STRAWBERRY PLANTS OF QUALITY 



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LATE VARIETIES 



CHESAPEAKE 

 Always Sells Well 



CHESAPEAKE 



The best and most popular late 

 variety with strawberry growers 

 and deservedly so on account of 

 its large size, handsome appear- 

 ance, fine flavor and excellent ship- 

 ping gualities. Healthy, produc- 

 tive and profitable. Plants are 

 large size, very vigorous and 

 healthy, no rust or disease of any 

 kind and due to the fact that Ches- 

 apeake makes only a moderate 

 number of plants the berries are all 

 large, not just a few large ones and 

 the rest small, but hold their size 

 well up to the last; in this respect 

 it is the best late berry grown. 



The berries are bright red in col- 

 or with a large green cap making 

 them beautiful in appearance, rip- 

 ens evenly without green tips, firm, 

 being one of our best shippers and 

 of the highest quality. Always 

 sells for top prices. Growers a- 

 round Pittsville, Md., a few miles 

 east of here make more money 

 from Chesapeake than from any 

 other late variety. It is nothing unusual for them to receive $1.50 to $2.00 more per crate for 

 Chesapeake than for any other variety of same season except possibly Gandy. Blooms late 

 and escapes the late frosts and very seldom, if ever, has a crop failure. Fine for the home 

 garden as it is of the best eating quality. Chesapeake does best on a rich springy soil where, 

 with good cultivation, will make a good, well spaced, fruiting bed and if you have this kind 

 of soil you need not hesitate to plant it for it will prove to be one of your best money makers. 



BIG* LA.TE ^ s one °^ ^ e k es *- ^te pistillate varieties in size, quality and productive- 

 ness. It is a good healthy grower with tali spreading foliage that shades 

 the berries from the sun and protects the blossoms from frost. The plants are loaded each 

 season with large, bright glossy red berries of excellent flavor, and are firm, good shippers and 

 keepers. Set Big Late with Aroma or Big Joe and you will have a winner. 



LUPTON ^ fancy late shipping variety that always bring top prices on account of 

 its large size and handsome appearance being almost as large and hand- 

 some as Chsapeake. The plants are good bedders making a better fruiting bed than Chesa- 

 peake and if your land does not suit Chesapeake -* 

 would suggest planting Lupton. The berries are 



large and handsome, very uniform in size and whlk A rllrrdriif 



shape; color a rich shiny red all over, no green 

 tips, with a large green calyx that adds much to 

 its beauty; very firm, making an extra good ship- 

 per and for this reason is a money-maker. Not 

 recommended for the home garden, but a fancy 

 late variety for long distance shipping. 



PEA.RL. A fancy late variety beginning to 

 ripen just after Gandy, which it 

 resembles but will probably do better on the 

 lighter soils if they are rich; but like Gandy need 

 low springy soil to do its best. It blossoms late 

 and often escapes the late frosts, making it desir- 

 able for frosty locations. The berries are large, 

 dark red, firm and a good shipper. The plants 

 are medium in size, but vigorous growers, making 

 plenty of plants for a good fruiting bed, in fact 

 makes plants so freely should be kept thinned for 

 best results. Pearl is the variety to plant if you 

 wish to extend the strawberry season for a day or 

 two or have a market for fancy late berries. pearl 



