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NEW HQME. —This variety has again made an 
excellent record, having given 
me a large crop of beautiful, firm berries that sold 
considerably higher than the common run of the crop 
the past season. While there seems to be places where 
it does not do well, it has been more certain to give 
me a crop and bring good prices for the last ten years 
than anything that I have grown. Some of the new 
ones may be better, and in fact at this time I should 
prefer the Chesapeake of the two, but as above stated 
the New Home has made me more money than any 
variety of strawberries I have ever grown. It is de¬ 
scribed as follows : As late and as large as the Gandy, 
fruit blight red color that does not lose its lustre and 
turn dark after being picked a long time ; uniformly 
large size and the best shipping berry grown, Hoffman 
not excepted. Vigorous growth, and, unlike Gandy, 
will produce a large crop on either high or low land. 
The fruit is so firm and the keeping quality so good it 
does not require picking oftener than three times a 
week, when it w r ill usually make 1,000 quarts or more 
per acre at a single picking during the height of the 
season. Pickers are always anxious to pick these ber¬ 
ries, and I have had good pickers that would pick 40 
quarts an hour; some say they could do even better. 
One peculiarity about the plants of the New Home I 
want to mention, and that is. that all through the rows 
there are more or less very light colored or yellow 
leaves: this is the characteristic of the variety and 
seems to do it no harm. I want to mention this be¬ 
cause a great many have written me about it. You 
could not have the variety true if you could not see 
this freak of nature sprinkled through your beds. 
Since having this berry on the market I have had 
some very flattering reports, and quite a number that 
were not. I can only say that if it does for others as 
it has done for me, you will find it one of the best 
paying varieties you can grow. 
PRESIDENT. —A most remarkable variety, ripen¬ 
ing in mid-season. For large size, 
beauty, great productiveness and high quality it stands 
very high among strawberries. It is, however, of ten¬ 
der* texture and is not suited for shipping to distant 
points. The plants are of immense size, one of the 
largest on our farm, and under ordinary culture the 
huge berries were literally heaped on the rows. The 
qualitv is of the very best; berries globular but some¬ 
what irregular, occasionally ridged, deep rich crimson 
with a large bright green cap. Flesh deep red. They 
remain large until the end of the season, and the 
plants retain their rich green color until all berries 
have been gathered. Highly recommended at recent 
meeting of the New Jersey Horticultural Society, and 
by numerous prominent growers. I fruited a few of 
these the past season and found them very satisfactory. 
The neighbors who came over and saw the President 
were very enthusiastic over it, and in almost every 
instance wanted plants. 
OOM PATJX. —This variety has made a wonder¬ 
ful growth of large, healthy 
plants. It makes enough runners to bed up nicely and 
the fruit is long, large and sometimes flattened; color 
dark red both inside and out; the flesh Is quite firm 
and of good quality. I fruited the Com Paul the pact 
season for the first time, and X believe it is a variety 
that is going to give general satisfaction. The Ohio 
Experiment Station says : “A fine large berry that baa 
many good qualities and worthy of careful trial for 
the home market/’ 
Personally I consider it good enough not only for th* 
home garden, but a variety that will give excellent re¬ 
sults for shipping, as it is a berry that will show up 
well, and firm enough to carry well, ft is my opinion 
that no one will make a mistake planting this variety. 
PARSONS* BEAUTY. —Originated in this conn 
ty, and has been largely 
grown around Pitlsville and Parsonsburg. It is im¬ 
mensely productive, medium large, and good quality. 
To anyone who has a near market where the fruit 
can be hauled in, or picked one day and sold the* 
next morning, 1 would recommend tills variety, but 
for long shipment, it will not carry as well as many 
others. It makes a luxuriant growth of dark grant 
foliage. 
PENNINE. 
This variety was 
not very popular 
when first intro¬ 
duced, but stems 
to be g « 1 n ? » g 
ground. It bears 
well and Ip ex¬ 
empt from rust, 
md is an extra 
toe quality, ju«t 
he kind ro please 
your best c m- 
toraers, S* they 
are willing to pay 
for quality aar 
well as appear¬ 
ance. You get 
both in this m 
riety. Th’ fruit 
is large, repaid* 
deep red in color, 
moderately firm, 
and as a b o ▼ a 
stated, very fine 
quality. 
