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E. W. Reid’s Catalogue or Small Fruits, Etc. 
PARKER EARLE. 
Without doubt the best berry on the market, speaking in a general way, and taking into consideration its 
general good qualities. There are others of larger type, and others more productive, but there are not any that 
will rank with it in general quality. 
In speaking of Parker Earle in the spring of ’92, we recommended all our trade to plant it in a general way, 
and for market, and but few did not try it. We had faith in it from its very first appearance on our grounds ; so 
much so that we planted it heavily, and the more we see of it the more we are impressed. 
On our grounds, after we had dug every plant from a bed in the spring of ’91, the parent plant, in the spring 
of ’92, produced an average of over one quart per hill, or 10,000 quarts per acre. This crop was harvested under 
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A FIELD OF PARKER EARLE. 
tlie most unfavorable circumstances, as there was not a working-day from March 25 to May 15 that we were not 
among them, taking up plants, and loosening the soil about the roots. Had the above-named plantation not 
been clisturbed, I have no doubt it would have yielded at the rate of at least 500 bushels to the acre. 
Every commercial grower should plant it, and we will say that it will be years before it will be reduced to 
the regular rate of standard sorts. It makes but few runners, and the increased demand that must be fora 
berry of its quality will keep it high for some years. We have reduced our rates to about one-half that of last 
spring, so that they will be in reach of the commercial grower, and think we are safe in saying that our stock 
is the largest outside of Texas, “ its home.” 
50 cents per dozen, $2 per 100, $12.50 per 1,000. 
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 its merits passed on by some of the best horti- 
culturists of the country. 
The “Dayton” (so named by request of the members of the 
Montgomery County Horticultural Society, at the June meeting, 
1891, held at the home of the originator) is a chance seedling. Mr. 
Feicht’s attention was drawn to it by its heavy stem and immense 
cluster of fine, large fruit. It was tested side by side with the 
Crescent and other productive varieties, and it outyielded them all 
besides, it proved six days earlier than the Crescent. 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 entire 
freedom from rust. 
the dayton strawberrv. SI per dozen, $4 per 100, S30 per 1,000. 
