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Ocean City Strawberry. 



ers have tested and found profitable. A 

 strawberry having all the gtDod qualities 

 has not, and perhaps never will be dis- 

 covered; still in choosing it is well to 

 purchase plants having as many good 

 points as possible. This we claim for 

 Michel's Early. It is claimed to be the 

 earliest in cultivation. It makes perfect 

 flowers and fruit. Very prolific. Price, 

 60c. per 100, $5.00 per 1000. 



Pure Improved Hoffman Strawberry. 



If an experienced grower or commis- 

 sion merchant was asked what variety of 

 strawberries, owing to its size, brilliant 

 coloring and perfect shipping qualities, 

 brought uniformly the highest price on 

 the market there could be but one an- 

 swer — Hoffman. But under sloven cul- 

 ture this splendid variety has been suf- 

 fered to run down, in old diseased fields 

 and to get badly mixed with other in- 

 ferior 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 v/e ever saw. It stands drought 

 well, the berry seeming to be composed 

 more largely of solid matter than other 

 varieties. Hence its unsurpassed firm- 

 ness and high value as a shipping berry. 

 We do not recommend Hoffman for the 

 North. But to Southern growers needing 

 an extra early, ultra firm, very large and 

 brilliantly colored berry to captivate the 

 eye of the dealer, retailer and consumer, 

 we say plant Pure Improved Hoffman. 

 It has a special value to giiDwers who 

 have to ship a long distance to market 

 without refrigeration. Its great firmness 



enables it to carry fresh and bright a 

 very long distance without ice. Price, 

 75c. per 100; $6.00 per 1000, 



Lady Thompson Strawberry. 



The marvelous vigor and immense pro- 

 ductiveness 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 grow- 

 ing profitable over vast regions where 

 most other varieties could not be grown 

 with profit, if at all. Instead of deterio- 

 rating, as a variety lacking in virility in- 

 evitably does, it grows better year by 

 year, though we have never known it to 

 fail to bear enormously. It is also 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, especially for fall 

 planting. Price, 75c. per 100, $6.00 per 

 1000. 



Klondyke Strawberry. 



We have a fine stock of this valuable 

 new variety grown from plants derived 

 direct from the originator. We know 

 them to be the absolutely true and pure 

 Klondyke. Price, 75c., per 100; $6.00 per 

 1000. 



Number of Strawberry Plants Required 

 to Plant an Acre. 



11,000 to acre, 4 ft. rows. 



12,500 to acre, 31/2 ft. rows. 



14,000 to acre, 3 ft. rows. 



12 in. apart in row. 



12,000 to acre is the average numher 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. 

 Ripens fully two weeks before the earli- 

 este of the old field berries. Is not a 

 Dewberry, but a regTilar bush. Strong 

 one year old plants, 25c. each; $2.50 per 

 dozen. 



Olives. 



Picholine. — A variety much esteemed 

 in California for its rapid growth and 

 early bearing. 15 to 18 inches high, $1.00 

 each; 24 to 30 inches, bushy, $1.50 each. 



PECANS. 



It is now an established fact, admitted 

 by all that have given any attention to 

 the subject that Pecan trees are by far 

 the most prolific of all fruit trees to plant. 

 Those who planted some of our budded 

 trees 10 to 12 years ago are now getting 

 returns of from $5.00 to $10,00 per tree 

 annually. These returns will regularly 

 increase as the years go by. 



Plant Crystal White Wax Onions. 



