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E. W. Reid’s Catalogue of Small Fruits, Etc. 
Reid’s Great TIMBRELL Strawberry, continued. 
Matthew Crawford, in The Rural Neiv- Yorker : “Timbrell. — This is a variety of great merit. I have 
watched it carefully, and am glad to report that It. has not a single weak point. 1 he plant is a luxuiiant 
grower, and enormously productive. The fiuit is very large, nearly always of regular, conical torm, crimson 
color, firm, of very excellent quality, and one of the latest to ripen.” 
E S Carman, again in The Rural New- Yorker: “ We are glad to have so good a Strawberry authority as 
Matthew Crawford confirm The Rural New- Yorker's opinion of the Timbrell. He regards it as entitled to the 
first place among the lists of to-day. He says it has no weak points. It is very large, fine, film and of excel- 
lent quality.’ ” 
These are but a few of the leading comments from the press speaking in such high terms of Timbjell 
Strawberry. „ Not a Weak Spo t in Timbrell.” 
Glenwood, N. J., Nov. 8, 1893. 
E W Reid • Dear Sir— The past season the Timbrell was a perfect berry— large, late, perfect and firm, 
immensely productive and of the best quality ; not a weak spot in the Timbrell, plant or berry . It would please 
me if all the readers of your catalogue could understand that this is my conscientious opinion, after years ot 
fruiting the Timbrell berry, and is gratuitously given. I have no plants to sell or trade, and I speak only from 
my personal experience. I sold my whole crop to Smith & Wood, of New York, and enclosed you will find 
their letter concerning Timbrell. Yours, ASAJ. BAX IRK. 
[The following is the letter above referred to, sent Mr. Baxter about Timbrell, from a fancy fruit-dealer in 
NewYork ' ] August 2 , ,8 93 . 
A. J. Baxter : Dear Sir— In reply to your inquiry as to what we think of the Timbrell Strawberry, would 
say that we have been handling Strawberries for the last ten years, and handle many hundreds of bushels each 
year but we have never had a Strawberry that has been so satisfactory to us and our customers as the 1 imbrel . 
So far as our judgment goes, it, is the finest Strawberry in the world, and that is saying a gieat deal. 
Also, please note that the last berries sold from our store this season were Timbrell front your beds 
Yours truly, SMITH & VVUUL). 
From the Originator. 
E W Rfid ■ My Dear Sir — Yours of the 6th at hand, asking my experience with Timbrell this season. I 
have nothing to take back that I have said: It is the “King of Strawberries.” 1 have now fruited it for 
nine years, and in all this time it has not shown a fault. The past season was very dry, but it did not seem to 
shorten my crop of Timbrell— the vines were heavily loaded with fruit, and it all ripened perfectly, while on 
other varieties the berries dried up. The Timbrell vines were healthy and green, and we picked a very fine 
crop of berries, many measuring nine inches in circumference. ... 
There is a heavy demand for the fruit, as it is so fine for canning, being so solid. I got orders by the crate 
from private parties, paying me two and three cents per box in advance for them more than any other berry. 
Since having Timbrell, I have been buying new varieties, trying to see if I could get anything to excel it, but 
its i 
twenty 
higher, » w » =y *He). He has not 
vith many more 
H. S. TIMBRELL. 
Since having Timbrell, I have been buying new varieties, trying to see if I could get anything to excel it, Dut 
its equal I have yet to find. I have discarded about fifty varieties that have been highly lauded. I have yet 
twenty varieties, but Timbrell stands away above every thing else, and I feel this year like praising it still 
higher as it is so large, high flavored, solid and prolific, with vines healthy, luxuriant, and late m blooming. 
Mr Lunzer has been here, and has gotten a fair representation of the Strawberry (natural size). Me has not 
exaggerated them in the least, as I had berries larger than theones he has painted, and^tems_witf 
berries, but this that he painted is a fair representation. 
Our Artist’s Opinion. 
New York City, Oct. 13, 1893. 
E. W. Reid : My Dear Sir— I have made the design for Eldorado, but I would ask you to let me have that 
photograph again, as I intend to make a large private study of it for myself, as it represents certainly one oi the 
finest bunches of blackberries I have ever seen. 1 trust your catalogue this season will be a grand success. A 
private study of the Timbrell is shown to every visitor to my house, and as a rule they ask lor further informa- 
tion which I promise to give as soon as your catalogue reaches me. I consider it mv duty, as soon as 1 allow 
my name to go on a plate, to do all in mv power to convince the public that what I copied from nature was done 
true to nature. Iam, ' Yours truly, A. Lunzer. 
LAST YEAR’S 
New York City, August 7, 1892. 
E. W. Rfid : My Dear Sir— Yes, I have tried the Timbrell, 
and it is, as judged bv me, the best berry— all things consid- 
ered -I have ever tried. 
Abundantly productive, of the first quality, large size, and 
having a characteristic form, which is fairly regular; it is, 
besides, a firm berry. The vines arc vigorous and hardy. 1 
can hardly say too much in favor of this berry from one season’s 
trial. Sincerely, E. S. CARMAN, 
Editor of The Rural New Yorker. 
New York City, August /, 1892. 
E. W. Reid: Dear Sir— Yours inquiring about the TiM- 
brkll Strawberry at hand. I saw the berry the first season it 
bore. It was sent to me to be named (I was then editor of 
the Orange County Farmer ), and 1 have seen it every year 
since, three or four, I think, both on my own place, where I 
had a few plants; on Mr. Carman’s place at River Edge, N. 
J.; on the grounds of the originator, and on one or two neigh- 
bors’ places. , 
In quality it is very far superioi to Parker Earle or Bubach— 
indeed, I know of no Strawberry now in cultivation so good ; 
it is much finer than Gandy or Downing; in productiveness 1 
think it will equal, if not surpass, Bubach, and it is a much 
better vielder than Sharpless. I have only seen Parker P2arle 
in small beds, and so cannot judge between it and Timbrell 
save in quality. 
The fruit is large, generally uniform in shape, and dark 
crimson in color; the plant 13 vigorous— a rank grower. 1 
Price, $2 per do z., Sio 
EXPERIENCE. 
think the berry is as solid as Bubach, rather more so. It is the 
best in quality of any berry I know, and it has a future. 
E. G. FOWLER, 
Assistant Editor Rural New- Yorker . 
Glenwood, New Jersey, August 24 , 1892. 
F.. W. Rfid : Dear Sir— Have had two years’ acquaintance 
with the Timbrell Strawberry, and have fruited it I find it 
large, late, of good form, firm, productive, and of the best 
quality. 
Among the late berries, Gandy, Parker Earle, Enhance, 
etc., it is later than any, and is remarkable in productive- 
ness and quality. 
1 regard it as thegreatest acquisition ever made to the Straw- 
berry world, and predict that the Timbrell berry will be a 
more general favorite than any variety now on the market. 
A. J. BAXTER. 
Unionville, New York, September 2, 1S92. 
E. W. Reid: Dear Sir— In regard to the Timbrell straw- 
berry, tested on my grounds for the past two seasons, 1 have 
to report, (1) that it was planted and cultivated beside several 
of the more popular sorts, both new and old hut it far sur- 
passed all other varieties in everything that goes to make up 
a desirable berry. (2) Foi'health of plant, productiveness, size, 
solidity, and Flavor (with a big F), it, in my opinion, beats 
the world. I predict for it a run tar exceeding that of any 
Strawberry vet introduced. Yours truly, 
J. O. AUSTIN. 
per 100, #75 per 1,000. 
