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Parker Earle, B. (Male) 
LATE. Bisexual. Especially popular for its ex- 
traordinary fruiting power, being recognized everywhere 
as one of the most productive varieties under cultivation. 
The berries are of medium size; bright-red color, so 
bright indeed as to give the fruit a polished effect and 
this color extendi clear through the berry. The flavor 
is delicious and is the delight of the epicurean lover of 
the strawberry. The productiveness, lateness and firm- 
ness of the Parker Earle make it very popular with 
large growers. It is especially productive on rich low 
land, and under this particular circumstance leads all 
other varieties; a large foliage and late bloom insure 
it from danger of frosts. This variety makes very few 
runners, which greatly simplifies the work of the grow- 
er, and it is an ideal variety for growth by the hill 
system. This is the nineteenth year we have had it un- 
der careful selection and restriction, always making our 
selection from ideal ancestors. 
agated by buds, cuttings and runners, and lay the foun- 
dation for improving them. A plant growing under un- 
favorable environment and neglect will change for the 
worse and become weak, while one grown under per- 
fect conditions will naturally grow strong and make 
changes for the better. 
Prof. John B. De Motte, one of the most popular of 
our scientific lecturers, uses this formula to express the 
idea: "The constant execution of a definite function 
gradually effects a structural modification." In other 
words, properly directed exercise with a definite object 
in view will develop and make prominent any part of 
the body of plant or animal and make it permanent so it 
would be transmitted to offspring. The early horticul- 
tural writers taught us that there was no change in plant 
organism when propagated by buds and runners, but 
they merely accepted it as a theory without investigation, 
and nurserymen were forced to encourage this false 
Bismarck, B. (Male) 
LATE. Bisexual. One of the best table berries on 
the list. Medium-sized light-red berry of most delicate 
flavor; interior part dark pink, extra rich and meaty. 
Has bright yellow seeds which stand out prominently. 
As a producer Bismarck equals any variety of its sea- 
son, and the berries hold up well when shipped long 
distances. Bismarck has a spreading foliage and a 
dark-green glossy leaf very much resembling Bubach. 
It has a large and perfect bloom and is an ideal mate 
for pistillates of even season. This variety is a good 
feeder and the soil should be made quite rich. This is 
the fourteenth year our strain of these plants has been 
bred from ideal fruiters, and each year increases its 
popularity. Bismarck makes an ideal double-hedge 
row. 
teaching because people persisted in buying of those 
who could furnish the largest trees and plants for the 
smallest possible sum. 
If there were no bud variation you could fruit a 
strawberry plant forever and get just as good fruit and 
as much of it every year provided you gave it good till- 
age and plenty of manure, a proposition so absurd and 
at such variance with the experience of every berry 
grower that no intelligent person would accept such 
teaching for a moment and yet the cheap-John plant 
growers are still trying to force it down people's throats. 
The old Wilson Albany strawberry is often cited to 
show that there was no such thing as variation in plants. 
This old variety possessed great constitutional vigor and 
stood much abuse, yet still held its place for more than 
forty years as the leading market berry. But bear in 
mind that there were nearly as many strains of the Wil- 
son as there were berry fields. It was very far from 
the big, luscious berry introduced by James Wilson of 
Albany. It did not attain half the size it originally did 
and when you gel the facts concerning its pedigree of 
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