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Strawberries 
Stevens Late Champion 
We give decided preference to April and 
May for planting strawberries, and confine our 
transplanting and sales to those months. The 
earlier they are planted in the spring the 
better, keeping the roots from being dried 
by the wind or sun. To produce large berries, 
the runners must be pinched off, thereby 
throwing the strength of the plant into the 
fruit. 
Those varieties marked "Imp." are pistil- 
late or imperfect flowering. These varieties 
are among the best in quality and produc- 
tiveness, but they must be planted with the 
perfect flowering varieties so that the blos- 
soms will mix and fertilize. Plant the pistil- 
late varieties between the perfect flowering, 
having one row of the perfect to every two 
or three of the pistillate. 
One who has never tried it will be aston- 
ished to find how large a crop of berries can 
be produced on a few square yards in the 
garden. Tt ia not at all unusual to get two 
or three bushels from a plot of ground one rod 
square. 
Brandywine (Perfect) — Season medium to 
late. One of the heaviest fruiters and a 
splendid shipper. Berries very large, deep 
red to center; stem short and stout, holds its 
great load of berries well up from the ground. 
One of the strongest poUenizers for pistillates 
of the season. 
Chipman — This is a perfect flowering, mid- 
season variety that is one of the leading vari- 
eties planted for market purposes in the great 
strawberry growing districts of Delaware. 
Berries are large in size, bright red in color 
and regular in shape. Pl;ints large in size. 
The foliage is healthy and vigorous. 
Abington (Perfect) — We have fruited this 
several seasons and are greatly pleased with 
it, it is a great cropper. Take Abington and 
Sample and you have a whole team and a 
strong one. It is fully as productive as Sam- 
ple, and larger. 
Abington 
Clyde (Perfect) — One of the best of the 
early, large-fruited varieties, yielding abund- 
antly, and is very profitable. The berries are 
bright in color, hold up well( being moderately 
firm, and owing to their quality, good size, 
earliness and fresh color, sell quickly and 
bring in good returns. 
Chesapeake (Perfect) — This variety is as 
late as Gandy, more productive on lighter 
soils and equal to it in size; its shipping qual- 
ity far excels that popular standard variety; 
in eating quality it ranks among the best. 
