The Helen Davis Strawberry 
The Latest Origination in the Strawberry World— a Variety 
Destined to Surpass All Others of Its Season 
WE have tested nearly two hundred va- 
rieties of strawberries, but Helen Da- 
vis is the first that combines so many 
excellent qualities as to induce us to pay 
$100.00 for 200 plants. We have tested it 
thoroughly on light sandy soil and on clay 
loam, and the originator of this variety, Geo. 
W. Davis, of 
Brazil, Ind., 
The berries of Helen Davis are exceedingly 
large, many of them averaging as large as 
medium-sized hens' eggs. In form they rep- 
resent two distinct types as shown on the 
opposite page, ^ and the fruit has 
the smooth 
of any 
est surface 
variety 
we know. 
In color 
it is a 
has 
grown it 
with highest 
success on clay soil. 
In all soils thus far 
tested, it has done so 
well as to prove 
it to be with- 
out partic- 
ular pref- 
erence as 
to soil. 
subdued 
crimson and 
the color extends 
from center to circumference. 
'■I The flavor of this variety is like 
no other strawberry, and is del- 
»J> icate and delicious. 
V The velvet qual- 
ity of the 
meat gives 
to the Hel- 
en Davis a 
distinction 
A DISH OF HELEN DAVIS 
■lATE thought 80 much of Helen Davis, after making a thorough test of its qualities in our own breeding beds, that we paid 
$100.00 for 200 plants of this wonderful variety. Never before had we thought it possible to develop so many points of 
excellence to such a high degree in any single variety as we have found to exist in the Helen Davis: 1, wonderfully productive 
in any soil; 2, produces the largest berries we ever have seen; 3, beautiful in color, perfect in form, unexcelled in flavor; 
4, strong in foliage; 5, a powerful pollenizer; starts fruiting early and continues throughout the entire strawberry season. A 
trial of this variety will convince any grower that we have rather understated the facts regarding this berry, which is destined 
to lead all varieties of its season. You cannot afford to let this opportunity pass to secure the world's winning strawberry. 
