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Wm. Belt. The standard for quality the world over 



WARFIELD. Owing to a failure in the plant- 

 crop of this variety, I was compelled to leave it out 

 of my catalogue last season; I am pleased to say, 

 however, that I have an elegant stock this season, 

 It is a well-known standard variety, a persistent 

 plant-maker that must be kept thin to give best 

 results, but, if not allowed to grow too thick, it will 

 produce a great crop of very desirable, medium-sized 

 berries that are highly flavored and highly colored; 

 rip)ens midseason and is especially 

 popular in the West. For syrups, 

 canning, etc., it is especially desir- 

 able on account of its rich flavor 

 and high color. 



WINNER. This is a very strong, 

 \-igorous-growing variety, making 

 an abundance of long-jointed run- 

 ners; leaf-stems are long, and the 

 plants are ver>' productive of large- 

 sized berries, which are borne on 

 unusually long stems. The fruit is 

 highly colored and very attractive. 

 Berries somewhat irregular in shape, 

 running from long-conical to broad- 

 conical; blossoms perfect. Origi- 

 nated in Pennsylvania by W. E. 

 Shoemaker, and is an all -round 

 valuable variety. 



WM. BELT. Until the advent of 

 Chesapeake, Wm. Belt was the 

 standard for quality. There are 

 few lovers of Strawberries who 

 would cross a plot of many varie- 

 ties and not pick out the Wm. 

 Belt as the best-flavored. The de- 

 mand for this variety has been much 



greater for the past few years, and I have been com- 

 pelled to grow a much larger stock in order to meet 

 the demands of my customers. One in Washington 

 saj-s, "The Wm. Belt and Chesapeake for flavor and 

 good eating are dandies. I am going to run all my 

 patch to these two kinds. They stood the drought 

 best and are in good shape now." The popularity of 

 Wm. Belt seems to increase right along, owing, no 

 doubt, to its excellent flavor. There are few amateur 



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