OF CHOICE STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
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GARDNER— ''This berry was found growing wild in one of our Red Cedar 
Groves eight years ago. When found there were but four plants. The large 
berries on plants growing in solid sod attracted our attention. We thought 
that a variety that would yield such large stems of berries in sod would do 
pretty well cultivated, and we have not been disappointed. It is a staminate 
variety; plants very stocky and large, averaging from 16 to 18 inches in height 
It fruits very heavy. It is a berry shaped like the Crescent, but very much, 
larger, and holds its size down to the la6t picking better than any vaiiety we 
