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Missionary. Popular with marketmen 



LATE JERSEY GIANT. Another of Dr. 

 Walter \'an Fleet's productions. It grows nicely 

 and has made a splendid showing. Not having 

 fruited it here, we will give the introducer's de- 

 scription: "A very late variety, the largest and best 

 late Strawberry. It is undoubtedly related to the 

 Gandy, but superior in every way. The berries are 

 larger, superior in quality and more brilliant in 

 color; it is also more productive. The berries are 

 truly mammoth, heart-shaped, with blunt apex and 

 exceptionally uniform in shape and size. 



IVlcALPINE 



This new variety was originated in New Jersey, 

 not far from Newark. We heard about it, and one 

 of the largest growers in that section was visited 

 last spring during fruiting season. It was found 

 producing one of the finest crops of Strawberries 

 ever seen. The berries are a beautiful scarlet in 

 color, very large and very fine in quality. Does up 

 well in the package and brings the top of the market. 

 We immediately placed our order for a large lot of 

 plants which we now have growing, and it is one 

 of the best growers on the place. The plant is 

 perfectly healthy, and makes runners freely. We 

 are glad to be able to offer this new berry as we 

 feel that it will be a money-maker. Under date of 

 June 9, 1913, W. O. & H. W. Davis, commission 

 merchants of New York City, wrote us as follows: 

 "We had three shipments of the McAlpine Straw- 

 berry this morning, and sold them for 23 cts. a 

 quart wholesale. We think this is the finest berry 

 that we have seen for a good many years, and the 

 trade is carried away with this berry. This is the 

 third season this berry has been fruited, and we 

 think it is far superior to any berry that we have 

 ever sold; it is large in size, a heavy yielder and 

 holds up in size until the very last picking. In our 

 judgment it is one of the finest berries we know of." 

 (See front cover page for colored illustration, and 

 be sure to include this in your order.) 



MARSHALL (Norwood). An old and known 

 variety of excellent quality. One of the largest 

 Strawberries on the market; it is a strictly fancy 

 berry, not quite so productive as some other va- 

 rieties, but its large size, fine quality and handsome 

 appearance will go a long way to make up this de- 

 ficiency. It is a berry that finds a ready sale at top 

 prices in the market. 



MASCOT. Berries 

 large, glossy red, of good 

 quality and productive. 

 The plants make a strong, 

 healthy growth, with 

 plenty of runners. We have 

 picked several quarts of 

 this variety, twenty-seven 

 filling a quart basket 

 heaping full. It is a good 

 variety, and most cus- 

 tomers will be pleased 

 with it. 



MISSIONARY. While 

 this variety is distinct 

 from the Klondyke, so far 

 as we can see, the descrip- 

 tion of one will answer 

 very well for the other. 

 It is a popular variety 

 with the market on ac- 

 count of its firmness and 

 good shipping qualities. 

 It is highly recommended 

 by a number of New York 

 produce men on account of its handsome appear- 

 ance in the package and its good carrying qualities. 

 It makes a vigorous growth, and produces large 

 berries that hold their size well through the season. 



MITCHELL'S EARLY. For eating from the 

 vines after it is fully ripe, there is probably no va- 

 riety of the early class that is better, and, until the 

 Excelsior came, it was the leading early berry in this 

 section, for market as well as for home use. It is a 

 very rank grower and a persistent plant-maker and, 

 if planted in good soil, it must be kept thin for best 

 results. 



MODEL. A new one from Ohio, and introduced 

 by Mr. Crawford, who describes it as follows: "A 

 seedling of Wm. Belt, to which variety it bears a 

 strong resemblance both in plant and fruit. It is a 

 thrifty grower, with large foliage, and sends out 

 plenty of runners; 

 a generous cropper, 

 and has bright red, 

 handsome berries of 

 good size which ex- 

 cel in firmness and 

 delicious fiavor.The 

 first to ripen are 

 coxcombed like the 

 Wm. Belt and after 

 that they are coni- 

 cal; this berry has 

 made a very good 

 showing here, and 

 we confidently re- 

 commend it. 



Raspberry Plants All 

 that One Could Wish 



St. Regis plants came 

 yesterday. They are all 

 that one could wish as 

 to thriftness of appear- 

 ance. I hope to send 

 an order in the spring. 

 — (Miss) Susan A. 

 Jerome, New London 

 Co., Conn., Oct. 28, 

 1914 



Bermuda 



I received the Straw- 

 berry plants in good 

 condition. — C. Ernest 

 H. Davis, Bermuda, 

 December 8, 19 14. 



Mascot, an ezira-large berry 



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