TR U E-TO-N A M E STRAWBERRY PLANTS 



Bubach. A good market berry, bringing high prices 



BROWN'S BEAUTY. Originated in New York 

 State, and with us makes a strong growth of vigor- 

 ous, healthy foliage and produces fruit of good qual- 

 ity and large size. The originator says, "It does 

 better for me than anything I have ever grown. It 

 is very sweet in flavor even before the berries are 

 fully ripe. I have picked it from May 26 until Au- 

 gust ,7, and have been growing it for fourteen years, 

 and have three rows of them now of that age. I 

 have never changed them from the ground where 

 they were first planted, and you are the only one 

 who has a plant and you ought to charge more for it. 

 Its record for keeping after it is ripe is ver\- flat- 

 tering." 



BLACK BEAUTY. This is a large, healthy, 

 well-balanced plant, which produces sweet, rich, 

 dark red berries that are firm and yet free from core; 

 conical in shape, large, even and smooth; deep red 

 to the center. Fruit will keep a long time on the 

 vines after ripening. Good for the home garden. 



BRADLEY. This is a splendid variety, with 

 perfect blossoms and healthy, vigorous plants. 

 The berries are of good color, uniformly conical in 

 shape, with some of the largest slightly flattened at 

 the tip. Large in size and firm enough to make a 

 good shipping berry. Exceedingly productive, 

 having yielded with me on thin land over 5,000 

 quarts to the acre without fertilization. It is entirely 

 distinct from any other berry, and ranks very high 

 in the list. 



BRANDYWINE. This is another most popular 

 late variety for tropical and semi-tropical sections; 

 we especially recommend this for Bermuda, Cuba, 

 the Pacific Coast states and the Gulf states. At 

 the same time it is a valuable variety in the North 

 where it originated. The plant is healthy and vig- 

 orous, and produces a fine crop of large, handsome 

 fruit, which usually brings more than the average 

 price. (See illustration, f)age 2.) 



BUBACH (Colossus). This grand old variety has 

 been on the market now for about thirty years, and 

 does not seem to have lost any of its original vigor; 

 for a large crop of big berries it is hard to equal. We 

 have heard some complaint about its not making 

 enough plants, but our land seems peculiarly ad- 

 apted to it, and we have seldom had any trouble in 

 getting all the beds that could be desired. It is not 

 unusual for our beds to be thick set, 2 feet wide, and 

 we believe our strain of this variety is as good as the 

 original stock was thirty years ago. We always have 

 a big demand for Bubach, probably owing to our 



superior strain of this variety, and we seldom fail 

 to sell all the plants we have. Our present stock 

 probably exceeds one-half million plants, and we 

 hope to have enough to go around. One customer 

 says that his Bubach were by far the finest berries 

 and brought the best price; another says he has 

 never seen its equal. The illustration will give you 

 an idea of what a magnificent display it makes in 

 the crates. Bubach is an old standard that can be 

 depended upon to give a big crop of big berries. 



BIG JOE. This is a new variety that is being 

 grown to considerable extent locally in this county, 

 and has sprung into prominence very quickly. It 

 has been fruited in this section two seasons, and it 

 has shown such vigorous growth and such a wonder- 

 ful productiveness of large, handsome berries that 

 bring top prices in market that everybody who has 

 seen it is wanting plants. Last fall. New York 

 commission men were inquiring of us where they 

 could get plants of the Big Joe, stating that they 

 wanted it for some of their best shippers. While 

 we have not fruited it personally, we have been 

 watching it since it was first grown in this vicinity, 

 and are so well pleased with it that we expect to 

 plant a considerable acreage for fruit. As soon as 

 we saw it in fruit the past season we procured the 

 entire stock of some of the largest growers of this 

 variety. Here is a pointer: "Plant some Big Joe, 

 and you will never regret it." (See colored illus- 

 tration, page 14.) 



CHESAPEAKE 



We think we are justified in our pride of being 

 the introducers of the most popular berry in America 

 — the Chesapeake. While there is a great deal that 

 could be added to its previous description, we know 

 of no statement that has ever been made concerning 

 it that has not been fully borne out; in fact, many 

 write that we do not praise it enough. The value of 

 this new berr\- is told in the continued increase of 

 sales after the people have seen it in fruit on their 

 own soil. While it does not make as many plants as 

 some others, and the plants will never be cheap, as 

 compared with such varieties as Klondyke, Senator 

 Dunlap, etc., the demand increases by leaps and 

 bounds. We have had enough praises of the Chesa- 

 peake from growers ever\-where to fill this catalogue 

 from cover to cover. We have received these un- 

 solicited and sell twice as many plants of this variety 

 as of any other one kind. .-Mthough this variety was 

 not introduced until 1906, it is now grown com- 



