OUR PREMIUM BERRY FOR I907. 
For a number of years it has been our practice to offer small premiums on 
orders; a few choice bulbs or a strawberry plant of some new and desirable va- 
riety, for each dollar received before a given time. The Kittle Rice, which has 
become so popular, was first given out by M. Crawford in this way, as No. 1000. 
The Mrs. Miller was our premium two years ago, and it has already won a high 
place in the estimation of berry lovers. Last year it was Nehring's Gem, and 
we expect to hear good reports from it when the time comes. This spring we 
propose to offer one towards which some of our customers have been looking 
with longing eyes since it was first mentioned in our July report for 1904, as 
Peck's 99. Up to the present time it has been designated by number, but when 
we decided to let it go out we gave it the name of 
HELEN QOULD. 
It was originated by one of the veteran strawberry growers of Missouri, J. 
R. Peck, about ten years ago. In 1901 he sent it to us on trial, and we were so 
well pleased with it the first time it fruited that we bought the entire stock. It 
has never disappointed us, and we now offer it to our customers with the con- 
fident expectation that they will find it a prize. 
The plant is large and healthy, and has never failed to produce a good crop. 
It sends out a moderate number of strong runners — about like Bubach. It has 
a pistillate blossom, and, like nearly all pistillates, it bears abundantly in wide 
matted rows, — but will do its best in hills. 
The fruit is very large, and holds up well to the end of the season. In shape 
it is roundish conical, and quite uniform, though the first berry on the stem is 
sometimes triangular or slightly flattened, never cockscombed. In color it is 
a beautiful glossy red, and the flesh is firm, with a rich, delicious flavor that is 
seldom equaled. We know of no variety that combines size, prodtictiveness, 
beauty, and good quality in a higher degree. Season medium to late. 
We are not ofrering the Helen Gould for sale, but giving it as a premium; 
one plant for each dollar received for either plants or bulbs between now and 
the first of May. 
SOriE RECENT INTRODUCTIONS. 
Gill (Per.) — This berry is from south-eastern Ohio, and promises to be a 
valuable addition to our list of early sorts. The plant is large, healthy, and 
vigorous, with thick leaves, smooth, glossy, and dark green. It makes many 
runners, which root promptly. The blossom is perfect, and the fruit ripens very 
early. The reports of the Ohio Experiment Station on this berry for 1904 and 
1905, and our own observations of its behavior on the Station grounds, convinced 
us that it would prove a great acquisition to those whose markets demand early 
berries, and also to the home garden. We bought a thousand plants a year ago, 
and grew from them a large stock. For a description of the fruit, and other 
items of interest we will quote from the Station reports, which are always con- 
servative and reliable. 
From 1904. "Medium size, conical, occasionally broadly conical, or slightly 
■flattened; usually smooth and uniform; color light red or scarlet; seeds yellow, 
prominent. Flesh pink, only moderately firm; quality mild and pleasant, but not 
high-flavored. Plants rather low, compact, vigorous, showing but a trace of leaf 
blight. Flowers perfect, tender, suffering from late frost, but produced in such 
profusion as to rally quickly from the freeze of May 16th. First blossoms May 
8; first ripe fruit June 8; last picking June 25. Total yield (on narrow row 24 
feet long) nine and three-fourths quarts." 
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