Texas, B. (Male.) 
EXTRA EARLY Bisexual. Produces 
very large crops of large crimson berries, which, 
with the dark-red cheeks and yellow seeds, 
make a most attractive berry in the box, an ef- 
fect always heightened when 
the rich, tart flavor of the 
frnit is tasted. The waxy 
translucent appearance of the 
berry, combined with the 
rich green of its calyx, droop- 
ing gracefully over it, com- 
mands instant and pleased at- 
tention in th^ market. The 
foliage is upright, ta l, and 
has a long, light-gr;en leaf. 
It is a great crown-builder, 
something not common in 
extra-early varieties. Its 
^, bloom is of medium size, and 
it is a good pollenizer. Grown 
in single or double- hedge rows it does its very 
best, and it is not particular as to soils, adapt- 
ing itself readily to its environment. Set plants 
twenty-four inches apart in the row. The 
Texas has now beer, in our breeding beds for 
five years, and we can recommend it cordially. 
August Luther, B. (Male.) 
EXTRA EARLY. Bisexual. Itsearliness, 
its productiveness and its high quality combine 
to make this variety one of the popular favorites 
both as a market and family berry. In size it 
is medium large, bright-colored, 
round and full at the calyx and 
tapering to a blunt point. The 
seeds are a rich yellow, shining 
like specks of gold in a background 
of scarlet. The inner part is a 
wine color, running lighter toward 
the center. The flavor is mild and 
rich , and the meat tine-grained and 
delicate. The foliage is rather 
tall, with a long dark leaf that 
spreads out over the great circle of A„g„st Luther 
fruit at Its base. It is a prolific 
maker of runners which inclines to make the 
plants small in the propagating bed, but when 
restricted to narrow rows, they stool up strong- 
ly. Grow this variety in the single or double- 
hedge row, settingthe plantsthirty inchesapartin 
the row. We have had the Luther in our 
breeding bed for eight years, and always grow 
a big stock, for it is deservedly a universal 
favorite because of its numerous strong points. 
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