OF CHOICE STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
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GREENVILLE— This has become generally known throughout the whole 
country. It is a vigorous grower and enormously productive of large berries. 
Many who fruited it last season speak in the highest terms of it. It is not as 
firm as would be desirable. 
HOFFMAN— The great southern market berry, especially valuable for 1 its 
shipping qualities, being perhaps the firmest berry grown- WheD it first" turns 
red it will bear almost any amount of handling. 
HOLLAND— Originated at Judsonia, Ark. Sent out for the first time last 
season. Where it originated, it is highly prized as a profitable market berry. 
It is a rank upright grower of the Sharpless type. " It makes a good healthy 
grower here but has not fruited with me yet. 
LADY THOMSON.— I saw this in fruit at several different places last season 
Where it was on sandy land it was very inferior and very unproductive, where 
it was on rather stiff soil it bore a good crop of large berries and was entirely 
satisfactory. It is early, but not so early as Mitchel's Early, Meek's Early or 
Hoffman. 
JESSIE.— Where it succeeds it is a fine berry, but it is unreliable. Should 
be planted on a springy, rich loam or not at all. 
MITCHEL'S EARLY.— The best extra early yet produced. There axe several 
better that ripen three or four days later, but with me there is none as good 
that ripens as early. 
MEEK'S EARLY.— Early as Mitchel's Early, but not as productive with 
me, and the berries turn nearly black in a few hours after picked, which greatly 
damages its market value. 
STRAWBERRY RASPBERRY.— Originated in Japan and is said to be a 
hybred between a strawberry and a 
raspberry. In habit of growth the 
plant is distinct from both of the 
fruits named. It makes a compact 
bush from 18 to 20 inches high and 
is quite ornamental. The blossoms 
are very much like a large black- 
berry blossom and the fruit is well 
represented in our illustration. In 
flavor it is very much like a red 
raspberry. This new fruit has no 
commercial value as a fruit crop 
strawberry raspberry. that I can see of. In the first place 
it is not productive enough and then again it would be too expensive to har- 
vest. It is all right for a curiosity to show your friends but don't plant it ex- 
pecting to make it profitable. 6 plants for 60 cents or 12 for SI, by mail post 
paid. 
IN CONCLUSION. 
I wish to say to my many friends and patrons that the foregoing descrip- 
tions are true to the be3t of my knowledge. What I have to say concerning 
the different varieties is as I have seen them. Where other authority is quoted 
I have endeavored to give the most reliable. Some varieties that do well here 
may fail at some other place, but it is not my desire or intention to describe 
any variety in a way to mislead or disappoint anyone. 
