HARRISON'S NURSERIE;S. BERWN. MD. 



Description of Varieties 



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EARLY HATHAWAY. 



Early Hathaway — This variety has not fruited 

 with us, but judging from the healthy plant, a perfect 

 blossom, a seedling of the Wilson crossed with Hoff- 

 man combines many good qualities both early, hardy 

 and productive. The plants are perfect beauties with 

 us, and we shall plant heavily of this variety. 



Originator describes it as being larger and finer in 

 every way than Gandy, firm, of excellent quality, 

 beautiful red color. Plant a good grower, dark leaf. 

 Season of ripening with Mitchell's Early. 



Louis Hubach— Imperfect Blossom. The most 

 attractive variety on our grounds.' The plants have 

 completely covered the ground, the greatest plant 

 producers we have yet seen ; long rooted plants that 

 will stand the drouth, and we predict a bright pros- 

 pect for this variety as shown by the growth on our 

 land. 



The originator says it is a seedling of Warfield 

 crossed with L,ady Thompson, large size, somewhat 

 round, very firm, and will ship as far as any straw- 

 berry. Immensely productive, claiming to produce 

 three times as many berries as L,ady Thompson on the 

 same soil. A business berry, dark red in color and 

 will not disappoint those who plant it. Four days 

 later than Early Hathaway. I know of no better 

 yielder. Originated in Arkansas. 



Auto — This new berry originated in Delaware ; and 

 by those who have grown it, is claimed to be of large 

 size and fine quality, very productive, bearing fine 

 crops in very dry weather, when other sorts are apt 

 to be short. The plant is of unusual vigor, and carries 

 fruit well up from the ground. Special claims are 

 made for its unusual high quality, and it is remarkable 

 as a productive, perfect flowering variety. 



Aroma— (Per.) Plant shows no weakness of any 

 kind. Fruit very large, roundish, conical, rarely 

 misshapen, glossy red, of excellent quality, and pro- 

 duces i n abundance. We could not supply the demand 

 for this variety last year, but this year we have a large 

 stock of them. 



Bubach— (Imp.) Hundreds of varieties have come 

 up since this one was put on the market by Mr. Bu- 

 bach, of Illinois, and there will be hundreds more of 

 them that will go before this variety. When you sum 

 up the whole substance of the strawberry crop you will 

 find the Bubach will be among the leaders of the old 

 standard varieties when your hair has turned gray. This 

 berry has been thoroughly described j'ear after year, 

 but for the benefit of those who have not grown them we 

 would say, the fruit is of the largest size, ofttimes cox- 

 combed, and itis not at all unusual to find berries of this 

 variety weighing an ounce to an ounce and a quarter. 

 It will do fairly well under poor cultivation, but re- 

 sponds freely to good food. The plant is perfect, hav- 

 ing dark foliage, very stout crown. A prolificgrower 

 and only sets enough plants to give good sized berries. 



Bush Cluster— Bush Cluster has this high growth 

 with strong fruit stems that do not sprawl on the 

 ground, and so keeps perfectly clean, free of sand, 

 grit and dirt. The flowers are pistillate, and the /ield 

 excels the well known Crescent, a berry that has a 

 record of 10,000 quarts per acre. Fruit borne, as the 

 name indicates, in great clusters of large size. Color 

 rather dark, good quality, firm, a good shipper, with 

 the great feature of keeping free from sand, dirt and 

 grit; a great fault with all others in wet weather, if 

 they are not mulched. 



