nearly three months. We had our last strawberry shortcake on the twenty-first of 
November, and there were still bushels of green berries on the plants when the 
ground froze up for winter a day or two later. 
The plants that fruited all summer and fall in 1908 commenced again last year, 
and appeared to be about as full of fruit as the- newer bed. They bore all summer 
and fall again, but were left to themselves to see what they would do, and neither 
hoed nor weeded, consequently the berries were not as fine as the year before. 
In regard to productiveness: Of course the everbearing varieties do not carry at 
one time any such loads of fruit as the June ripening sorts, but seven of the ten sent 
us are good yielders, and there is always a coming crop in sight. They never stop 
work, and their fruit brings extra prices. Two of the best have been named Francis 
and Americus, and Mr. Rockhill intends to introduce these first. There is one which 
bears more than either of these, but it makes so few runners that it will be a long 
time before a good stock can be worked up. 
In size, there was a time when these berries would have been called very large, 
but standards have changed since then, and we might now say medium. Many of 
them were over an inch in diameter, and a few reached an inch and a half. We 
have not seen them at their best yet, for in 1908, the first year that we grew them, 
we had the most remarkable drouth of this generation, and in 1909, September and 
October, the main fruiting time of our large bed, although not as trying as the pre- 
vious year, were too dry to do strawberries justice. 
As soon as we had berries to sell, in September, we telephoned to a first-class 
grocer in Akron, our county seat, and he agreed without seeing them to pay forty 
cents a quart, which he did for all that we could furnish throughout the season. 
When picking for market the berries were sorted, and about one-fourth by measure 
were left out as too small. A few baskets of the salable berries were counted and 
ran from fifty to sixty to the quart. Our baskets are full quarts, and were well 
heaped. 
As to flavor, all the varieties fruited on our grounds, with one exception, are 
exceedingly rich and delicious. Many people came to see them in bearing, and 
were surprised and delighted, not only with the wonderful show of fruit, but with 
its superior flavor as well. The berries were exhibited at the September and October 
meetings of our county horticultural society which is attended by from one hundred 
to one hundred and fifty people, and at our county fair in October, and were tasted 
by many. It was the universal opinion that they were sweeter and richer than the 
June bearing varieties. 
In keeping and shipping qualities they are equal to the best. 
Mr. Rockhill's berries are all good growers and runners, and the foliage is re- 
markably healthy. We do not remember ever having seen a rust)' leaf on one. 
Mr. Rockhill owns every plant in existence of these everbearing varieties, and 
not one can be obtained from any source until he is I'eady for their introduction.^ 
Our customers will be informed when they are put on the market. 
CERTIFICATE OF NURSERY INSPECTION. 
No. 246. Columbus, Ohio, August 24, 1909. 
This is to certify that in accordance with the provisions of the Nursery and Or- 
chard Inspection Law of the State of Ohio, the nursery stock for sale by M. Craw- 
ford Company, of Cuyahoga Falls, County of Summit, State of Ohio, has been in- 
spected by a duly authorized Inspector, and has been found apparently free from 
dangerously injurious insects and plant diseases. 
Invalid after September 15, 1910. 
N. E. Shaw, Chief Inspector. 
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