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Pure Improved Hoffman. If an ex- 



perieoced grower or comtnissioa mercbant 

 was asked wbat variety of strawberries, 

 owing to its size, brilliant coloring and 

 perfect shipping qualities brougbt uni- 

 formly the highest price on the market, 

 there could be but one answer— Hoffman. 

 But under sloven culture this splendid va 

 riety has been suffered to run down in old 

 diseased Held? and to get badly mixed with 

 other and iafeiior plants. Therefore it is 

 not easy to get pure stock. Kept pure and 

 bred up by selection and careful, clean cul- 

 ture, like ours has been, it is about the 

 cleanest^ healthiest, thriftiest growing 

 plant that we ever saw. It stands drought 

 well, the berry seeming to be composed 

 more largely of solid matter than other 

 varieties. Hence its unsurpassed firmness 

 and high value, as a shipping berry. We 

 do not recommend Hoffuiau for the North, 

 But to Southern growers needing ao extra 

 early, ultra tirm, very large and brilliantly 

 colored berry to captivate the eye of the 

 dealer, retailer and coDsumer, we say plant 

 Pure Improved Hoffman. It has a special 

 value to growers who have to ship a long 

 distance to market without refrigeration. 

 Its great firmne-:s enables it to carry fresh 

 and bright a very long distance without 

 ice. Price, 75c. per 100, ^ 00 per 1000. 



I^ady Thompson. The marvelous vigor 

 and immense productiveness of this berry, 

 its ability to adapt itself to all soils and all 

 climates; its apparent indifference to heat, 

 drought or flood, has rendered strawberry 

 growing profitable over vast regions where 

 most other varieties could not be grown 

 with profit, if at all. Instead of deterior- 



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12 in. apart in 

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ating, as a variety lacking in virility inev- 

 itably does, it grows better year by year, 

 though we have never known it to fail to 

 bear enormously. It is alfjo a far earlier 

 variety than is generally believed. It is 

 an exceedingly easy plant to live and is 

 quick to grow off. rain or no rain. Hence 

 its great value, especiallv for fall planting. 

 Price, 75c. per 100. $S.no"per 1000. 



Number op Strawberry Plants Re- 

 quired TO Plant an Acre 

 11,000 to acre, 4 ft. ro 

 ll,5u0 to acre, 8>2 ft- ro 

 U,()00 to acre, 3 ft. ro 



12,000 to acre is the average number in 

 this vicinity. 



Where 11,000 plants are put on an acre 

 they are more easily cultivated with a 

 horse, and the fruit is likely to be larger. 



Blackberries. — Early Harvest. — 



Large and very sweet. Kipens fully two 

 weeks before the earliest ol the old field 

 berries, Is not a Dewheny. but a regular 

 bush. Strong one year od plants, 15c. 

 each; $1.50 per d >zen. 



Pecans — Centennial — This is an extra 

 large vaiiery, long in shape and thin in 

 shell. Frotsi her s Egg Shell— Ouq of the 

 thinnest shelled Pecans produced. Is of 

 very laige size, roundish in shape and of 

 tine flavor. Rome—'Vhe 'Kome" is the 

 largest Pecan nut we ever saw, of fine qual- 

 ity, thin shell, good beaier; in sh«pe it \i 

 round at one end and pointed at the other, 

 a very profitable variety. 



We call special attention to the large 

 profit to be realized in planting Budded 



frotscbei's Egg Shell Tecan.- 



We have a varied Assortment of Shade Trees of eveiy description. 



