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Rf.id’s Nurseries — Catalogue ok Small Fruits, Ere. 
PRINCETON CHIEF. 
Our experience of this berry is but limited, but it 
has been much praised and is likely to become a popu- 
lar berry. The fruit is medium large, of good shape, 
dark glossv red color, very solid, with the appearance 
of a good shipper ; ripens a few days after Crescent, and 
continues in bearing up to the 4th of July; holds its 
berries well up on stout, long stems; quality of the 
best, and very sweet. Plant vigorous and hardy, and 
does not seem to suffer in a dry season. 
50 cents per dozen, $2 per 100. 
DAYTON. 
In bringing this new berry before the public, and 
adding another to the already long list of Strawberries, 
we have not acted hastily ; we have concluded to offer 
it only after several years of thorough trial, and after 
having had its merits passed on by some of the best 
horticulturists of the country. 
It is a strong, healthy, vigorous and upright 
grower, entirely free from rust, and its large foliage 
protects the blossoms from frost. In color it is some- 
what darker than the Crescent ; solid, a good shipper, 
of fine form and excellent flavor. It is an immense 
yielder of very large fruit, and holds out well in size 
to the end of the season — a quality lacking in many of 
the newer sorts. 
The points of excellence claimed for the Dayton 
are earliness, hardiness, large size, productiveness, 
superior flavor, perfect bloom, good shipping quality, 
desirable color, vigorous growth, and freedom from rust. 
25 cents per dozen, 75 cents per 100, $5 per 1,000. 
MARSHALL. 
The following is what the originator says of this 
berry: “ Three thousand baskets of berries picked 
on one-third acre last year. The berries are very 
large size, fourteen filling a basket. Color very dark 
crimson throughout; fine flavor and fine grain, and 
good keeper, which commends it for garden or market 
purposes ; plant very vigorous ; stands 20 to 22 inches 
nigh ; blossom perfect ; foliage sufficient to protect 
blossoms from frost. I will sell a limited amount of 
plants at $ro per dozen.” 
The plant is a vigorous, strong, healthy grower ; a 
good plant maker ; berries dark crimson, when ripe; 
large and attractive, of excellent quality and flavor. 
Was awarded the first premium at the Boston Show of 
*893 
Price $1 per dozen, §5 per 100. 
Plant very vigorous, upright grower ; foliage 
healthy, no trace of rust or blight, and leafage suffi- 
cient to protect blossoms from frost. Blossoms perfect, 
strong, staminate. Berry large, conical, perfect form, 
bright, glossy c rimson, and colors all over ; flesh pink, 
texture firm, and very superior flavor, resembling the 
wild berry. In size is remarkably large to the last; 
season is medium to late ; last season picked the first 
berries June 14, and the last July 20. 
For productiveness, I have never seen its equal. 
To show its reputation at home, I will say that the last 
season I could not supply the demand for fruit at 25 
cents a box. 
25 cents per dozen. 75 cents per 100, $5 per 1,000, 
BEVERLY. 
