The Star Strawberry 
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REID’S NURSERIES, UPLAND, OHIO 
STRAWBERRIES 
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 
you know not the hour its strength will be exhausted, and many times the result will be 
loss of crops. 
For field culture set in rows 3 or 3 L feet apart, 15 to 18 in. in rows ; for garden 15 in. 
apart each way, leaving pathway every third row. To produce fine, large fruit, keep in hills, 
pinching runners off as soon as they appear. The ground should always 
be kept clean and 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 cover- 
Perfect Flower. in S. before growth starts in spring. Mulching will keep the fruit clean 
and the soil in good condition through the fruiting season. 
Berlcct and Imperfect Blossoms. — Strawberries are all perfect or imper- 
fect, or m otner words, male and female. Those marked (P) are imperfect and destitute of 
stamens, and must be planted so that the)' 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. Imperfect Flower. 
Star Strawberry 
★ The berry is large and handsome in appearance, measuring 6 to 7 inches in circumference, on the average. 
It is as near perfection in shape as possible, somewhat resembling 
the Gandy, but not quite so dark in color. It is a beautiful, glossy 
crimson, and colors all over at the same time, being an ideal berry 
in this respect. All the berries average large from first to last, 
with no small or ill-shaped berries throughout the entire season. In 
quality it is of the best. All who have tested it pronounce it the best 
they have ever eaten. This, we feel sure, will be the verdict of all 
who try it. 
★ In productiveness we have never seen the equal of Star. It 
matures all its berries in a dry season, possessing the greatest 
drought-resisting qualities of any berry we are acquainted with, 
having matured a full crop when all the ordinary varieties were 
complete failures. The plant is a strong and vigorous grower, with 
healthy green foliage, deep rooted and very prolific, being a stami- 
nate, or perfect variety. Season of ripening second early. 
★ For profit we know of no berry which will equal it. When 
grown beside Bubach, Haverland, Warfield, Sharpless, and several 
of the newer varieties, the comparison was very plainly visible. Its 
superiority in every point was very marked — in quality, size and 
productiveness. Some of the berries were placed on the market, 
when they readily brought a fancy price, the average being at 
wholesale, 17 cents per quart, at a time when no other sort offered 
would bring over 6 cents. Price, 50 cts. per doz., $t per 100, 
$5 per 1,000. 
Uncle Sam Strawberry 
This new seedling berry originated in Ohio, and is far superior to any of the recent introductions. The in- 
troducer’s description is as follows : “ Large to very large, will average larger than Bubach ; ripens with the 
Bubach, but has a much longer season, a perfect bloom and is much more prolific. Have picked Uncle Sam 
berries as early as May 22, and on Ju y 5 of same year, picked berries i'A inches in diameter. There are no 
green ends, and no buttons or nubbins on first year’s fruiting. Color red, quality delicious, foliage strong and 
vigorous ; berries of Uncle Sam can be picked two weeks after most other berries are gone.” 
Our attention having been particularly drawn to this remarkable berry, we have decided to offer it the com- 
ing spring, having the greatest confidence that it will meet the approval of our many customers as being the 
best berry on the market at the present time. The stock is somewhat limited and, to insure getting the plants 
early orders for this variety are necessary. Price, $2 per doz., 25 plants $4, postpaid. 
STANDARD VARIETIES 
Beder Wood 
Doz. 
100 
$0 50 
1,000 
$3 00 
Haverland (P) . 
Brandywine 
25 
50 
3 00 
Lady Thompson 
Bubach No. 5 (P) 
50 
3 50 
Lovett's Early . 
Crescent (P) 
50 
2 50 
Nick Ohmer . . 
Clyde 
75 
3 50 
Parker Earle . - 
Cumberland * . . 
50 
3 °o 
Tennessee Prolific 
Gandy's Prize 
25 
50 
3 00 
Warfield (P) 
Glen Mary 
75 
4 00 
Wilson 
Greenville (P) 
25 
50 
3 00 
Woolverton • . . 
j&^Add 20 cts. per ioo if to be sent by mail ; at dozen rates, postage free. 
Doz. 100 1,000 
|o 25 $0 50 $3 00 
25 50 3 00 
25 5 ° 3 00 
25 1 00 5 00 
25 60 4 00 
25 50 3 00 
25 50 3 00 
25 5 ° 3 00 
25 50 3 00 
