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TENNESSEE NURSERY CO., CLEVELAND, TENN. 
Strawberries 
Improved Lady Thompson 
Improved Lady Thompson (Per.) — The term 
"Improved" has been used so often without 
cause that one might well hesitate to use 
it, even with cause. However, this strain 
of Lady Thompson, we are convinced, is 
superior to the common run of this variety 
in the country. Lady Thompson has been 
in cultivation a great many years, has run 
down and has generally become mixed, 
more or less with other kinds, and by slov- 
enly cultivation, more or less diseased. 
Our plants are absolutely pure. Then 
they have, generation after generation, 
been grown on virgin soil never before in 
strawberries. The result is, we believe, 
that our plants of this variety are superior 
to most others. Under exactly the same 
cultivation and on the same average soil, 
this variety makes finer berries, more of 
them, and of a better color than it did when 
we began with it. We have, in the truest 
sense of the word, improved this variety. 
We fruited this berry last spring, and in- 
stead of running down, as most varieties 
do, it is better now than it was at the start. 
The berries are large, ranking with the very 
largest. No variety has been more pro- 
ductive or a surer bearer. No plant is 
easier to live or quicker to grow off. No 
plant stands drouth better than Lady 
Thompson, and especially at fruiting time. 
It will stand more neglect and not resent 
it, and will respond quicker to high culti- 
vation and manuring than the common 
strain of Lady Thompson. It is the near- 
est frost proof plant that is known. This 
fact we have demonstrated repeatedly, 
and especially during the freezes and frosts 
of the several past springs. While many 
varieties were nearly ruined, scarcely a 
bloom of Lady Thompson was harmed. 
We attribute this comparative immunity 
to frosts to two things: First, Lady 
Thompson is an exceedingly virile, hardy 
variety; second, its blooms and fruits are 
borne on long stems which stand up clear 
of the ground where the air is more apt to 
be in motion, hence frost does not form 
so readily. 
Aroma 
Aroma (Per.) — A late variety and one of the 
best among .the late ripening varieties. 
-In comparison with the Gandy it will be 
found that it commences to ripen a little 
earlier and will continue to the end of the 
Gandy season; it is similar to it in size and 
productiveness. It is planted extensively 
North and South. Quality the best of any. 
Comes nearer to being the true strawberry 
flavor than all others. It is the best for 
eating from the vine with cream, and for 
shortcake, as well as the best for preserving 
or canning. Its shipping qualities are the 
best. There is no variety that stands ship- 
ping long distances better. Berry firm, 
solid and not easily bruised. Color is the 
best of any variety, dark red all the way 
through; foliage clean, healthy and very 
attractive; size large to very large and 
uniform. 
