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HENRY EMLONG & SONS. STEVENSVILLE. MICHIGAN. 
Mr. Cooper's Description of His New Berry 
Stevensville Nurseries. Cassopolis, Mich., July 7th, 1920. 
Henry Emiong & Sons. 
Stevensville, Michigan. 
Gentlemen: — 
inJi.'th^r pr'^';/'-"^" roopo." fvuft"^'r,<now?rt X" ?\;^;rrfTheTorer 
that It IS the one bisgest and host stravhPrry ivitl.oi.t a fault. Never a berrv Tith 
L^^" f ^ >^ """^^ "'•o'-n tip a v^ry bright Tedlnd 
flesh color, a flavor as good as the best. Size unequalled, 18 to 35 berrTes t" fill a quart 
nr.^ ^"i/^f?^'' °^ ''^^ tliat is not all. The plants are very laree 
h^t of fn''-"'fi,'l'' *°.^'£^* ''"•i." '° ^ P'ant with 8 to 24 berrfes to the slem The 
best of all IS that each berry has an individual stem from 2 to 3 inches lone it is not 
necessary to touch the berry with the hands. u . ^ lo a mcnes long, it is not 
<=^^o'i*'tw *°'"t°°'"^ ^''"^^ ground we must not forget the wonderful vitality and root 
ioff^e heavy foHl^e'and^roJn'f'^ " Not iust a few short roots, but a perfe'^^t Sflance 
hke wL'^re^^r'sleTors'rawberrfel.""*- '""^ '""'^ ^ '"^^ °^ 
•■f'^e"!*'*''" when you were hero we dug up a plant that filled a bushel basket and 
to maturity""" ' ""^^ '^'"''^ """" "'""'''"'"^ carry eve^y terry 
l^Xd-to^^ifst^ ^llZro\tr.lJr ^"-'^ co^m*^oTbi°rTe^s Te^ 
Just one thing more. For hill culture it is something wonderful. You remember 
when you were here in 1919 I showed you plenty of berries 5 to 6 inches a^oS^d A 
single plant with 17 fruit .stems and all of them with eight stems or more 
o^^f"^/^" ^" ^-^71 ^" '°°'^<^ ""^"y tif^es with that big berry and 
l^^J. °'T^°m P^*r°".^ have their doubts. But if any man will visit ml next berry 
season. I will send him away saying Cooper told the facts. 
Yours very truly, 
B". F. Cooper. 
^^I^^o'lt^^ t^^" ^^Jl ''^"'I ^"""i* during the past two seasons and will vouch for every 
berry statements. Read these testimonials from persons who have seen the 
"Having grown different varieties of strawberries for the na.«t 25 -ears. I can truthfuJlv sav that 
Ihe Cooper variety is the best berry ever introauced."— ANDREW HASS, Buchanan, '"-i^ 
Mich, 
"Having picked berrle.s for you. I want to say that your new berrv Cooper is the larsesl straw- 
berry I have ever seen or picked, and I have picked berries for yekrs. Eighteen berHes (11 ed a 
woHd "There'lo^."/,"'"'^ fancy berries the eighth picking. Do not think It fan be eat In aM the 
"I have canned the Cooper strawberry for my home use and have some left from last vear thll 
are as nice as when canned, good color, stay whole, and we think the best we have ever p^t up A 
