W. F. Allen's Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 



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COMMONWEAX,TH.-Originated by .Tames Mon- 

 roe, near Boston. I have 

 fruited this berry and find that it bears a good quantitv 

 of fine, large berries. I do not especially recommend 

 this variety for thp South, as I think it is more 

 adapted to Northern sections, and for lie^i results 

 should be given high culture When these conditions 

 are met it is a very Fancy berry. Mr. Moe 

 '•The Commonwealth is tl ami 



effort to produce a berry that would perceptibly 

 lengthen the strawberry in the l 



wealth we have a berry that is as 1 

 as productive a and 



as dark color as an;-. It has a smooth 

 rich and juicy and has as - 



B**««M.-, I ! ,Vi- I* Kg V ■■ ' - ■ - - 



the 17th day of July. 1002. as good berries were picked 



as at any time during its season. Marshall. Glen Mary 



and McKinley growing side by side of it being all gone. 



The last berries were picked on July 22d. The plant is 



a strong grower, but not so rank as the Marshall, and 



: fair amount of plants. The Massachusetts 



Horticultural Society, always ready to recognize spe- 



rit, awarded the Commonwealth first prize in 



n July .".th. 1902, and July 11th, 190?.." 



Mr. James H. Gregory, the well-known seedsman, of 



head v -:a«.. has ibis to say : "I saw the Com- 



mon wealth on the grounds of the originator, and a 



it was. The berry is tremendously large 



(14 of those I picked rilled a quart basket), the berries 



mmetrical in shape, and have a rich, glossy 



color; the flesh is red. nearly as 



dark as the Marshall. It is a 



good cropper and appears to be 



firm enough to ship well. One of 



its most valuable characteristics is 



it s: lateness in maturing, for when 



1 was there, July 2d. th« larse bed 



which had bushels of crowing fruit 



had to be searched over very care- 



fully to find a quart of ripe ber- 



ries." 



Benjamin F. Smith, of Beverly. 

 Mass.. well known as a grower of 

 fancy strawberries, says ; "I have 

 watched the Commonwealth very 

 iiilly on the originator's 

 grounds by the side of all the lead- 

 ins: varieties, and for vigor of 

 plant productiveness and quality 

 of fruit it excels them all. It Is 

 very late and one of the best I 

 ever saw."' 



TENNESSEE PROLIFIC - 

 Too well known to need any gen- 

 eral descripaion. It is a reliable 

 standard variety, makes a good 

 healthy growth and bears an 

 abundant crop of large berries. It 

 has a perfect blossom ; plant 

 growth similar to Haverland. and 

 one of the best to plant with me- 

 dium to late pistillate varieties. 



