True-to-Name Strawberry Plants 



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Mascot. Glossy red berries, and lots of them 



Mascot 



The berries are of a beautiful 

 glossy red, good quality and pro- 

 ductive. The plant makes a 

 strong, healthy growth, with 

 plenty of runners. I see no reason 

 why this should not become a 

 popular standard sort. I person- 

 ally have picked numbers of heap- 

 ng full quarts containing twenty- 

 seven berries. I do not know 

 much about the history of the berry 

 further than that it hails from 

 Virginia. It seems to be a strong 

 competitor to Gandy. It is a good 

 one, and you will be pleased with 

 it, or I miss my guess. 



Manhattan 



One of the largest plants on the 

 farm; makes a fair quantity but 

 not a large amount of plants. 

 Blossoms perfect; berries large to 

 very large, and somewhat 

 irregular in shape. When 

 taking notes last spring, I 

 picked twenty-seven that 

 filled a quart heaping full. 

 I recommend this to any- 

 one who wishes to grow 

 exceedingly large berries 

 of good quality. The in- 

 troducer claims that eight 

 or nine berries have been 

 selected that would fill a 

 quart, and he also claims 

 that two - ounce berries 



have been a frequent occurrence. They were certainly giants both in plant and fruit as fruited here last 

 season. 



Marshall (Norwood). An old, well-known variety of excellent quality. One of the richest- 

 flavored Strawberries on the market. It is a strictly fancy berry, but not quite so productive as some 

 other varieties; its large size and fancy qualities and 

 appearance, however, will go a long way to make 

 up this deficiency. It is a berry that finds a ready 

 sale at top prices in any market. Norwood, which 

 was introduced some years ago as a new variety, 

 proves to be identical with Marshall. We have 

 therefore discontinued to offer it under the name of 

 Norwood. It seems useless to us to offer it under 

 two names. 



Mellie. An Arkansas variety and is claimed to 

 be a cross of Warfield and Lady Thompson. It is 

 described by the originator as being early to mid- 

 season and a pistillate. At the Ohio Experiment 

 Station in a test plot it ranked second in produc- 

 tiveness. It resembles the Warfield in color and 

 shape, but is superior in size. Those who admire 

 the old Warfield should give this a trial. 



Mitchell's Early. For eating from the plants 

 alter it is full-ripe there is probably no variety in 

 the early class that is better, and until the Excelsior 

 came, it was the leading early market berry in this 

 section, as well as for home use. If grown on good 

 soil it must be kept thin or it will go too much to 

 vines. Twenty years ago it was a great favorite; 

 later its popularity seemed to wane; but, for the 

 last two or three seasons there has been a decided 

 improvement in the demand, and it now takes 

 quite a few plants to suDrly it. 



Manhattan. Twenty-seven filled a quart box 



The Strawberry and Dewberry plants received yesterday. The plants are fine, and if quality of fruit is as 

 good as the looks of plants you will get another order next spring. — Brinker Bros,, Delaware Co., Pa., Apr. 13, 191 2. 



