produce the finest fruit m great abundance. 

 Fruit usually conical but sometimes rather long 

 but never coxcombed or mis-shapen, often neck- 

 ed, the color is dark glossy red and the berries 

 are not inclined to have white tips. 



Originator says of it: -'We produced this 

 valuable new berry Irom seed in 1891 and it has 

 been thoroughly tested for the past four years 

 and for vigorous growth and health of plant, 

 hardiness, large size of fruit, enormous produc- 

 tiveness, firmness, good uniform shape, desirable 

 bright glossy crimson color and superior qnality 

 it excels any leading variety we know of. it 

 produces fine large berries in great abundance 

 on thin land, and is desirable for home use, for 

 fancy, nearby or for distant markets. Growers 

 cannot afferd to be without it. 



IMPROVED PARKER EARLE— This is an 

 improvement indeed over old Parker Earle. The 

 plants grow much better, made twice the plants 

 and the iruit is of larger size, arid when planted 

 on low, rich, moist soil they are heavy yielders, 

 probably hard to beat, but the soil must be par- 

 ticularly adapted to suit them. 



RIDQEWAY— One grower says all things 

 considered he believes it to be the best stammant 

 berry ever offered. A heavy fruiter, good ship- 

 per, and the plant is faultless in character, with 

 large heavy dark green leaves. 



DELAWARE— Several years ago, after in- 

 specting my trial beds and str.wberry fields, m 

 which every known variety was fruiting, the 

 originator of the new berry now named by him 

 Delaware, remarked that he had a seedlmg bet- 

 ter than anything he had seen before. 



Berry large, deep red, very glossy, resembles 

 Gov. Hoard in shape and ^ize, is exceptionally 

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