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E. W. Reid’s Catalogue of Small Fruits, Etc. 
LOVETT’S EARLY. 
“ Love' t's Early is , without doubt, the most promising of the early varieties . The plants ate rank and 
vigorous growers , the fruit ripens early , is large and uniform in size , firm, of a high, rich c lot -, splendid 
in flavor. It is perfect-flowering, very desirable as an early variety, and a prolific bearer — American 
Agriculturist. 
“ Lovett' s Early is a first-class strawberry , and no mistake. Try it ." — Farm Journal. 
We think favorably of this popular new berry. It has done exceedingly well with us this season, and we 
find that the plants are much more vigorous on Ohio soil than in its home. The fruit we received was very fine, 
but because we did not have a stock prior to last season we could not give them a thorough test. Our plants are 
all our own growth, and are very vigorous. The introducer speaks of it as follows • 
“A wise son maketh a glad father, and a fruit proving under general trial a valuable fruit maketh a glad 
disseminator. Therefore the whole world seems very bright and beautiful to us — and the joy we experience goes 
far to mitigate the trials and tribulations attending the management of a nursery. Lovett’s Early strawberry — 
which we have fruited the past year on a more extended scale than any other— has not only borne out its previous 
good record of excelling all others as an all-around general-purpose berry, but we are receiving most 
favorable reports upon it from the Experiment Stations of almost every state in the Union, and not a single 
unfavorable one among them all. 
“ Lovett’s Early gave us ripe berries on May 22 , the earliest date we have ever gathered ripe strawberries. 
Beginning thus to ripen early, it continues to near the close of the season, and, owing to its wonderful vigor of 
plant, it maintains a good size and good form to the end. It does not give so great a yield at any single picking 
as some varieties that go quickly, but during the whole season, from first to last, we have yet to see a strawberry 
produce so much fruit upon a given space and under neglect. The berries are not of the colossal size of the 
Sharpless, although seldom, if ever, ill-shaped. They are of the brightest crimson, excel in firmness any variety 
except Wilson, which they equal, retain their bright color and ‘stand up ’ longer than any other sort, and are of 
superb quality In brief; it is an improvement upon both the Crescent and Wilson, from which it has undoubt- 
edly descended, being much larger and more prolific than either, and equaling or excelling those heroes in 
every good property. The plant is perfection itself in habit and growth, and the blossom is perfect.” 
50 cents per dozen, SI. 50 per 100, S10 per 1,000 
