J. W. Adams 8c Co., Springfield, Mass. ii 
STRAWBERRIES, continued. 
Field culture. Tim rows may be feet apart and the plants in the row 
1/4 fcot, if tlie plants are set in sprinK. 
Draw a line, mul liave tlio rows perfectly straight. Whoever pan firow 
Strawberries in hills will tiiul that tho fruit is hirger and the fultivation much 
less. Another element of lieiiefit In the trrower who would have Iiig berries 
is to plant new beds every year, an<l h;ivo l)ut one harvest. To weed and re- 
new an old bed is many times more work tlian to plant annually. 
Strawberry plants, at the North Main Street Nursery, are grown in large 
quantities, not for fruit, liut to se(;ure superior plants to supply our trade. 
Tie g-round being: thorougrhly prepared at much labor and expense, it is 
not wise to plant any but the best v.-nictics, ;iiid only strong and healthy 
plants. It is l)etter to send to n trustwortliy grower and pay him a fair priee 
than to accept ordinary plants as a gift. Many times have we seen plants 
quoted at less than it would cost to dig and pack them properly. Such plants, 
being tiie refuse of old bods, would, if replanted, usually become little less 
than total loss, and no clear-headed man would waste time, money and land by 
such an investment. The ditference between plants grown only for the 
runners and those which, like weeds, exhaust the crowded beds, must be ap- 
parent to every intelligent cultivator. 
New varieties we purchase from the originators, when possible, to insure 
correctness, occasionally paying nu>re than a dollar apiece for them, and in a 
few months selling young plants of the same at a less price per dozen. We 
continue our practice, begun in 1880, of planting in our trial beds new Straw- 
berries as they appear, and rejecting such as are in no respect superior. The 
fruit product this season has been abundant, and the demand equally large. 
In our trial beds have been planted fifty tunned varieties, and many more 
without names. 
Sample. A new variety from Boston; uniformly liu'isre, and very 
productive and proniisin«; in our gronnds. Per- 
haps the price we paid for plants, 25 cts. each, 
enlisted speciiil care. We shall give them to our 
customers, while they last, for 50 cts. per doz.A I 
No discount to dealers. ' 
Nick Ohmer. This 
new Strawberry is ree- 
ommeiidetl by Beaver 
and Crawford, of Ohio, 
and Davis, of North- 
ampton, leading Straw- 
berry growers, as the 
best variety now in 
sight. Tiie fruit is of 
the largest size, 
dark, glossy red 
and of excellent 
flavor. 
Brand ywine. 
Large, late and | 
productive, su- 
perseding the 
Gandy. 
Hunn. From 
the N. Y. Experi- 
ment Station. A 
promising very 
late berry, ripen- 
ing from June 24 to July 21. A merchant in New York City wrote 
that the Hunn was superior in color, flavor and shipping qualities to 
any other berry he had ever seen. At a horticultural exhibition 
baskets of the Hunn surpassed in every way all others on the tables. 
Late and very proliflc. 
Ifick Ohmer. 
