TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS 



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near the color of the berries and deep-set that they 

 are scarcely noticeable. Its excellent quality, pro- 

 ductiveness and large size make it verj' popular. 



NEW HOME. Of Western origin, and intro- 

 duced by me several years ago. It has made a great 

 record here as a profitable and productive shipping 

 berry. I have shipped it by the carload and re- 

 ceived excellent returns; but for some reason k does 

 not seem to be popular with the majority of growers, 

 and for this reason I would not advise planting it, 

 except in a small way, until you have seen what 

 it will do on your land. It is probably one of the 

 best-keeping berries grown, and can be shipped 

 almost any distance. 



OHIO BOY. This variety makes a strong, vigor- 

 ous growth and is very productive, the season of 

 ripening very late. I was slow to recommend this 

 variety at first, owing to the fact that its foliage 

 shows unmistakable relation to the Bedarwood, 

 which is a soft berry; I find, however, that the Ohio 

 Boy has all the vigor and productiveness of the 

 Bedarwood, with fruit much larger in size and 

 firm enough to make an excellent shipping berr>'. 

 The blossoms are perfect. Following this berry 

 through the season, I find that it gives an immense 

 crop of delicious berries, lasting late in the season; 

 in fact, it is one of the latest we have. 



OREM. This is another late variety of e.xcep- 

 tional quality. For an exceedingly late variety it is 

 my choice of any I have seen up to this time; being 

 very firm, it can be left on the vines two or three 

 days after it is ripe and still be in good condition. 

 It is one of the kind that bears under almost any 

 conditions. It commences to ripen with the Gandy, 

 and bears an abundance of firm, large berries, which 

 last until after the Gandy are gone. It is more 

 productive than the Gandy, larger in size, firmer in 

 quality; color light red with yellow seeds and 

 dark green caps, which make it very attractive. 



PARSONS' BEAUTY. Originated in this 

 county near Parsonsburg. This is a very pro- 

 ductive, medium large, good-quality berry; espe- 

 cially recommended for near market, where it can be 

 picked and sold the same day, or picked late in the 

 afternoon and put on the markec the following 



morning. Some claim that it will ship well, but I 

 have never felt that I could recommend it as a 

 shipping berry, especially where the distance is 

 very great. It makes a luxuriant growth of dark 

 red berries. 



PAUL JONES. A pistillate variety, claimed to be 

 a seedling of Haverland and Brandywine. It is 

 wonderfully productive of beautiful berries and an 

 excellent keeper; brilliant and glossy in color, it 

 seems to have a varnished surface. It is claimed 

 that the berries kept a week in a common cellar 

 were exhibited at the Worcester County Horticul- 

 tural Society, in Massachuestts, by the side of 

 fresh-picked berries, and that the only difference in 

 appearance was the added richness in color in the 

 week-old berries. It is said to be fully as productive 

 as the Haverland. 



PURCELL'S EARLY. Originated near Elmira, 

 New York, by Mr. G. .'\. Purcell, and was first 

 offered to the public two years ago. This variety 

 makes plenty of plants and sets an immense crop 

 of fruit that ripens very early and is very firm. 

 This would make an excellent market variety if 

 the fruit were a little larger. 



PRIDE OF DELAWARE. This has made an 

 excellent growth here and has been fruited once; 

 but the season being excessively dry it did not have 

 a very good show; even under adverse conditions 

 gave some very fine fruit. The originator describes 

 it as "a berry worthy of its name; large, firm, colors 

 up well, nearly uniform in shape and size, the foliage 

 is verj' bluff and stalky, holding its fruit up from 

 the ground. It has a large green cap closely resem- 

 bling the Gandy. It ripens two or three days earlier 

 than the Gandy, and on high soil, where it was 

 originated, it is fully three times as productive." 



PRIDE OF MICHIGAN. Originated in Mich- 

 igan in 1902, and described as follows: "It is a fine 

 shipper and an excellent canner; the meat is very 

 firm and exceedingly rich; solid in te.xture and very 

 smooth, with flavor unexcelled; the foliage is large 

 and so is the bloom, which has an added advantage 

 of being exceedingly rich in pollen. I have gathered 

 in our testing plot several quarts of great, handsome 

 luscious berries, of a quality exceeding anything I 

 have ever grown." 



Ohio Boy produces immenBe crops of delicious berries 



