TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS 13 



McALPIN. 



Our atten- 

 tion was 

 called to this varietv bv 

 W. O. & H. W. D"a\-is, 

 ■commission merchants of 

 New York City, who han- 

 dle large quantities of 

 fruit and know what good 

 iberries are. They wTote 

 us as follows: "You can 

 •come up any day you wish 

 to see these berries. This 

 is the finest berr\- that we 

 have ever sold, and we do 

 not except any \xrry we 

 have seen sold on the 

 market for a great many 

 years. Come if you pos- 

 sibly can." The same peo- 

 ple wTote us later as fol- 

 lows: "We had three 

 shipments of the Mc.Alpin 

 Strawberry- this morning, 

 and sold them for 23 cents 

 a quart wholesale; the 



Missiona.y (see page 14). Popular with maTketmen 



trade is carried away with this berr>-. This is the 

 third season the berr\- has been fruited, and we 

 think it far superior to any berr\- we have ever sold." 

 In size it is large, a heaxy jielder, and holds up well 

 in size until the verj' last picking. We fruited the 

 McAlpin the past year and are well pleased with it. 

 The berries are beautiful scarlet in color, very large 

 and ver\- fine in quality, shows up well in the package 

 and always brings top prices on the market. The 

 plant is perfectly healthy and is a \'igorous grower. 

 It will grow on almost any kind of soil; in 

 fact, it grows so well that th° plants have 

 to be thinned out of the plant-bed, else 

 they will become so thick they cannot 

 bear their best crop 

 of f r u i t ; will 

 respond readily to 

 any care given it. 



We recommend the McAlpin as an excellent berry, 

 both for home use and for market. Knowing its merits 

 we have grown a large stock of this variety this year 

 and we want all of our customers who grow Straw- 

 berries for market to plant at least a few. If you have 

 failed with other varieties, plant McAlpin and suc- 

 ceed. See illustration in natural colors, page 6. 



A GOOD BEGINNING 



I will give you my first experience in Strawberr>--raising. 

 I planted one-fourth acre, nearly all Chesapeake, 

 with a few others; had I planted ajl Chesapeake, the 

 crop would have been about a crate or two more. 

 But I am well pleased with my first crop. We picked 

 3.273 boxes, and sold $267,05 worth, besides what 

 we have used. — J. M. 

 Weber, Lancaster 

 County, Pa., March 

 1915- 



Late Jersey Giant (see jiage 12). The extra-large size is a prominent feature 0/ this variety 



