HARRISON'S NURSERIES. BERLIN, MD. 



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 demand 

 a high price when fancy stock is desired. The flavor 

 is delicious. Ripens about May 20th and continues 

 for about three weeks. 



Parker Earle — (Per.) This is an improvement in- 

 deed on old Parker Earle. With us the plants grow 

 mucli better and make twice the quantity of plants, 

 the fruit is of much larger size when planted on low, 

 rich soil, it is a heavy yielder and hard to beat. Fruit 

 solid, one of the best shippers, do not plant on poor 

 soil. For the fancv fruit grower do not leave this 

 ©ut of your selection. 



Parsons— (Per ) We have in the Parsons a perfect 

 bloomer, berry equally as large and very much of the 

 same shape as the Tennessee Prolific, firmer and a 

 little darker in color and equally as productive, as they 

 have been thoroughly tested in our vicinity the past 

 season in a piece of land near us, side by side, and the 

 Parsons gave more fruit and sold for more money than 

 the Tennessee Prolific by far. In growing berries for 

 a commercial purpose you should include this variety 

 in every selection. We shall plant it for the fruit and 

 shall expect to be well repaid for the outlay. The 

 plant is a large, strong grower, resemblingthe Buback 

 in some respects, having a large broad leaf with a 

 strong root. Being a strong perfect bloomer it is a 

 desirable variety to plant with pistillate sorts. 



Rough Rider — (Per.) Imagine a strawberry 

 with the size and shape of the Bubach, the color and 

 firmness of the Gandj', 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 the 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 high on the origi- 

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



Rio— (S.) It is a good, early kind, large for an 

 early berry. Strong, healthy foliage, perfect blossom. 

 Though not as early as Michel's Early, follows close 

 after it. The fruit is large size, evenly colored and 

 firm enough for an excellent shipper. This is fast be- 

 coming a favorite where firm, early berries are wanted 

 for shipping purposes. 



Superior — Superior has not fruited here; it has 

 many admirers, however, some going so far as to claim 

 it to be the best they have grown. Fruit medium 

 large, season early to late. 



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 by 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. 



Smith — The best and most profitable early straw- 

 berry thus far thoroughly tested, and one that is par- 

 ticularly valuable for planting on light land and for 

 growers who are inclined to careless culture. It will 

 succeed where even the "old reliable" Crescent fails, 

 and is even more prolific than that variety , famous for 

 productiveness and endurance. The berries are slight- 

 ly conical (almost round), bright scarlet color, very 

 uniform, but not of large size. In firmness it has few 

 equals, excelling its parent, (Wilson) the established 

 standard of excellence as a shipper. Its quality is, 

 however, quite inferior, being like its parent in this- 

 respect, also, and is too acid to please most palates. It 

 originated in Wisconsin; is a rapid grower and ex- 

 tremely hardy and strong. It has never been known 

 to rust or blight, even in localities where all other 

 varieties suffer from this disease, which gives it great 

 and special value for some growers. 



