ArizoniL, B. (Male.) Everbearing. 
MEDIUM EARLY. Bisexual. It really is dif- 
ficult to know in just what season to place Arizona. 
This year it started to ripen its terries meJium early 
and continued right through with the very latest varie- 
ties. Some people seem to get the wrong idea of ever- 
bearing strawberries, and we wish to explain their hab- 
its in such a way that everybody will understand it. 
Ordinarily an everbearing variety has a certain time to 
ripen its fruit during the regular strawberry season, 
but while this process of ripening is going on the vas- 
cular functions seem to posse is the ability to appropri- 
ate part of the food in developing a new bud system, 
which continues to grow and will mature in the early 
fall, at which time they will again bloom, but not so 
profusely as in their regular season. If climatic con- 
ditions are favorable, the second crop will ripen about 
the Utter part of September or first of October. There 
is a Urge demand for an everbearing variety of real 
merit, and we arj watching Arizona with much interest; 
it comes t^e nearest to being an everbearing or double- 
cropper of any variety we ever have tested. However, 
if it only produced one crop, the Arizona is worthy of 
a flace on every fruit farm and in every family garden 
on account of its productiveness, large size and deep 
rea color. It is one of the kinds that will bear inspec- 
tion before pricing, as it has a rich, aromatic, lasting 
flavor; or the term used by tea-tasters would be " a 
pleasing after-taste — inviting." The way everybody 
who visits our farm eats them convinces us that they 
have an inviting taste. At least, there is something 
about the Arizona patch that seems to hold them for a 
while. Of course, nothing suits us better than to see 
our visitors devour the big juicy fellows as fast as they 
can get them to their mouths; that is what they are 
grown for; the big sign says; "Eat all you want." 
The foliage is a dark green, of medium size. An 
ever-bearing variety never builds up a large foliage; 
their vitality is largely contributed to bud and fruit 
forming. A little nitrate of soda will stimulate the 
vegetative parts and balance fruit and foliage up nicely. 
Grow it in double hedge rows, start cultivating imme- 
diately after the first crop is picked, and keep most of 
the runners off so the strength will be thrown to bud- 
forming. Pack with stem end down. 
This is the fourth yeai for Arizona in our breeding 
bed, using mother plants which show the strongest 
everbearing habit. 
Marshall. B. (Male.) 
LATE. Bisexual. Favored by everybody on ac- 
count of its enormous size, blood red color and rich 
aromatic flavor, peculiar to itself. This is another of 
the good old stand-bys, for whose plants we never have 
been able to fill the demand. It is a winner at all ex- 
hibitions and has taken more first premiums at the Bos- 
ton shows than any other variety. It is strictly a fancy 
berry and will take care of itself on the market. It 
does not produce so numerously as some others, but 
the immense size of the berries makes up in filling the 
quarts. The fancy grocers always are delighted to get 
them on account of the fruit being such a rich dark 
red with a gloss that is bound to attract the passers by. 
It is one of the richest strawberries grown; the juice is 
just like syrup and almost as sweet as it looks. The 
only fault we can find with the Marshall is that it does 
not last the whole year; but a few weeks of such sweet- 
ness is thankfully received. They are excellent canned 
and sun-preserved; therefore we have them the balance 
of the year. Their seeds are yellow as gold, and they 
sparkle as brightly. If its brilliant gloss and rich 
color could be shown in the photograph as perfectly as 
are its size and shape, the picture could then do it just- 
ice. It really was amusing to see how wishfully the 
photographer looked at it when arranging for its picture. 
Of course it isn't necessary to mention what became of 
the berry after the camera had performed its duty. 
The grower who is catering for fancy trade will find 
Marshall a winner in every respect. People will pay 
almost any price after they once get a taste of them. A 
field of Marshalls in full fruit certainly is a sight 
worth while. The foliage is extra large, it is an up- 
right grower, with leaves almost as round as a dollar; 
about one-half of them are light green, while the oth- 
ers are a very dark green, and the big red berries being 
evenly distributed all through the beautiful foliage 
make a gorgeous display of colors. 
In order to obtain the very best results with this 
variety, set the plants not over twenty-four inches 
apart in the row and let them form a single hedge row; 
have your ground thoroughly enriched by working in 
plenty of manure, and when the berries are ready for 
market, place the top layer with stem ends down. No 
doubt about what purchasers will do. Remember, 
when you buy our Marshalls they come from a pure 
•strain of plants that have been selected for twelve 
years. 
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