, Spring 
Brandi New Strawberries 
Uncle Cap — Big, Sweet, the Shortcake Strawberry 
1-UNCLE CAP 
The Shortcake Strawberry 
NONE BETTER FOR TABLE USE 
This big sweet berry came from among the same 
5,000 seedling strawberry plants from which was 
selected our Kanner King. Its mother parent is 
the Mastodon, but its father parent is not defi¬ 
nitely known. Nevertheless, Uncle Cap was the 
biggest, sweetest, most suitable shortcake straw¬ 
berry out of the 5,000 seedlings. Uncle Cap is 
sure to please you with its big sweet berries. 
How and Wlly Named 
There are Uncle Jim’s, Uncle Joe’s, uncle this 
and uncle that, and we often said that IF we ever- 
developed a big, attractive, sweet berry better' 
than all other “uncle berries” we knew of, we 
would name it Uncle Cap, after our father who 
got the “Cap” part of it from being Captain of 
the 10th Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War. 
So you now know we think a lot of this berry 
to give it a family name. You will too when you 
grow and eat some of its big sugar-sweet berries. 
2 
-kanner king 
KING OF THE CANNERS 
This variety is more completely described and illustrated on pages 
1, 2, 3, 12 and 13, but we list it here among our “3 Brand New Straw¬ 
berries.” It has its place here for it is the best “all ’round” berry of 
them all and the one from which you can realize the most profit. Turn 
to the above mentioned pages, that is the result of 5 years of hard, 
constant work on our part. 
3 f fjL Flavor Unlike Any American 
m ^^ Variety 
A LEADING VARIETY FROM NORTHERN FRANCE 
You have heard people speak of the wonderful big delicious berries 
that are grown in Northern France and Belgium and how tourists who 
pass through these countries during strawberry time, have raved over 
the large sweet berries they found cultivated there? Well, here’s the 
berry they have reference to. It goes by the name of ANANAS DE 
GUEIMICE in France, but to simplify matters, we call it Joan. 
How and Why We Obtained Joan 
In our work in strawberry plant breeding, endeavoring to bring 
about new varieties of strawberries better than those now com¬ 
monly grown, we got in communication with the United States 
Bureau of Plant Industry at Washington, D. C., and asked for 
assistance in obtaining some foreign varieties. As a result, we 
were sent this variety from Northern France. Since that time 
(5 years ago) we have grown and fruited Joan and found it to be 
a variety worthy of being introduced under our standard. De¬ 
scription: Joan is a productive variety, with large beautiful 
berries. The notation we got from the U. S. Bureau of Plant 
Industry stated: “It is a pistilate sort and, with us rather late 
and quite productive. The berries are large and handsome.” We 
also find that it has a very delicious flavor, one that will make 
every strawberry lover want more and more of them. 
Our supply is limited, expect to sell out before the end of the 
season at the extremely low price we are asking for this new 
foreign variety. See price on page 22. 
Uncle Cap Enters Commercial Market 
Last spring was the first opportunity we had to test 
Uncle Cap as a commercial variety. The large berries 
showed up well in crates and brought from 25 to 50 cents, 
more per crate on the Chicago Market than common 
commercial varieties. They stood up well also, for a 
big berry. So Uncle Cap has entered the commercial 
market as a commercial variety. 
SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER 
Only one of these Offers allowed per Customer 
25 Uncle Cap .$0.85 © C 
25 Kanner King ... .75 SPECIAL ^ ■ O <3 
25 Joan .65 OFFER... 1 
- Postpaid in Ohio, Mich., 
Total.$2.25 Ind., Ill., Wis. 
In States in Group 2 (see page 21) add 21c; in 
Group 3, add 31c;; in Group 4, add 47c. 
Joan—A French Beauty 
KEITH BROS. NURSERY, Sawyer, Michigan 
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