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E. W. REED’S CATALOGUE OF SMALL FRUITS, ETC. 
NEW STRAWBERRY, MRS. CLEVELAND. 
New Varieties. 
MBS. CLEVELAND. (P.) This new var- 
iety is introduced for the first this season, 
and you will find below some reports from 
experimental stations and others who 
have had the plants, testing them. We 
have our own plants but not seeing any 
fruit only from plants, planted spring of 
’88, — this was not a fair sample— but they 
were fine. And for a robust plant, it ex- I 
cels anything we have, not being injured [ 
by rust, and holds its foliage and fruit 
stems well from the ground. Try it, as 
we have great faith in it, and it is a very 
large berry, and was well named for its 
beauty after the ex-President’s popular 
wife. Below you will find what the orig- 
inator says of it and how it received its 
appropriate name : 
“ This plant was produced from seed sown 
about the middle of July, 1888. It denotes 
Cumberland parentage. A mixture of sev- 
eral varieties was sown together, among 
which was Cumberland. It is a very large 
berry ; vigorous stock, healthy plant ; fruited 
the next June and every season since, bear- 
ing large, uniform berries of excellent shape 
and quality ; color scarlet ami very attrac- 
tive; pistillate blossom; withstands heat 
and drouth admirably well. It was exhib- 
ited at Montgomery Horticultural Society, 
Ohio, June 2, 1886, and reported as quite 
promising. (Its intended name was Mrs. 
Garfield.) Mr. N. H. Albaugh moved that, 
as there was a Mrs. Garfield strawberry, 
this seedling be named Mrs. Cleveland (if 
it be not too previous) in honor of the esti- 
mable lady which the President weds this 
day.” It originated with Mr. George Town 
send, of Darke county, Ohio, originator of 
the beautiful Eureka. The accompanying 
engraving does not really do the berry jus- 
tice. Try it. 
Denison, Tex., Aug. 22, 1889. 
Mu. George Townsend : 
Mrs. Cleveland bore quite early in the 
season. The quality is good ; the plant vig- 
orous ; a very good early berry. 
T. V. Munson. 
Bi.uffton, Mo., July 2, 1889. 
Mu. George Townsend ; 
Mrs. Cleveland is a beauty; No. 3 is fine; 
No. 7 has now a blossom as large as a half 
dollar. Samuel Miller. 
Grand Rapids, June 27, 1889. 
Mr. George Townsend: 
M y Dear Sir :— The two varieties have 
done well, Mrs. Cleveland No. 4 exceed- 
ingly so. Ciias. W. Garfield. 
