MC NICOL’S PLANT NURSERY, R. 1, LEWES, DEL. 
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You Should Try Dorsett This Year 
FRUITLAND. Very early, perfect flowering and is firm enough to ship 
well. Beautiful bright red berries. Heavy, double, green calyx that resem¬ 
bles Big Joe. Flavor is extra good. It is round or top shape, very productive 
and not subject to rust. One of the best plant makers. Berries sell for good 
prices and Fruitland deserves to be more widely planted. Try it. 
DORSETT. Introduced by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Dor- 
sett is a vigorous growing variety. Under normal conditions it produces 
many runners and makes a heavy matted row. The ripening season begins 
about the same time as that of Premier, but a much larger early crop is 
produced. The color is bright red with greenish yellow to red seeds and it 
does not become dark when the fruit is over ripe. The flavor is delicious and 
the fruit somewhat firmer than Premier. It has succeeded on many kinds of 
soil and in many locations. It has out-yielded Premier. We have a limited 
supply of fine healthy plants. 
FAIRFAX. Introduced by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Fair¬ 
fax and Dorsett are both seedlings of Premier and Royal Sovereign. The 
latter is an English variety long noted for its high dessert quality. Nearly 
all who have had the pleasure of sampling Fairfax or Dorsett agree that they 
are superior in quality to any other varieties grown today. Fairfax has 
perfect flowers, is early and the fruit when picked are a bright red and very 
firm, when dead ripe are a glossy dark red and maintain their firmness and 
extra fine flavor. Under trial, Fairfax and Dorsett seem to yield better than 
Premier, with the addition of superior color, firmness, and super-quality. 
RIDGLEY. Another early Maryland berry. A very fine light colored 
shipping berry that takes well in market. Very vigorous and has a beautiful 
appearance. This variety, in this locality, seems to prefer black springy 
soil. Try it on your ground. In this locality Ridgley is largely planted for 
market, many growers claiming it as good with them as Premier. The 
berries are very firm, mostly wedge shaped or fiat shaped. A good plant 
maker. 
ABERDEEN. The midseason berry that is so widely planted in New 
Jersey and Pennsylvania. We recommend this one for nearby market and 
home use. The berries are not so firm but large in size. Attractive light 
color that is maintained even till the berries begin to decay. Aberdeen will 
perhaps average larger than any other variety that sets an equal number of 
berries. Even the last of the crop is, as a rule, marketable in size. 
