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Brandywine. B. (Male.) 
LATE. Bisexual. The berries are great 
big fellows, of deep blood red to the center; its 
flavor is peculiar to itself and it is one of the 
best canning berries of all the late varieties. It 
has bright yellow seeds which 
are very prominent. The calyx 
also is very large. It is not 
only one of the largest and 
prettiest among the late va- 
rieties, but it also is one of the 
most productive. The fruit 
stems grow erect, holding their 
big berries well up from the 
ground. The foliage is very 
large, and an upright grower, 
having a dark green, leathery 
leaf, which is good protection 
for the bloom. The runners 
grow long before forming 
nodes, and we recommend 
plants to be set thirty-six mches apart in the 
row; let each mother plant make four more, 
layering them in a straight line so as to form 
the single-hedge system. This is the fourteenth 
year it has been selected in our breeding beds. 
Braiulywino 
New Home, B. (Male.) 
VERY LATE. Bisexual. The berries are 
extra large, bright red, holding their color for 
several days after being picked; their firmness, 
productiveness and keeping qualities are sure to 
make it one of the most profitable 
late varieties. Theseedsare brown 
and yellow with plenty of gloss, 
giving the berries a polished ap- 
pearance. The flesh is a beauti- 
ful deep pink and very rich in 
flavor. Reports received indicate 
that it is exceedingly productive, 
and although this is our second 
season only in breeding New 
Home, its performance fully bears 
out all we have heard of its re- 
markable fruiting powers. The 
plants are strong and vigorous. 
The foliage is light green and makes good thrif- 
ty plants. It shows up best in double-hedge 
rows and this is the way we recommend it to be 
grou'n. Thirty inches apart will be close 
enough to set the plants. All growers seeking 
a late market variety will find the New Home a 
winner. 
Is'ew Homo 
Found Everything Just as Claimed 
CE. DENSMORE of Springwater, N. Y., 
• writing under date of July 9, 1906, says: 
"I have sold $80 worth of berries from 2,500 
Pedigree plants set in 1905, and would have sold 
three times that many but for the frost that hurt 
them. It pays to set Pedigree plants. On my 
visit to your farm in August, 1905, I found every- 
thing just as you claimed. I recognized the 
place as I approached it from illustrations in the 
catalogue, and I also found that you grew plants 
just as you claim to do in that book." 
An Interesting and Valuable Reference Book 
FROM a most distinguished horticulturist, G. 
B. Brackett, Pomologist of the United States 
Department of Agriculture, conies the following: 
"Permit me to thank you sincerely for your very 
interesting and instructive catalogue, 'Great 
Crops of Strawberries' which will be a valuable- 
reference book in this office. I am also much 
pleased with the copy of 'The Strawberry' so 
kindly sent me. This publication is unique in 
the horticultural line and is so useful to the grow- 
ers. Long may your good work continue!" 
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