HENRY EMLONG & SONS. STEVENSVILLE, MICHIGAN. 
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Mr. Cooper's Description of His New Berry 
Caasopolls, Mich., July 7th, 1920. 
StevensviUe Nurseries, 
Henry Emlong & Sons, 
StevensviUe, Michigan. 
Gentlemen: — 
Your request that I give you a written statement, descriptive of my new berry (which 
you have decided to name "Cooper") received. 
First of all I wish to thank you for the high honor bestowed upon my name by 
calling the berry Cooppr. No sreater honor could como to any man than to have his 
name associated with the Groalost Strawberry F.vcr Introduced. 
I selected you people to introduce my new straniierry as you have a record for square 
dealing and I have never known you to recommend any variety of plants that was not 
strictly first class in every particular. I know that you people raise high grade plants 
as I have been over your farms, and appreciate your method of growing plants. 
In describing my new variety I am going to conline myself to facts, and after reading 
my description your patrons will say that "Cooper" is some berry, or Cooper is some 
liar, but you people have seen the Cooper fruit and know that every word of the forego- 
ing is the truth. If your patrons doubt your word, they need not order a single plant, 
before writing the following; ,Iohn Huss, Louis Mingle, Kd Touchat, all near neighbors 
whose address is No. 7, Cassopolis. Michigan. 
The first question is where did I get it. The answer is 1 found it in fruit among a 
lot of other seedlings that were not in fruit. I do not know what it is a seedling of or 
anything about its parentage. All that 1 know or all that any man will ever know is 
that it is the one biggest and best strawberry without a fault. Never a berry with 
a sign of a core, never a berry that is hollow, never a green tip. a very bright red and 
flesh color, a flavor as good as the best. Size unequalled, 18 to 35 berries to fill a quart 
box. 
1 will swear to the truth of the above, and that is not all. The plants are very large 
and productive, six to eight fruit stems to a plant with 8 to 24 berries to the stem. The 
best of all is that each berry has an individual stem from 2 to 3 inches long; it is not 
necessary to touch the berry with the hands. 
With the foregoing above ground we must not forget the wonderful vitality and root 
sy.stem that makes the above po.ssible. Not Just a few short roots, but a perfect balance 
for the heavy foliage and loads of fruit. Large long roots with a mass of feeders, the 
like was never seen on strawberries. 
You remember when you were here we dug up a plant that filled a bushel basket and 
had roots over 20 inches long. They are drought resisters that carry every berrv 
to maturity. 
The quality of the berry cannot be surpassed as my customers will testify. Mr 
Bronnell, a prominent grocer of Dowagiac, Mich., drives nine miles to my home and 
pays me $3.50 and $4.00 per crate for Cooper when he can get common berries de- 
livered to his store for $2.00 per crate. 
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 K inches around A 
single plant with 17 fruit stems and all of them with eight stems or more. 
Now gentlemen we have all been fooled so many times with that big berry and 
some of your patrons will have their doubts. Hut if any man will visit me next berry 
season, I will .send him away saying Cooper told the fact.s. 
Yours very truly, 
B. F. COOPER. 
THEY AI,1. SAY THKV ARK THE BEST EVER 
••Having grown different varieties of .strawberries tor tlie past twentv-flve years I can truthfully 
say that thu Cooper vurlpty is the host \n,ry e\er inlrdrtuceil. ' .\.\1)KKW HASS. Buchanan. Mic-h. 
FINE FOR HOIHE USE 
"I have canned the Cooper strawberry lor home use, imd have some left from last year that are 
as nice as when canned. Good color, stay whole and Wf think the best we have ever out UD A 
flavor that you cannot forget. My husband says they are the largest he ever saw." 
MK.S, ,)OHN miss. I'issopolis, Mich. 
EIGHTEEN BERRIES FIM.EI) A QUART BOX 
"Having picked Hemes for you I eau say that your new ben y Cooper is the largest strawberry 
I have ever seen or picked, and 1 liave picked berries for years. ISighteun berries Hlled a quart 
"^n, were fancy berries the eighth picking i do not think they ,an be beat in aU the 
world. There could be no mistake in a large planting of Ihem. It is such a pleasure to pick them 
MRS. LOLnE MINQI.E. CassopolLs. Mich. 
"The growth of the Cooper Is remarkable; the -J.i plants purchased last spring are as big as 
cabbages. 1 believe they arc a new race as my other varieties look awful small beside them " 
NESWELL .SCOTT. Nebraska. 
MR. BEVERIDGE CONVINCBl) HIMSELF 
"You told the truth about the Cooper, 1 left one fruit stem „n one of the Cooper plants I 
purchased, it had twelve berries and they were wonders, I honestly believe they would flll a Suart 
box. The nnest Havered berry 1 have ever eaten.'' GEORGE BEVERIDGE Ohio 
