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W. F. ALLEN, SALISBURY, MARYLAND 
RED-BIRD. ™ s 
- must 
be grown thin to get a 
good marketable crop. 
The vines grow like 
weeds, and unless kept 
thin will mat so thickly 
that they will impov¬ 
erish each other, there¬ 
by causing the fruit to 
be small, but if kept 
from getting too thick, 
they set a heavy crop 
of good - sized berries 
that ripen early and 
carry well. After fruit¬ 
ing this another season 
I have nothing to take 
back from what I said 
of it last year. It gave 
us the first medium- 
large berries that were 
firm enough to ship. 
The fruit will average 
larger than the Excel¬ 
sior and with me will 
bear twice as much per 
acre, although I con¬ 
sider the Excelsior a 
fairly good yielder. 
It can be fruited with 
Excelsior, Climax or Lee, 
and if grown thin is a 
valuable market sort. 
The berries are very tart and would not be considered good eating without plenty of sugar, but as a 
first early-shipping berry, considering size, productiveness and firmness, it probably has but few equals. 
It is a pistillate variety, and the earliest pistillate variety that I know of. When I had this berry in 
fruit, I sent for one of the largest growers in the state and he has been growing it in large quantities 
ever since, and I understand is well pleased with it. 20 cts. per doz., 30 cts. for 25, 40 cts. for 50, 60 cts. 
per 100, $1 for 250, $1.60 for 500, $3 per 1,000. 
Red-Bird. The first berries that were firm enough to ship 
Norwood. The originator, N. B. White, de¬ 
scribes this variety as follows: “The plants are 
strong, making a liberal number of strong runners, 
but not excessive. Has a perfect blossom and holds 
its size well through the season. The berry is conical 
and regular in shape. Color bright red all the 
way through, growing darker with age; it is firm, 
a good keeper and will ship well. The quality is 
unsurpassed and the size unequaled, some attaining 
the enormous size of 2 inches in diameter. It is 
supposed to be a cross of the Marshall and Corsi¬ 
can, as it came up where the Marshall had been 
grown. The Norwood was named and given first 
prize by the Massachusetts Horticultural Show at 
its exhibition in 1906.” My stock was obtained 
from the originator, for which I paid the nominal 
sum of $40 per 100. The first season I made only 
about 500 plants from this hundred, but I now 
have a fair-sized stock and have put the price at 
$5 per 1,000. It very much resembles the Marshall 
in plants and growth, and it is my opinion that 
it is identical with that variety. 
Oak’s Early. This is a very early, firm-shipping 
berry. It originated in Somerset county, Md. 
Some think it better than Excelsior. It is, to say 
the least, probably equal to that variety; equally 
as early, equally as vigorous in growth, equally as 
productive and equally as sour. 
Reached Mark of Perfection 
Your Chesapeake Strawberries cannot be recom¬ 
mended too highly. They have surely reached the mark 
of perfection. They are by far my favorite.—L. L. Boyer, 
Christian Co., Mo. 
Ohio Boy. This is a new berry sent out by A. A. 
Eppert, of Ohio, for which he claims great things. 
Mr. Eppert says it would take a small newspaper 
to give all the good points of his new berry. Among 
other things, he claims it to be very hardy. The 
variety has made a good showing in plant-growth 
with us this season, but as we have not fruited it 
yet, I shall have to wait until another season before 
giving a very definite description. From what I have 
seen of it I should judge it was worthy of trial. 
Oom Paul. The fruit is large, the larger berries 
being sometimes a little flattened. The berries are 
dark red all the way through, firm and of good 
quality. I see no reason why this variety has not 
been planted more largely. I have fruited the Oom 
Paul for several years and consider it a good va¬ 
riety either for home use or market, as it is firm 
enough to ship well. 
Patagonia. This is Luther Burbank’s new berry 
for which he claims so much. I procured plants last 
spring, but it has not fruited in the East t hat I am 
aware of, and we only offer the plants to those who 
wish to give it a trial. One thing that Mr. Burbank 
claims for this berry is superior quality. From a 
few berries which we picked from voting plants this 
summer I can certainb quality is 
very fine indeed. Further th.m tin , 1 . an give no 
description until after fruit 11 >»: ’ m« vt war. 
Plant! Are Good 
The > hand a 
few da\ <• Mood plants. I 
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Washington Co.. 
