Rough Rider, B. (Male) 
LATE. Bisexual. The berries are medium large, of 
glossy crimson color, which extends through to center; 
quite juicy and rich. The surface is made glossy by 
the prominent yellow seeds; for true shape see en- 
graving; the camera can show this much belter than 
we can describe it. There is but little variation, the 
one shown being a fair average. Rough Rider is quite 
productive and always gives a better crop the second 
year of fruiting than the first. Those who turn this 
variety under after harvesting the first crop have not 
seen Rough Rider do its best. The foliage is a dark- 
green with a spreading habit, and easily is controlled 
in the fruiting bed on account of forming so few run- 
ners. Rough Rider has been carefully selected in our 
breeding beds for nine years. We have been unable 
lo fill all the orders for our strain of plants, as they 
have made a record wherever tested. 
Entirely Satisfied With Thoroughbreds 
T TNDER dale of May 20, 1907, Alex. Murphy of 
^ Mansfield, Mass., writes: "This is lo acknowledge 
receipt of plants which came to hand the 4lh of May in 
fine condition; plants were O. K., but owing lo the 
late spring here they were put in a cool, dry cellar for 
eight days before we were able to get them set out. 
Notwithstanding this experience, they are coming along 
finely and we are entirely satisfied with them and wish 
to thank you very much." 
More Than $800 Per Acre 
pROM away out in Washington comes this word from 
William Saunders of Kennydale: "In the spring 
of 1904 I set 2,000 of your pedigree strawberry plants, 
and in 1905 picked and marketed $160 worth of choice 
berries, all grown on one-fifth of an acre. My varie- 
ties were Parson's Beauty, Glen Mary, Senator Dun- 
lap and Dornan." 
Gandy, B. (Male) 
LATE. Bisexual. One of our very latest and 
largest berries. A beautiful bright-red with a smooth 
shiny surface and glossy dark-red seeds create a com- 
bination of qualities which make it a popular favorite in 
every state in the Union; especially is this true where 
the growers have a heavy clay soil, as Gandy is fa- 
mous for producing results on soil of that order. An- 
other strong point with the Gandy is the fact that il 
looks as fresh after having been shipped several hun- 
dred miles as the hour it was picked, and still another 
is its delicious flavor. lis lateness always insures the 
lop price. Gandy makes a very tall foliage of dark- 
green with a broad leathery leaf; its fruit stems are 
long and strong, holding the berries up above the fo- 
liage where the sun gets at them lo put on the finishing 
touches. They remain on the vines for several days 
after gelling thoroughly ripe without deterioration. We 
have had Gandy under our methods of selection for 
twenty-three years. The first bloom of Gandy is de- 
ficient in pollen, so should be set with some other late 
variety like Pride of Michigan, Dornan or Aroma. 
Two Hundred Quarts From Two Hundred Plants 
nrWO years ago this spring I sent you an order for 
200 strawberry plants, and we were very much 
pleased with them," writes Mrs. C. W. Gifford of 
Oriskany Falls, N. Y. "My husband said they were 
the finest he ever saw. Well, we set them out in the 
garden and 1 must say did not care for ihem as we 
ought, but they did well — better than we expected. Off 
from the two hundred plants we picked more than two 
hundred quarts of fine berries. Our neighbors were 
very anxious to get them and said they never saw nicer 
berries anywhere. We shall send an order for more 
next spring." 
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