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HARRISONS' NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 



fcLEANOR— Is described by its introducer as follows: The largest axd 



SEST TEEY EARLY STKATTBERRY. 



For a loQj^ time fruit g^ower^ and amateurs alike have been looking for a 

 strawberry that was both large and very early, possessing -!1 the necessary 

 properties of vigor and productiveness of plant, and fij-m!j<-^s. line appearance 

 and good quality of fruit. In Crvstal City we have earliuess. hut its ht-rries are 

 insignificant: in several other varieties large size, but ihey all lipen in midsea- 

 son or late. The Eleanor is second to none in earliness. ripen lu^; w iih Crys al 

 City and in advance of all other-: in size rivalling the Sh•i^p!e^s, rt-taiumu^ its. 

 «ize well to the end of the season: in productiveness surpassiuir the famous 

 '^^scent: in firmness equal to the Wilson, is of bright scarlet c.-ior and h:is few 

 ^uais in quality. Among other valuable properties of ihr- Eleanur la.-iy be 

 isentioned its uniform size, color and shape, never cuxcoiiibrd. and coloring- 

 -evenly all over with no green tip, a strong staminate or perfect bh.ssi>m. '.md es- 

 oee ally vigorous: a field of it after picking season b*-iug as green as a field of 

 >jlover, when all other varieties are sere and brown. 



Eleanor as growing on our soil has perfectly healthy ]]}^nv , u; Cre^cent 

 appearance, has not fruited here but from all reports this mil- c Lc \he one for 



