•R EID’S NURSERIES 
2(5 .. . SELECTED TREES, PLANTS, ETC. 
Special Varieties of Strawberries. 
BEVERLY. Plant very vigorous, upright grower; foliage healthy, no trace of rust or blight, and leafage 
sufficient to protect blossoms from frost. Blossoms perfect, strong, staminate. Berry large, conical, perfect form, 
bright, glossy crimson, and colors all over ; flesh pink, 
texture firm ; very superior flavor, resembling the wilct 
berry. Remarkably large to the last. Season medium 
to late; productive. 25 cts. per doz., 50 cts. per 100, 
$ 3 - 5 ° per 1,000. 
DAYTON. This is a strong, healthy, vigorous 
and upright grower, entirely free from rust, and its large 
foliage protects the blossoms from frost. In color it is 
somewhat darker than the Crescent ; solid, a good 
shipper, of fine form and excellent flavor. It is an im- 
mense yielder of very large fruit, and holds out well in 
size to the end of the season — a very desirable quality, 
and one lacking in 
many of the newer 
sorts. 25 cts. per 
GREENVILLE. doz., 5 ° C ' per IOO > 
$3 per 1,000. 
GREENVILLE. (P.) This is one of the best varieties on the list, and 
you will make no mistake in planting it. The berries are of large size, good 
quality and medium texture ; color very even and fine. Plants very produc- 
tive, vigorous and free from rust. Good grower ; season medium to late. 
25 cts. per doz., 50 cts. per 100, $3 per 1,000. 
I*ADY THOMPSON. Originated in North Carolina. Very early, large ; 
a perfect bloomer, good grower and shipper. Good shape, good color and fine 
flavor. The season is very long and the berries hold up well, even toward the 
last. 25 cts. per doz., 50 cts. per 100, $3 per 1,000. 
MARSHALL. Plant is large and strong ; very prolific ; 110 berries have 
been counted on a single plant. The fruit is handsome and attractive ; very large ; 
14 berries have been known to fill a quart box. Perfect form ; dark crimson 
when fully ripe, but colors all over a light crimson before ripe, and thus valu- 
able for market, duality and flavor excellent. It will produce fruit for 25 
days’ picking. Price, 25 cts. per doz., 75 cts. per 100, $6 per 1,000. 
PARKER EARLE. Plant very 
robust, strong, penetrating roots ; 
enormously productive ; flowers per- 
fect, protected from late frosts by 
abundant leaves ; trusses strong, 
long and large ; berries regular, 
conical, short neck ; glossy scarlet, Parker earle. 
crimson, firm ; it shows well several 
days after picking, and brings the highest price in the market. Season 
medium to late. Berries on long, strong stalks, held well above the 
ground ; does best in hills. 25 cts. per doz., 60 cts. per 100, $4 per 1,000. 
PRINCETON CHIEF. (P. ) A tall, luxuriant grower, with large, 
dark foliage, free from rust or disease, and compares favorably in pro- 
ductiveness with the best of the standard sorts. The berries are 
medium to large, borne on long stems, of a dark, glossy-crimson ; firm 
and of good quality. It is a good shipping berry, and is deservedly 
popular at the West. Late. 25c. per doz., 50c. per 100, $3 per 1,000. 
SHUCKLESS. The distinguishing characteristic of this berry is 
indicated by its name. In picking it parts readily from the stem, the 
shucks remaining on the stem instead of on the berry. This is not 
only a novel feature, but one of the greatest practical value, inasmuch 
as the berries are ready for the table as soon as picked. 25 cts. per 
doz., 75 cts. per 100, $5 per 1,000. 
beverly. TENNESSEE PROLIFIC. This 
, . , , . is a seedling of Crescent and Sharp- 
less, inheriting great productiveness from Crescent and very large size from Sharp- 
less. No variety has ever before become so widely and quickly popular A perfect 
bloomer, that has had nothing but praise on all sides. Large and productive as 
Bubach, several days earlier, and a staminate, are the claims of its many friends 
in Virginia. The plant is clean, dark and vigorous in foliage, producing an 
abundance of strong plants. Price reduced to 25c. per doz., 50c. per 100, k2.so 
per 1,000. 
TENNYSON. Originated in northern Arkansas by T. R. Tennyson, an old 
and experienced fruit-grower. It is entirely distinct from any heretofore produced, 
m that it bears from April until November. It commences to ripen with the 
Crescent, and continues from three to four weeks. After an intermission of about 
two weeks the second crop begins to ripen, and this continues without intermission 
as long as the weather remains favorable. With irrigation the plants will produce 
fruit until early frost. The berries of the second crop, while not so plentiful are 
very large, in some instances five or six berries covering the top of a quart box 
Medium to very large, and firm enough to carry to distant markets. The color is 
a combination of red and yellow. Blossom perfect. Plant a good, healthy grower 
and makes an abundance of runners. Price, 25 cts. per doz., 75 cts. per 100’ 
$4 per 1,000. TENNESSEE PROLIFIC. 
