in order to be appreciated to have a 
supply of tliis delightful fruit tlirough 
August and the autumn months, a 
treat that was considered impossible 
in our northern climate until this new 
branch of tlie strawberry family came 
to light. We wish that ever> one of 
our customers not already supplied 
witli everbearing plants would set a 
bed this spring, and prove their value 
by eating their fruit next fall. 
NEW JUNE VARIETIES 
These are Hub and Goodell. We sold 
the former last year in small quanti- 
ties, and the latter we now ofrer for 
the first time. We wish every straw- 
berry lover to give these fine new ber- 
ries a trial. 
HUB (perfect blossom). Medium to 
late. This grand berry was introduced 
last year by S. H. Warren, of Massa- 
chusetts, who was engaged in straw- 
berry culture before most of the grow- 
ers of the present day were born. 
lu Mr. Warren's new catalog he 
says: "The Hub was originated in 
Massachusetts by Mr. George Puller, 
of Melrose, who for many years made 
a specialty of growing strawberries 
and strawberry seedlings. Mr. Fuller 
was a particular friend of mine, and 
when he was eighty years old he gave 
me two hundred plants. The Hub is 
a seedling of the Bubach and the Bel- 
mont, the latter of which it resembles 
in shape. The fruit is large, smooth 
and firm, dark glossy red in color, and 
shines as if it were varnished. I think 
I do not exaggerate when I say that it 
is the most attractive strawberry I 
have ever seen, and I have been grow- 
ing strawberries for fifty-eight years. 
The plants of the Hub are produc- 
tive, and their season is from medium 
to late. They have enough strong, 
healthy runners, but these are not in 
excess. 
The originator of the Hub consid- 
ered its quality better than that of 
the Marshall, and I consider the Mar- 
shall the standard of excellence in 
quality. 
Before Mr. Fuller gave me the Hub 
plants I would gladly have given him 
$5.00 a piece for a limited number of 
them to grow the fruit from and would 
have signed any restrictions not to 
dispose of the plants. I never had a 
berry that I would rather have than 
the Hub, and I have grown many 
kinds." 
Mr. Wilfrid Wheeler, an extensive 
grower and a prominent member of 
the Massachusetts Horticultural Soci- 
ety, writes as follows in the fall of 
1911: 
"During the season of 1910 I visited 
the farm of S. H. Warren to see the 
Hub strawberry growing. I found It to 
be one of the most productive high 
quality berries that I have ever seen. 
In color it is a glossy crimson, very 
pleasing to the eye, and it seems to 
do well on several kinds of soil. I 
certainly think it is a good berry." 
Mr. Warren gives other testimonials, 
but the foregoing seem sufPcient to 
convince those who are interested that 
they want to try the Hub. 
GOODELL (perfect, early, and makes 
a long season). Mr. Samuel Goodell, 
of Seattle, Washington, originated 
this wonderful berry after about ten 
years of careful breeding, in which 
many varieties were involved. It first 
attracted public attention in 1908, 
when Mr. Goodell took fruit to the 
office of The Horticulturist, published 
in Seattle. The editor said in part: 
"Samples brought to the Horticul- 
turist office seemed to be of the Mar- 
shall type, but larger, more uniform 
in shape and color, and of much bet- 
ter flavor. Specimens left at the office 
were kept a full week, and dried up 
before becoming mouldy. Describing 
the fruit, it is large, round, slightly 
conical, dark, glossy crimson, extend- 
ing color to center; firm, rich, high 
flavor, and excellent; strong grower, 
and very productive. Ripens early, 
and continues long in season, with 
proper cultivation and moisture." 
Prof. W. PI. Lawrence, in charge of 
the Experiment Station at Puyallup, 
Washington, speaking of this new- 
berry, says: 
"I visited Mr. Samuel Goodell, Se- 
attle, Washington, and examined his 
new strawberry. The older plants, 
which are bearing the second crop, 
are twelve to fifteen inches high and 
of uniform medium green color. The 
leaves form a rather dense cluster in 
the center of the hill, and all stand 
nearly erect. The fruiting stems, 
which are very nximerous and much 
branched, are prostrate, and form a 
ring about twenty inches in diameter. 
Although some of the fruit had been 
gathered, I found by actual count that 
the number of berries on each plant 
at that time ranged from 150 to 225, a 
majority of them bearing about 200. 
The fiaiit had not been gathered for 
three or four days. The ripe fruit 
varied in diameter from three-fourths 
to one and one-half inches, or even 
larger. Some berries weighed three 
ounces each. The over-ripe berries in 
the mass of fruit were in many cases 
actually crushed by the weight of the 
dense mass. The general shape of the 
fruit is blunt-conical, although some 
of the largest are almost heart-shaped. 
The skin of the fruit is uniformly deep 
red, almost black when over-ripe. The 
seeds are small and not verj^ numerous. 
The flesh is almost blood red through- 
