Clyde, B. (Male) 
MEDIUM. Bisexual. Very large conical in shape; 
one side a bright crimson, the other a rich cream, with 
just enough pink to make it show off well; regular In 
form and even in season, making the matter of sorting 
them very easy indeed; the seeds are deeply imbedded 
in the flesh, seldom coming even with the outer edge. 
The (lesh is of rich pink of line texture and delicate 
flavor, and the latter is retained when canned. The 
berries are firm and hold up well after being shipped a 
long distance. Clyde is exceedingly prolific, the great 
waxy berries lying in piles around the plants. Its fruit- 
ing season is very long, frequently extending from extra 
early to very late, with fine fruit at the final picking. 
This is the fourteenth year of selection in our breeding 
bed, and we are constantly increasing the acreage given 
to them in response to popular demand. 
The Value of Little Plants 
FREQUENTLY objection is made by purchasers of 
strawberry plants that they are small. This Is 
largely a matter of the variety to which the plant be- 
longs. Take one of the most popular plants ever grown 
— the Warfield — as an example. The plants of the 
Warfield are uniformly small and yet the Warfield is 
one of the heaviest yielders, one of the hardiest of 
plants and will persist in producing large crops of fancy 
fruit under the most discouraging conditions. So in the 
case of many other varieties, the proof is conclusive that 
size has very little to do with yield. Indeed, it is fre- 
quently true that a large plant by the very fact of its 
great size indicates its incapacity to produce big yields of 
berries, because its vegetative parts have been developed 
at the expense of its fruit-producing organism. The best 
berr^ is pnf that is evenly balanced in its organism, and 
Wolverton, B. (Male) 
EARLY. Bisexual. A large crimson berry, top- 
shaped as the picture shows, but possessed of merits 
which no photograph can describe. The upper side 
colors up quite red when fully ripe, while the seeds also 
are darker than on the under side, where they remain 
bright yellow in color. These contrasting colors give to 
the fruit a very unique and attractive appearance indeed. 
It is one of the richest berries listed and has a fine 
grained flesh, pink in color, and a mild flavor of great 
delicacy. The calyx is a double one and very heavy, 
drooping over the berry in such a way as to make them 
particularly tempting when served with stems. It can 
scarcely be excelled as an all-round table berry. It is a 
great money-maker for the grower who sells direct to 
consumers and is extremely popular in the strawberry 
patch. We have had Wolverton in our breeding beds 
for eighteen years. 
fully matures so it will undergo the hardships of trans- 
portation and transplanting and be able to develop and 
sustain a large quantity of fruit. 
Bad Weather Didn't Discourage His Thoroughbreds 
AV/E.^THER conditions were most discouraging over 
' ' a large section of the country in 1907, and many 
people lost their orchard, bush and vine fruits. But 
hundreds of customers write us that the Thoroughbreds 
came out all right, notwithstanding. Here is a typical 
note from Herbert N. Clark of Raynham, Mass.: "The 
strawberry plants you sent me about a month ago are 
highly satisfactory in every way. We tried to follow 
your directions as closely as possible and the result is 
that all but two or three of the plants are living and new 
leaves are coming out." 
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