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C. W. GRAHAM'S SMALL FRUIT CATALOGUE. 
Strawberries 
fruited it yet. My plants are large and 
fine. Midseason. Doz. $1.00; 100, $5.00. 
By mail, post-paid, at dozen and 100 rates. 
CLYDE.— The following is from the 
originator:’ “I have fruited this variety 5 
years and it has not only proved the most 
productive, but the best paying berry I ever 
grew for market. Has not yet failed to 
produce a heavy crop, and sold at the nign- 
est price, being late in blooming and early 
in ripening, and continuing to late. ’ 
Michigan Agr. Exp. Station, 1893, says: 
Clyde (b). — First ripe fruits June 2 1st; crop> 
at best June 24-26th ; fruit, large to med- 
ium in size, round conical or broad conical; 
bright dark scarlet color; productiveness, 
9 8; quality, 8.5; firmness, 9.8; plants re- 
mained healthy, and crop held out well to 
close of season ; the plants are productive 
and the berry firm ; one of the most prom- 
ising of the new varieties. Report further 
savs: Varieties possessing points of ex- 
cellence superior to those of average berry , 
and which seems desirous of a place among 
the best, Clyde stands first on the list. 
WI. BELT. — ‘ Six years ago the late 
Wm. Belt, of Williamsburg. Ohio, sent this 
variety to me on trial, claiming it to be 
larger than Bubach, twice as productive 
and of much better quality, I purchased 
the entire stock and now offer it as a var- 
iety of great meric. It has been tested in 
many places and has never failed to my 
knowledge. I could furnish many testi- 
monials had I room to publish them. The 
plant is large and healthy, a luxuriant 
grower and very productive; blossom per- 
fect. The fruit is the largest I ever saw. 
On more than one occasion I have had 12 
berries that made a quart. The first berries 
that ripen are apt to be coxcombed but all 
the others are regular conical form. It 
colors all over and is as red and glossy as 
any in cultivation. It is as firm as other 
berries and among the best in quality.” 
M. Crawford. 
"Berries large, conical, rather long, reg- 
ular in outline, bright red, glossy, quality 
good, moderately firm, plants vigorous, 
healthy and quite prolific. This is one of 
the most promising varieties ever tested at 
the station. In size and general appearance 
it compares favorably with the Marshall, 
but holds out better toward the end of the 
season and gives a greater number of short 
berries. It has been tested two seasons 
here and the Marshall only one, hence an 
opinion as to relative value here would be 
premature. The Marshall has pretty gen- 
erally been accorded a high place and the 
probability is that Wm. Belt will take 
about the same rank.”— Ohio Experiment 
Station, Oct. 1894. 
My stock came direct from Mr. Crawford 
at a cost of $10 per dozen. I have not 
The following is from Canadian Horti- 
culturist, Nov. 1895: “Clyde (s).-This isa 
seedling of the Cyclone, grown by Dr. Stay 
man, of Kansas. The plant of the Clyde is 
perfect in every respect. It is very healthy 
and vigorous, not a spot of rust or trace of 
disease on it. It resembles its parent and 
the Haverland, but is stronger and more 
vigorous than either of them. The season, 
is “second early, continuing a long time. 
Size: It is large, no small berries. Quality 
is good and is very firm, a bright, dark 
scarlet in color, and one of the most pro- 
ductive. This season it stood far and away 
at the head, showing that it is a dry season 
berry. The strong plant with its roots 
going down so deep enables it to stand a 
dry time better than many others. I con- 
sider it one of the best, if not the beRt, of 
the general purpose berries now offered. I 
have fruited it three seasons I would ad- 
vise all berry growers to plant some Clyde. 
Price— $2.oo per Doz., $io per Hundred. 
GARDNER. -A very promising new 
Strawberry from Iown. Tne plant is an 
exceedingly strong grower; very stocky 
and large and fruits very heavy. It sets 
fully as much fruit as does the Parker 
Earle, and holds its size down to the last ' 
picking. Berries are large, of a bright 
crimson, quite firm, and of excellent quality,, 
possessing the wild strawberry flavor. By 
reason of its firmness and good shipping 
qualities, berry growers will find it unsur- 
passed for carrying to distant market. 
