E. W. REID’S NURSE RIES, BRIDGEPORT, OHIO 
TESTED BERRIES FOR ALL SECTIONS 
GENERAL LIST OF STRAWBERRIES. 
Beder Wood. A stocky, robust plant, 
that makes runners freely ; healthy and 
entirely free from rust or blight; has 
perfect bloom, and is an enormous 
bearer of large, round, perfectly formed 
berries ; light scarlet color, moderately 
firm ; good quality. 25 cts. per doz., 
50 cts. per 100, $2.50 per 1,000. 
Bubach No. 5. (P. ) One of the best. 
Quito large; plants very robust ;* color 
dark green ; lias never shown signs of 
rust or blight. Wo fruited it this season 
on four different soils, and see no dif- 
ference ; it did well on all. We can rec- 
ommend it for field culture, as well as 
for the garden ; it is one of the best 
paying varieties. 25 cts. per doz., 
50 cts. per 100, $3.50 per 1,000. 
Crescent. (P.) Like the Concord 
grape, it seems to be in the lead with 
fruit-growers. Any one can grow the 
Crescent, for it will almost take care of 
itself after it is once put in the ground. 
It is very hardy and prolific, and should 
not be allowed to run to matted rows. 
25c. per doz., 50c. per 100, $2.50 per 1,000. 
Cumberland Triumph. We cultivate 
this variety extensively for fruit, as it is 
one of the most salable berries we have 
in our market. It is very large, not as 
bright in color as we would desire, but in 
past years it seemed to produce more 
fruit, each season. 25 cts. per doz., 
50 cts. p.er 100, $2.50 per 1,000. 
Candy’s Prize. Large and very late ; holds its fruit 
well from the ground. This is the best late berry we 
have growing, all points considered. Very firm, and 
when put on the market brings the highest market 
price ; it is also valuable as a fertilizer to use with early 
varieties, making the latter end of the crop more per- 
fect. 25 cts. per doz., 50 cts. per 100, $3 per 1,000. 
Haverland. (P.) A native of Ohio, but does not 
lose'its reputation by going into other states. This is 
the most productive berry on the market to-day. Size 
large ; color light ; will not stand long shipments, but 
for near markets is one of the best. We cannot recom- 
mend the Haverland too highly, as it has good foliage, 
is a strong grower, and fruits abundantly. 25 cts. per 
doz., 50 cts. per 100, $2.50 per 1,000. 
Jessie. This has been before the people long enough 
to be known, and much has been claimed for it ; in 
fact, too much. While it is a good berry, there are 
others as good and better on our soil, but soil makes all 
the difference in the berry. 25 cts. per doz., 50 cts. per 
100, $2.50 per 1,000. 
Lovett’s Early. A berry that can be highly recom- 
Bubach No. 5. 
mended for loam or clay but not for sandy soil, and its 
name misrepresents it, as it is not an early variety, but 
midscason ; very sour, but is a good shipper and very 
productive. Is a good staminate for fertilizing pistil- 
late varieties ; a good all-purpose berry ; color a bright 
crimson, and firm ; better for market than family use. 
25 cts. per doz., 50 cts. per 100, $2.25 per 1,000. 
Warfield No. 2. (P.) After fruiting the past sea- 
son with us, we were more pleased with Warfield than 
over, so we cannot but give it its former place on the 
list. All things considered, it is one of the very best. 
Size largo ; plant very productive. 25 cts. per doz., 
50 cts. per 100, $2.25 per 1,000. 
Wilson Albany. Still in the lead of all standard 
varieties at Sunny Hill Fruit Farm. We shipped the 
plants all over the United States last season, and dealers 
unite in saying that they were the finest ever seen. 
25 cts. per doz., 50 cts. per 100, $2.25 per 1,000. 
Woolverton. This is one of the seedlings intro- 
duced by Friend John Little, of Canada ; is a vigorous, 
healthy plant ; large and attractive berries ; medium to 
late ; continues long in fruit ; good to pollenize other 
kinds. 25 cts. per doz., 50 cts. per 100, $3 per 1,000. 
DOZEN MAILED FREE; add 20 cts. per 100 if to be sent by mail; lots of 5,000 or more at reduced rates. 
The Strawberry delights in good, rich, moist soil, but will grow on any soil which is capable of raising 
good general crops. By planting early, medium and late varieties, the grower is supplied with fruit during the 
entire Strawberry season. The soil cannot be too well prepared. 
As a fertilizer, we recommend barnyard manure above all others. Commercial fertilizers with us have 
never proved a profitable investment ; hence, we pay more in proportion for the former than the latter. The manure 
has the lasting qualities, where with the phosphate yon know not the hour its strength 
will be exhausted, and many times the result will be loss of crops. r _ ij _ v ^ 
For fleid culture set in rows 3 or 3 X A feet apart, 15 to 18 in. in 
rows ; for garden 15 in. apart each way, leaving pathway every third Ji / t 
row. To produce fine, large fruit, keep in hills, pinching runners off gvf W & 
as soon as they appear. The ground should always be kept clean and a ) rJ 
well cultivated. In winter a covering of leaves, straw or some kind ' -• 
of litter will protect the plants. Do not cover them until ground is 
frozen, or so deep as to smother the plants, and remove covering 
before growth starts in spring. Mulching will keep the fruit clean J 
and the soil in good condition through the fruiting season. 
Perfect and Imperfect Blossoms.— Strawberries 
are all perfect or imperfect, or in other words, male and female. ^ 
Those marked (P) are imperfect and destitute of stamens, and must 
be plautod so that they can be fertilized with perfect-flowering varieties, every three, four or five rows. The best 
way to make the fertilization perfect is to set two varieties between — one early and one late. 
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