E. W. REID’S CATALOGUE OF SMALL FRUITS, ETC. 
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STRAWBERRIES) Continued. 
Grand Rapids, Micii., Aug. 29, 1889. 
Mit. Geo. Townsend: 
I let Mr. S. S. Bailey, my neighbor, try 
your berries on a more retentive soil, but 
not so very rich. He has exhibited them at 
our June meetings. Mrs. Cleveland No. 4 
he considered very satisfactory, and it was 
well thought of by the committee. 
Chas. W. Garfield. 
Granton, Ont., June 30, 1887. 
Fkiekd Townsend: 
You sent me four plants of your Mrs. 
Cleveland No. 4. The white grub took two 
of them. From these I got several good, 
healthy plants The fruit from these gave 
some of tho largest berries I ever had. I 
am satisfied they will make a place in straw- 
berry culture second to none that has got 
hoisted on the public by interested parties. 
Your plants have fruited by the side" of Bu- 
bach, Belmont, Gold, Jewell , Summit and sev- 
eral others. None of these gave as large 
berries as Mrs. Cleveland No. 4. If you 
have anything as good or better than these 
I have, I would like to get them this fall. 
John Little. 
Ohio Experimental Station, i 
June 24, 1889. J 
Mb. Geo. Townsend: 
Your Mrs. Cleveland No. 4 is extra good, 
very large and fine, plants healthy and vig- 
orous. I think very well of it. 
W. J. Green. 
Denison, Tux., Oct. 15, I8S9. 
Mk. Geo. Townsend: 
Tho Mrs. Cleveland strawberry, obtained 
of you for testing, is a good grower, large, 
light scarlet, early, of good quality and 
rather more productive than Eureka. It is, 
I think, rather a better berry than Jessie, 
but not quite equal to Buhach, which makes 
it a berry of high merit. T. V. Munson. 
Indianapolis, Ind., July 20, 1889. 
Mit. Geo. Townsend: 
Mrs. Cleveland is a very lino new seedling, 
but I think you made a mistake in naming 
it. You should have called it Mrs. Harri- 
son. Ohio Central I like nearly as well as 
your Eureka. Theodore Wilson. 
Darke Counta', Ohio, Oct. 4, 1S89. 
Mr. George Townsend has presented me 
four seasons past with the Mrs. Cleveland 
strawberry. The berry is large and excel- 
lent quality, and is my favorite berry. 
E. Ammon. 
Price, .$2 per doz., $10 per 100, $80 per 1,000. 
FLORENCE (Clara) . Originated in Cuy- 
ahoga county, Ohio. It is a beautiful 
bright' red, resembling the old Wilson in 
shape, but a brighter red. and holds its 
color well after being picked, averaging 
half as large again. Its fruit is borne on 
large, strong fruit trusses, holding the 
berries well up from the ground, keeping 
the berries clean. It is an excellent run- 
ner and good shipper, equalling the old 
Wilson. Its beautiful, attractive appear- 
ance finds it a ready sale. Its season is 
medium to late, with a perfect blossom. 
$2 per doz., $10 per 100, $80 per 1,000. 
I-T.ORENCE STRAWBERRY. 
Denison, Tex., Aug. 12, 1889. 
Gents: — The (Clara) Florence vou sent 
me last season has kept up with the rest of 
the berries. T. V. Munson. 
S. Haven, Mich., Nov. 15, 1889. 
Deaii Sir:— T he strawberry plants re- 
ceived from you as (Clara) Florence , in the 
fall of 1888, came safely through the follow- 
ing winter, and showed as full crop of fruit 
during June as could have been expected 
under the circumstances. The vigor of the 
plant and the character of the fruit, so far, 
lead me to expect much for it as a market 
variety, when it shall display its full char- 
acter as a producer, as I expect it to do next 
spring. t. T. Lyon. 
Crystal Springs, Miss., Mar. 7, 1889. 
M. T. Thompson: 
You just ought to see the (Clara) Florence. 
If your daughter is as pretty a girl as this 
is a plant, she is worth going a long way to 
see. It has about six leaves out in full, and 
the bloom buds are raising their heads. I 
never saw a more beautiful plant. 
Rev. W. A. Mason. 
Hardin County, O., Aug. 12, 1889. 
M. T. Thompson : 
The (Clara) Florence is doing finely and 
has made a few sells. I let one berry grow, 
which weighed three-quarters of an ounce, 
as large as any of the other varieties that 
had been set the year before. 
J. E. Mekty. 
MICHEL’S EARLY. A new strawberry 
from Arkansas, with good recommenda- 
tions backing it. We have not fruited it 
as yet. but it comes so well recommended 
to us, that we do not hesitate to recom- 
mend it to our customers. The introducers 
speak of it as follows : 
“ This is an accidental seedling, and the 
earliest and most profitable in cultivation, 
of the finest flavor; a perfect blossom, as 
large and firm as the Crescent, from ten io 
twelve days earlier, and as productive. 
Plant the hardiest of all known, and free 
from rust or blight. Growing side by side 
