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Rayner Brothers, Salisbury, Maryland 



Midseason Varieties 



Aberdeen. 



We find this to be a 

 mighty fine variety, 

 and is very popular in eastern Pennsyl- 

 vania and New Jersey and will probably 

 be widely planted when its merits are bet- 

 ter known. Makes a rank growth of strong 

 healthy plants, is very productive, equal to 

 and said by some growers superior to 

 Premier. 



Fruit is medium to large, of conical shape, 

 an attractive dark red, and of very good quality. 

 We cannot recommend this variety for distant 

 shipment in refrigerator cars, but for markets 

 within 300 miles it is a berry hard to equal and 

 is very profitable because of its hardiness, ability 

 to fruit under most trying conditions, its unsur- 

 passed productiveness and quality of fruit. Fruit- 

 ing period extends from two to three weeks. We 

 have a good supply of exceptionally strong plants 

 of Aberdeen to offer this season and would like to 

 have our customers try them in comparison with 

 Premier and Big Joe. 



The berries begin ripening in early midsea- 

 son and although we do not believe they will ever 

 excel Premier to an appreciable extent, we do 

 feel that it may have a special value as a midsea- 

 son variety where Big Joe is not at the best. Where Big Joe is sometimes affected 

 by late frosts and unfavorable soil conditions we are of the opinion Aberdeen will 

 prove more successful. 



ABERDEEN 

 Try this for your roadside market 



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Fugeima is a new variety from Japan. You should try it. 



^IIYIPI We fruited this variety in our trial ground last season and were 

 diiiCl. deeply impressed by their strong, vigorous growth, productiveness, 

 quality and flavor. But their outstanding characteristic is the enormous size of the 

 fruit. The grower from whom we procured our plants claimed he had grown them 

 of such size that 8 berries would fill a quart basket. With us they did not quite attain 

 this size, but they did range from 12 to 15 berries per well filled quart. 



This variety came from Japan and on account of their large size were named for 

 the largest mountain there. Notice their size in comparison \vlth a rule. 



Try a few of these plants this year and if you are not pleased with the results 

 we will gladly refund the purchase price. Our supply of plants is very limited and as 

 we wish to have as many growers try them as possible, we can only furnish 100 plants 

 to a customer. Notice the size above as compared to a rule. Four berries over 7 inches. 



