HARRISON'S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 



Kansas — (Imp.) This popular new variety was 

 originated in the State from which it takes its name. 

 The plant is extremely vigorous grower, and as free 

 from disease or rust of any kiud as any ever grown. 

 Its drouth resisting qualities are superb, blossoms pis- 

 tillate. Its fruit is brilliant crimson, not only on the 

 surface, but through and through. This feature, to- 

 gether with its very strong strawberry flavor, will 

 make it, when it becomes better known, perhaps the 

 most popular strawberry for canning ever yet pro- 

 duced. Time of ripening late. It is very productive 

 of fine medium to large berries that make a very hand- 

 some showing in the package, and always attract the 

 best buyers. The berry is firm enough to make a good 

 cornmercal variety, and as soon as it becomes known, 

 and the price within the reach of the average grower, 

 we shall expect to see it rank high among the standard 

 market berries. 



Gladstone — It is unusual to find a berry as large as 

 Gladstone yielding such large crops of berries. Add 

 to this its general adaptability to all locations and we 

 have a variety of exceptional value. It comes from the 

 same source as Sharpless, which it resembles in large 

 size of berry and plant, etc., but is decidedly better 

 than that noble plant in its palmiest days, being larger, 

 more productive and firmer, without the disposition 

 to scald as does the Sharpless. It is a superb variety, 

 and one destined to become exceedingly popular. The 

 berries are uniformly very large, rich crimson in color, 

 firm ,and of excellent quality. Plant is large, exceed- 

 ingly vigorous and robust, and on good soil an im- 

 mense bearer and the berries bring the highest prices 

 in market. Early to midseason. 



Livingston— (Per.) Is a seedling of the Warfield. 

 pollenized bv Jessie. It is a vigorous, healthy plant, 

 with very thick, leathery, dark green leaves that never 

 damp off under mulch. It forms splendid crowns and 

 roots very deep, The berries are a beautiful scarlet, 

 and possess a luster that I never saw on any other 

 berry that gives a well filled crate the appeai ance of 

 being constantly swept by flames. Its quality is the 

 very best. The shape is similar to Warfield, but more 

 full at the point. In size it equals the best specimens 

 of the Jessie, and with the exceptions of its quality and 

 appearance, its greatest value lies in the fact that its 

 size increases as the season advances. — Introducer. 



Michels Early — (Per.) One among the very earli- 

 est, medium size. Berries rather sour, scarlet in color. 

 A healthy and abundant plant maker. Must be 

 thinned to get best results. An old standard variety 

 and needs no description. 



Rough Rider— (Per.) Imagine a strawberry with 

 the size and shape of the Bubach, the color and firm- 

 ness of the Gandy, the productiveness of the Sample 

 and you have a pretty good idea of the Rough Rider. 

 The individual berries are rather irregular at first 

 pickings like the Bubach, but tone down and are 

 regular shape during most of the season. No berry 

 packs together better in the crates and baskets. If this 

 berry has a fault it is dark color, but every straw- 

 berry grower knows that the markets now demand a 

 dark colored berry. Pick the Rough Rider when not 

 too ripe and you have a perfect market color. In firm- 

 ness, it is phenomenal, No berry we have ever grown 

 will surpass the Rough Rider in firmness. It has been 

 shipped to Boston in t he hot weather of July , 350 miles, 

 in an ordinary express car. without ice, and sold for 

 twelve cents per quart. The plants are very rugged 

 in growth, with thick, leathery foliage. This foliage 

 stands up twelve to fifteen inches hit^h on the origi- 

 nator's grounds and protects the berries from the sun. 

 Tennessee Prolific— (Per. ) A fine one to grow, 

 very desirable to plantwithmost pistillate varieties in 

 a general way. Comes up to all former and surpassed 

 all past records when given a chance with other good 

 varieties. The only objection to them is they are a 

 little inclined to be soft, if left too thick in the bed, but 

 if they are properly cared for and not allowed to ripen 

 too thoroughly in the patch there will be no complaint 

 on this account. 



Uncle Jim — New variety introduced by J. F. 

 Dornan, of Michigan. Berry is very large and uni- 

 form in size, of a bright, beautiful red color, of high 

 quality, and is a variety that is very productive. ' The 

 olant is large and healthy, with abundant foliage, 



forming a row just right for fruiting. The berries are 

 large, heart-shaped and very uniform — all are hand- 

 some and very attractive — an excellent shipper, unsur- 

 passed for canning, and very productive. Season, 

 medium to late. It has a perfect blossom, with plenty 

 of poller.. 



Warfield— (Imp,) To get the best fruit of this 

 variety it must be thinned at least one-half of the 

 runners that are made in order to give it sufficient 

 room and sunlight. If neglected and left too thick the 

 berries are sure to be small, but in productiveness it is 

 almost unsurpassed. The berry is dark red color, firm 

 and of medium size. 



McKinley— (Per.) From Rochester, N, Y. The 

 plant is a fine grower, of good size, a fair runner, 

 clean, thrifty and productive. The fruit is large, firm, 

 bright red. red clear through, roundish, conical in form . 

 very attractive, and of high quality. We consider it a 

 safe and desirable berry to plant for any purpose. The 

 season is medium to late. 



Marshall— (Per.) Its home is Massachusetts and 

 there it continues to be a favorite. The plant is very 

 large and makes runners only sparingly. It really 

 produces more bushels than one would give it credit 

 for in looking at the plants, for it does not set many 

 berries, but nearly every one is large and many are 

 very large. They are of regular form, dark glossy red 

 and very beautiful. The blossom is more tender to 

 frost than some and the plant sometimes rusts. This 

 is not a variety for a careless grower to plant, but 

 every grower of fine berries either for home use or 

 market ought to give it a trial at least. 



Marie— Is one of a lot of seedlings grown in 1892 

 from seed of Crescent, fertilized with Cumberland, 

 When you can get a berry that will make as many 

 bushels as the old Crescent, and as large as Cumber- 

 land, with good solid color, then you are approaching 

 the ideal in the strawberry. 



Concentrate your business by planting Strawberry * 

 bed in your orchard. t 



Originator s description. — The plants are good 

 growers, making plenty of runners for a good crop, 

 and show no signs of disease. The blossom is imper- 

 fect; season same as Bubach and Haverland. Equally 

 as large as Bubach, Glen Mary, or Brandy wine, and 

 yielding with any variety; besides it is the most at 

 tractive in appearance when picked and ready foi 

 market of any in our entire collection. The berries 

 are round as a ball, dark crimson in color; flesh dark 

 and quality first-class, holding up in size to the very 

 last pickings. 



After fruiting the Marie last season we are well 

 pleased with same and think them worthy of the above 

 description. 



Nick Ohmer— (Per.) This variety is no longer an 

 experiment. We fruited about half an acre this season, 

 and in our field of more than 60 acres it was one of the 

 very best in size, color and firmness. The plant is 

 faultless, a strong grower and makes fruit stems very 

 large that hold the fruit well up from the ground ; it 

 therefore does not need mulching. When perfectly 

 ripe it is of a beautiful carmine color and when packed 

 in crates it is very attractive. An excellent shipper 

 and will surely suit the fancy trade. Berries run in 

 size from large to the very largest and will always de- 

 mand a high price when fancy stock is desired. The 

 flavor is delicious. Ripens about May 20th and con- 

 tinues for about three weeks, 



Johnson's Early— (S) An early large strawberry 

 is now the most desirable acquisition among berry 

 plants. It is evidently a seedling of Hoffman as can 

 be seen bv its foliage. Ripens with the first, but on 

 account of its larger size and better appearance in 

 market sells "at about double the price of any other 

 berry of same season." 



The Johnson's Early is a clean, healthy grower and 

 a most rampant runner, In size this berry is much 

 larger than Hoffman, deep red in color, glossy, firm, 

 sweet and of excellent flavor. The plant resembles 

 Hoffman; makes runners freely. 



