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E. W. Reid’s Catalogue of Small Fruits, Etc. 
In placing this new berry before you, we feel that it is another step forward in fruit growing. It is a step 
higher than has ever been reached. We can hardly contrast its value with any other five varieties on the list 
to-day ; in fact, it is in itself what no other live varieties comprise, 
We intend to push this great berry out into the hands of the best fruit-growers in the world. We want all t<> 
try it, and to the one that produces the largest 10 berries from plants bought in the spring of 1893 we will present 
$100.00 IN GOLD. 
The entire stock of this great and valuable variety belongs to 11s. We have paid more cash for it than was 
ever paid for any such fruit, and we are pleased to have the honor of putting such a valuable acquisition 
on the market. We are sure our friends will be ever grateful to us for sending it out. 
The above-mentioned $100 will be paid to the person who grows (from plants procured from us in the spring 
of 1893) the 10 largest berries the following season. 
These are the rules by which you must go : With every 12 plants or upwards, we will give a certificate to 
the effect that you have purchased the Timbrcll, in a number not less than 12 plants, and that you are entered 
for the contest in the summer of 1894. When your fruit is at its best gather the 10 best berries you have and 
weigh them before a justice of the peace, taking your oath that they are Timbrel! . This is all that is required. 
The justice will fill out an affidavit, which you must send to us. 
These certificates must all be in our hands by August 1, 1894, and at that time they will be forwarded to 
K. S. Carman, editor of The Rural New- Yorker ; to whoever he says the prize belongs, we will forward 
$100 in gold. Think of it ; it is, for some one, ten dollars for each berry. 
To the one that is second best we will present 1,000 plants free. 
We have above told you what we are going to do, and will now tell you what you will get in Timbrell. 
It is a seedling that originated with H. S. Timbrell, Unionville, N. Y., and was named in honor of him by 
Mr. Fowler, one of the editors of The Rural New- Yorker , some years ago. It was first brought to light in 1889. 
Mr. Fowler has seen it everv year since ; hence his testimonial in the case as a practical fruit man is very valu- 
able. It is almost impossible to claim too much for it, and you will note that we do not rate it as high as out- 
siders who have fruited it for years ; each one says it has surpassed every thing that has been set beside it. 
TIMBRELL. — P. — Reid’s Greatest 
Success. 
