruit bright red color that does not lose its lustre and 

 turn dark after being picked a long time ; uniformly 

 large size and the best shipping berry grown. Hoffman 

 not excepted. Vigorous growth, and, unlike Gandy, 

 will produce a large crop on either high or low land. 

 The fruit is so firm and tile keeping quality so good it 

 does not require picking oftener than three times a 

 week, when it will usually make 1.000 quarts or more 

 per acre at a single picking during the height of the 

 season. Pickers are always anxious to pick these ber- 

 ries, and I have had good pickers that would pick 40 

 quarts an hour ; some say they could do even better. 



One peculiarity about the plants of the New Home I 

 want to mention, and that is, that all through the rows 

 there are more or less very light colored or yellow 

 leaves ; this is the characteristic of the variety and 

 seems to do it no harm. I want to mention this be- 

 cause a great many have written me about it. You 

 could not have the variety true if you could not see 

 this freak of nature sprinkled through your beds. 



Since having this berry on the market I have had 

 some very flattering reports, and quite a number that 

 were not. I can only say that if it does. for others as 

 it has done for me, you will find it one of the best 

 paying varieties you can grow. 



PRESIDENT. — A most remarkable variety, ripen- 

 ing in mid-season. For large size, 

 beauty, great productiveness and high quality it stands 

 very high among strawberries. It is. however, of ten- 

 der texture and is not suited for shipping to distant 

 points. The plants are of immense size, one of the 

 largest on our farm, and under ordinary culture the 

 huge berries were literally heaped on the rows. The 

 quality is of the very best : berries globular but some- 

 what irregular, occasionally ridged, deep rich crimson 

 with a large bright green cap. Flesh deep red. They 

 remain large until the end of the season, and the 

 plants retain their rich green color until all berries 

 have been gathered. Highly recommended at recent 

 meeting of the New Jersey Horticultural Society, and 

 by numerous prominent growers. I fruited a few of 

 these the past season and found them very satisfactory. 

 The neighbors who came over and saw the President 



were very enthusiastic over it, and in almost erary 

 instance wanted plants. 



OOM PAUL. — This variety has made a wonder- 

 ful growth of large, healthy 

 plants. It makes enough runners to bed up nicely and 

 the fruit is long, large and sometimes flattened ; color 

 dark red both inside and out ; the flesh Is quite firm 

 and of good quality. I fruited the Oom Paul the paat 

 season for the first time, and I believe it is a variety 

 that is going to give general satisfaction. The Ohio 

 Experiment Station says : "A fine large berry that baa 

 many good qualities and worthy of careful trial for 

 the home market." 



Personally I consider it good enough not only for the 

 home garden, but a variety that will give excellent re- 

 sults for shipping, as it is a berry that will show up 

 well, and firm enough to carry wel*. It is my opinion 

 that no one will make a mistake planting this variety. 



PARSONS' BEAUTY.— Originated In this coun- 

 ty, and has been largely 

 grown around PIttsvllle and Parsonsburg. It is lm- 

 menselv productive, medium large, and good quality. 

 To anyone who has a near market where the fruit 

 can be hauled in, or picked one day and sold the 

 next morning, I would recommend this variety, but 

 , for long shipment, it will not carry as well as many 

 others. It makes a luxuriant growth of dark green 

 foliage. 



PENNE1X. 



This variety waa 

 not very popular 

 when first Intro- 

 duced, but seems 

 to be g a 1 n I n g 

 ground. It bear* 

 well and la ex- 

 empt from ruet, 

 :nd Is an extra 

 Ine quality, Juat 

 f-he kind to please 

 your best cus- 

 tomers, if they 

 are willing to pay 

 for quality aa 

 well as appear- 

 ance. You get 

 both In this va- 

 riety. The frnlt 

 is large, round, 

 deep red in color, 

 moderately Arm, 

 and as a b o r e 

 stated, very fine 

 quality. 



PENNEEE. 



