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Reid’s Nurseries — -Catalogue of Small Fruits, Etc. 
LADY THOMPSON. 
This is the new North Carolina va- 
riety which created such a stir among 
fruit growers by the astonishing prices 
the berries brought on the northern mar- 
kets. Owing to its large size and 
strong points as a shipping berry, it 
brought from 30 to 40 cents a quart, 
while other kinds were selling at less 
than half that price. 
Mr. J. S. Westbrook, one of the larg- 
est Strawberry growers in North Caro- 
lina, says: “I have shipped the Lady 
Thompson another season, and my ex- 
perience has not only confirmed but in- 
creased my good opinion of its merits. 
It has proved its adaptability to adverse 
as well as favorable surroundings. We 
have had an unusually dry season, and 
while the other varieties of berries suc- 
cumbed to the drought and many plants 
died, the Lady Thompson held up and 
yielded a full crop of fine, large berries. 
I began shipping them April 6, and at 
this writing, May 18, there are many ber- 
ries on the plants, in every stage from 
the bloom to well-matured, ripe ones, 
and I am still shipping at remunerative 
prices, although the market is broken 
and small berries are worthless. I con- 
sider the Lady Thompson invaluableand 
very superior to any berry I have ever 
seen.” 
The berry is beautiful in appearance, 
with a perfect blossom, and the plant im- 
mensely productive. We believe it will 
rank with the best for a field berry. It 
is quite a favorite where planted, espe- 
cially amongst shippers ; being so solid, 
it invariably arrives in good condition 
and commands the highest market price. 
It has also a long season of ripening, and brings all the berries to perfection. 
Price, 25 cents per dozen, 76 cents per 100, 84 per 1,000. 
BANQUET. 
‘‘This variety promises to be one of the coming 
Strawberries for home gardens and fancy markets. 
The plant is very thrifty and the flowers are perfect. 
Size of fruit medium, 1 by inches, and very uni- 
form; shape conical, rather elongated; never cox- 
combed; color a rich, dark crimson, without tendency 
to lose color when over ripe; flesh firm, coloring to the 
center and ripening equally in all parts; quality very 
good; FLAVOR PECULIARLY RICH AND PLEASING; pOS 
sessing in a marked degree the aroma of the wild 
berry. The stems hold the fruit well up from the 
ground, resembling Crescent in this regard. In sea- 
son it is about medium.” — U. S. Pomologist. 
60 cents per dozen, $1.50 per 100. 
TENNESSEE PROLIFIC. 
This is a seedling of Crescent and Sharpless, in- 
heriting great productiveness from Crescent and very 
large size from the Sharpless. No variety has ever 
before become so widely and quickly popular. The 
sight of it in fruiting time is all that is needed to con- 
vince one of its value. A perfect bloomer, that has had 
nothing but praise on all sides. Large and productive 
as Bubacli, several days earlier, and a staminate, are 
the claims of its many friends in Virginia. On spring- 
set plants it gave us large, smooth, round, bright red 
berries, firm enough to carry well, and good enough 
to eat out of hand. The plant is clean, dark and vig- 
orous in foliage, producing an abundance of strong 
plants. Price reduced to 
25 centi per dozen, 75 centB per 100, $5 per 1,000. 
