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W. F. ALLEN, JR„ SALISBURY, MARYLAND. 



the late varieties 



24th to New York and sold for 25 cents 



Bubaeh tfo. 5 is a beauty; such large berries and so many of them, I'm about 

 sure, were never seen on any other variety. I consider it the most profitable of all 

 Last season our first shipment of Bubach No. 5 was made on May 

 per quart while strawberries generally 

 brought 10 and 12. Bubach No, 5 averaged over 15 cents the season through. 



T. J. Dwyer in American Agriculturist says: This variety has taken a prominent 

 position in strawberry culture, in most cases taking the place of the Sharpless, which 

 it resembles in shape and color, but it is fully double as productive as that variety. 

 This berry is a wonder in its season of fruit, completely covering the ground about 

 the plants with large berries. The Bubach is a strictly pistillate variety and needs to 

 be well fertilized with some perfect-flowering kind. The fruit is large and irregular 

 in shape, holding out quite large until the last picking. The flavor is ordinarily 

 good. 



GABJDY.— I have fruited this variety and find it to be a valuable late sort. The 



favorite late variety with fruit growers all over 

 the country. By its use the season of strawber- 

 ries is extended by nearly two weeks. Among 

 all the new varieties of the past few years there 

 is none that has so run the gauntlet of public 

 opinion or so quickly become a leading popular 

 sort. The berries are of large, uniform size and 

 shape, of bright crimson color, very handsome 

 and showy, of superior quality, very firm, and 

 ripen two weeks after Sharpless. As a market 

 berry it has no equal; its very large size, striking 

 beauty, exceeding firmness, excellent quality, 

 and lateness, make it, beyond all question, a 

 most profitable berry. It is so late that it does 

 not begin to get ripe until almost all others are 

 done. For the home table it is equally valuable, 

 its fine quality, beauty and size rendering it a 

 universal favorite. 



T. J. Dwyer says in American Agriculturist: That Gandy is the best late straw- 

 berry in cultivation, furnishing abundant pickings up to and after July 4. It is a 

 staminate variety, a strong, vigorous, compact grower, productive of large, regular- 

 sized, handsome berries, nearly round in shape, of a beautiful red color, and one of 

 the best-flavored late berries in cultivation. It may be confidently recommended to 

 all in search of a good late berry either for home use or for market. 



Warfield IX o. 2. — We might call this a magnified Wilson, and a magnificent 

 one besides. It is a great producer of plants, with healthy foliage, and plenty of 

 large fruit which has some of the characteristics of the Wilson in appearance, flavor 

 and texture. 



Eureka has had many glowing accounts written of it but with me it has not 

 proved valuable. It bears some very fine specimens but is only moderately produc- 

 tive and is too soft for anything. 



Pearl is a very good early variety ripening as it does between* the very early 

 varieties and Wilson, Crescent, etc; it is a valuable market berry, perfect form, dark 

 red and firm. 



