AFTON, N. Y. 
Shipping Quality.— The best. Very tough skin and a firm berry. 
Shape.— Kather oblong. Resembles Ilaverlaiid, never misshapen 
Blossom.— Perfect. (A strong fertilizer.) 
pj.jnt.— Very vigorous and healthy. (A goo<l plant maker.) 
Fruit Stems.— Are strong, stand up well and there are plenty of them. 
What more could one ask for in the way of qualifications of a perfect strawberry? 
Alnio. (Imp. )— lAotn Mr. Jas A. Bauer of Arkansas. We confidently 
recommend this new berry to our customers and friends. It is a money maker. 
Without doubt one of the most productive varieties yet introduced. Pla its strong 
and healthy and of large size with very long roots. Berries deep red clear through, 
of fine quality, above medium in size, large as the old Wilson and produced in great 
abundance. I believe it to be worthy of a trial by every grower. The Originator 
says; 
Tlial after two years trial it is one of the most prolific berries in the strawberry world. 
Off one plant last season he picked 76 berries which would almost make a quart of green berries. 
Also from two more plants 260 berries. The largest crop of fruit of this variety can be grown 
from a small piece of ground. 
Buster. (Per. ) --This is a good variety of recent introduction. A strong 
growing, thrifty, hardy variety, with dark green foliage and very productive of ex- 
tra large sizeil berries. A very profitable market sort and a good shipper. In a three 
year's test with 217 varieties at the Experimental Farm at Ottowa, Buster took sec- 
ond place for average yield, being outdone only by Mele, which is a soft, small 
berry of poor quality. 
Green’s Pineapple Flavored Strawberry. (Per,)— Greene’s Nursery Co., 
New York. I have fruited this variety once and find it to correspond with the fol- 
lowing: 
Us History— A str.iwbcrry grower at Mt, Morris, N. Y., discovered a valuable new .straw- 
berry. .After testing this variety he destroyed all other varieties, and planteil nothing but this 
new one' He has secured each year an immense crop o/targe and hanilsome berries, which sold 
in the local market at prices far above those of ordinary strawberries. Not only is this new 
variety very vigorous anil productive and the fruit large, but the qu.ality is superior, a rich pine- 
ai>ple flavor. 
Ruby. (Per ) — With me, it has proved to have been well named, being one of 
the heaviest yielders of large berries of any variety of the staminate sorts, a splendid 
fertilizer and plant maker. Rnhy, Sample and VVonder make a splenditl trio to tie 
to. They will produce more large berries than any other three varieties. 
Wick’s Hathaway Hundred Dollar Staminate. (Per.)— From Ohio. We 
quote from Mr. Hathaway's catalogue in part as follows: 
'I'liis— the greatest of all giant strawberries, considering size, yield, uniform type, color 
and flavor— was exhibited at the late Pan American hixposition, as a new tinamed berry. I 
secured my stock from the exhibitor and introduced it in 1902. I mention with permission, that 
of the Storrs and Harrison Co., who having considered or watched the "Hundred Hollar" since 
I introduced it. put in a large stock of the plants on their own ground last spring. In June, 
igos Mr. Harrison, Jr., visited my place when the "llundreil Dollar” was in fruit and person.ally 
picked some of the largest berries which were taken to their offices ami pronounced to be as 
large or larger than any variety they htui ever grown. This with the fact that the season was a 
poor one for the strawberry to do its best. Here we have however a lironth resister in the 
"Hundred Dollar” berry, which not only is the “giant" over all in uniform shape, color, quality 
and size, but it is red to the center- a solid berry, no core— and I doubt if there is any staminate 
variety of the giant class that will produce as niany first class berries. The plant is not only the 
largest, but its immense root growth indicates its worth as a drouth resister. It won first prize 
at the late Pan American Pixposition as the best unamed strawberry: 
Mr Hathaway also states that be picked a quart box level full containing 14 
berries. I have not fruited this variety, but the plant is large and vigorous and in 
every way sati.sfaclory. 
