DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST OF CHOICE STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 5 



; 'Tbe plant is a very vigorous grower, and in a field where it was growing with 

 other sorts, its rank foliage enabled one to identify the rows at onc^ . I judge 

 from careful observation that it is as productive as any variety now before 

 the public. The fruit is round and generally s> mmetrical, the berry being a little 

 longer than the Cumberland Triumph, and it averages much larger than that varietv. 

 It is very solid and will bear shipment well. In color it is of a dark crimson, a little 

 patchy in appearance before it becomes fully ripe. Then it is solid crimson. In 

 quality I think it better than any other in cultivation. — it certainly surpasses the 

 Downing or Gandy.'' 



"Timbrell is a variety of great merit, and all who have it should increase their 

 stock as fast as possible. That it will be a standard variety there is no doubt. I 

 have watched it carefully, and am glad to report that it has not a single weak point. 

 The plan, is a luxuriant grower and enormously productive. The fruit is ver^ large, 

 nearly always of regular, conical form, crimson color, firm, and of very excellent 

 quality and one of the latest to ripen." — M. Crawford. 



" My Dear Sir: — Yes, I have tried the Timbrell, and it is, as judged by me, the 

 best berry — all things considered — I have ever tried. 



"Abundantly productive, of the first quality, large size, and having a character- 

 istic form, which is fairly regular: it i?, besides, a firm berry. The vines are vigor- 

 ous and hardy. I can hardly say too much in favor of this berry from one season's 

 trial/" Sincerely. E. S. Cabman, Editor of the Sural New Yorker, 



Dear Sir:— Yours inquiring about the Timbrell Strawberry, at hand. I saw the 

 berry the first season it bore. It was sent to me to be named (I was then editor of 

 the Orange County Farmer), and I have seen it every year since, three or four I think, 

 both on my own place where I had a few plants; on Mr. Carman's place at River 

 Edge, X. J.; on the grounds of tne originator, and on one or two neighbors' places. 



In quality it is very far superior to Parker Earle. or Bubach — indeed I know of 

 no Strawberry now in cultivation so good, it is much finer than Gandy or Downing: 

 in productiveness I think it will equal, if not surpass Bubach, and it is a much better 

 yielder than Sharpless. I have only seen Parker Earle in small beds, and so cannot 

 judge. bet ween it and Timbrell save in quality. 



The fruit is large, generally uniform in shape, and dark crimson in color: the 

 plant is vig >rous — a rank grower. Solid as Buba°h. It is the best grower of any 

 berry I know, and it has a future. — E. G. Fowler, Associate Editor of the Bural 

 New Yorker. 



One plant bore 125 berries, and ripened every one of them. They are fine 

 flavored and deliciously sweet, and will bear shipping well. Having cultivated the 

 berry for two years. I can say that it is the best berry in existence, both for table and 

 market.— Wm. M. Valentine. 



In conclusion will say that my stock was grown from plants procured direct 

 from the introducer and are strictly pure, and being grown in a rich loam they are 

 very large, vigorous and well rooted plants. My plants of this variety will average 

 at least twice as large as those sent me by the introducer last spring and are worth 

 mu3h more than small, poorly-rooted plants. 



ROBISON.— Was sent to me by Mr. John Little, of Ontario, Canada. It is < ne 

 of the finest growers on the place. We had single leaves of this variety almost as 

 big as your hand and not a spot of rust to be seen. I have a great deal of faith in 

 this new berry although I have not seen it fruit. I shall plant quite a lot of them 

 myself and would advise our patrons to try a few. 



REGINA. — Originated by a strawberry specialist of Atebama. It is said to be 

 a fine grower, very produccive, of large size, and the latest of all. Has not fruited 

 here yet. 



