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Reid’s Nurseries — Catalogue of Small Fruits, Etc. 
Special Varieties. 
SHUSTER’S GEM. 
Crawford. Large, bright red, covered with gloss, 
making a beautiful fruit ; plant robust and produc- 
tive under good culture; is grown on heavy soil; 
requires good care and plenty of fertilizer. 25 cents 
per dozen, 75 cents per 100, $\ per 1.000. 
Cnhauce. This was one of the perfect-flowered 
varieties that gave a good crop in spite of the frost. 
It seems to be nearly equal to the pistillate varieties 
in this respect. The Enhance has been on trial at the 
station a sufficient length of time to warrant the 
assertion that it has decided merits as a pollenizer 
and market variety. The plants are very vigorous 
and almost perfectly healthy, and but little inferior 
to the best pistillate sorts in productiveness. It is 
strictly a market sort, however, as it is too acid and 
ill shaped to suit amateurs. 25 cents per dozen, 
50 cents per 100, $4 per 1,000. 
Farnsworth. This berry is well-known to growers 
by its superior flavor, by reason of which it heads 
the list of the Strawberry family. It is among the 
earliest, yet it is not claimed to be as abundant a 
producer as some of the standard sorts, while sur- 
passing them in quality. It is superb for the home 
garden, being highly recommended by the Ohio 
Experiment Station for every garden. The berries 
are larger than those of the Crescent. 25 cents per 
dozen, 75 cents per 100, $4 per 1,000. 
Governor Hoard. We have no hesitation in offer- 
ing this to our customers as a variety of great prom- 
ise. It has been tested ten years, and during that 
time has been as free from rust as any ever grown, 
and has shown no weakness of any kind. Seedling 
of the Sharpless, and like its parent in healthy 
growth. 50 cents per dozen, $1 per 100, §5 per 1,000. 
Meek’s Early. (P.) This we regard as the acme of 
sweetness and high, rich flavor. A berry also of 
most beautiful appearance; plant as fine a grower as 
we have; size uniform though not extra large; color 
rich, dark crimson; very early. 25 cents per dozen, 
50 cents per 100, $4 per 1 ,000. 
Mrs. Cleveland. (P.) Resembles the Cumberland 
in foliage; is excellent in quality, large, scarlet, very 
attractive. Valuable for home garden; fruit being 
of best quality, free from disease; and endurs 
neglect. 25 cents per dozen, Si per ioo, $5 per 1,000. 
Muskingum. We have been cultivating and testing 
this variety for about eight years, being better 
pleased with its behavior each year, till it is now our 
main cropper. Tt makes a large, perfect blossom on 
good, stout fruit stems, and is very prolific in bear- 
ing, and in vigor and growth of plant is not surpassed 
by any. Never blights, scalds or burns in the leaf, 
no matter how hot or wet the weather The berries 
are of large size, and continue large to the end of the 
season. In form obtusely conical, but mostlv round 
toward last of the season ; yet few of the very largest 
are coxcomb. They ripen very evenly all over ; the 
berries never scald or burn in the sun, and we have 
had them to hang on vines for several days after 
SAUNDERS. 
ripening without spoiling. The berry is a very nice, 
red, glossy color, with red flesh and of good flavor, 
which makes it a good berry for home use and the 
most profitable market berry we have ever grown. 
^ 25 cents per dozen, $r per 100, $8 per 1,000. 
Saunders. A Canadian berry of great value for the 
market-grower. The plant is large and vigorous, 
free from rust, and is as healthy and hardy as any 
ever sent out. It makes many runners, has a per- 
fect blossom, and is enormously productive. In 
this respect it excelled all others on my place last 
season, and was the wonder of all who saw it. The 
fruit is very large, conical, slightly flattened, and 
often has a depression on one or both sides. It is 
deep red and remarkably glossy. The flesh is of 
the same color, with a sprightly, agreeable flavor. 
^ 25 cents per dozen, 75 cents per 100, $6 per 1,000. 
Shuster’s Gem. (P.) A cross between Crescent and 
Sharpless, it inherits to a great degree the charac- 
teristics of its parents, as will be seen and recognized 
from our description of it. The plant is unusually 
strong and vigorous, with bright, healthy foliage and 
a pistillate blossom. The fruit is large to very large, 
of globular shape, exceedingly regular and uniform 
in both size and shape, maintaining a good size to 
the end of the season; beautiful, bright scarlet in 
color, and of excellent quality. It ripens from early 
to midseason, continuing in bearing until late. It 
does not need petting of any sort, andseems to adapt 
itself to almost any soil and treatment. 25 cents per 
dozen, $1 per 100, $5 per 1,000. 
Shuckless. This is the most remarkable Strawberry 
ever introduced, inasmuch as it possesses a peculiar 
feature distinguishing it from all others. This dis- 
tinguishing characteristic is indicated by its name. 
In picking it parts readily from the stem, the shucks 
remaining on the stem instead of the berry. This is 
not only a novel feature, but one of the greatest 
practical value, inasmuch as the berries are ready 
for the table as soon as picked, thus obviating the 
tedious task of shucking necessary with other sorts. 
This feature will be appreciated by housekeepers, 
and will place the Shuckless at the head of the list 
of best garlen sorts. 50 cents per dozen, $2 per 100. 
Swindle. (P.) The plant in habit of growth some- 
what resembles the Glendale, although with rather 
broader leaves. It is a more vigorous grower than 
either of its parents, and makes runners freely ,* 
leaf and fruit stalks are long and stout, fruit stalks 
verv abundant and branch freely, so that often thirty 
to fifty berries form on a single cluster ; blossoms 
pistillate; blooms medium till late ; fruit ripens late 
to very late; always large to very large ; rich, dark, 
glossy scarlet color; sprightly, high flavor, some- 
what acid. but of excellent quality; firm and solid, 
and a grand shipper ; in a general way, both plant 
and fruit resemble Gandv, only the berries average 
larger and of richer color. 25 cents per dozen, 
75 cents per 100, $5 per 1,000. 
