Tke 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 fer- 
tilizers with us have never proved a profitable investment; hence, wo pay more in proportion 
for the former than the latter. The manure has the lasting qualities, where with the phos- 
phate 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% feet apart, 15 to 18 in. in rows; for garden 15 in. 
apart each way, leaving pathway every third row. To produce line, 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- 
ing before growth starts in spring. Mulching will keep the fruit clean 
reri cti w . an( j the soil in good condition through the fruiting season. 
Perfect and Imperfect Blossoms. — Strawberries are all perfect or imper- 
fect, or in other words, male and female. Those marked ( P) are imperfect and destitute of 
stamens, and must be planted 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. 
A GENUINE 
STAR 
STRAWBERRY 
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 w r ith, 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 staminate, 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 (3 cents. Price, 50 cts. per doz., $1.50 per 100, $8 per 1,000. 
