TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
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Three W’s. Won highest prize at St. Louis, 1904 
THREE W’S. A very popular, perfect- 
- blooming midseason va¬ 
riety. Plants very large and stocky; amply 
able to produce big crops. The foliage is 
beautiful, dark green in color and very at¬ 
tractive. Fruit is large, fine quality and very 
productive, covering a long season from 
medium-early to late and is one of the best 
to plant with pistillate varieties. It is quite 
firm and a good keeper. In 1904 Three W’s 
won highest prize at the World’s Fair at St. 
Louis and made a record of keeping ten days. 
In 1905 it made a big crop after going through 
the freeze of April 15 and 16, while other 
standard varieties produced only 25 per cent 
of a crop. For several years the demand for 
Three W’s has been such that we have seldom 
had plants enough. I am pleased to say that 
this season we have a very large stock of 
exceptionally fine plants and I feel quite con¬ 
fident that we will be able to take care of all 
«>rders on this variety. 25 cts. per doz., 40 cts. 
for 25, 60 cts. for 50, 90 cts. per 100, $1.50 
for 250, $2.25 for 500, $4 per 1,000. 
Highland. This variety has fruited with 
me for the third time and it gave an immense 
crop of fine-looking, large berries. The fact is 
I am very much pleased with it and believe it 
will be a money-maker among the commercial 
v arieties. It makes very large, healthy plants. 
The fruit is of good size, fine color and form. 
II is giving good results at the Experiment 
Stations and, so far as I have heard, is giving 
satisfaction among growers everywhere. 
Howard. Perfect blossoms, superb growth 
of vigorous, healthy, light green foliage; very 
>roductive, season late. I have fruited the 
loward for several years and have always 
been very well pleased with it. It is a good 
variety. 
Howard’s Early. A new early variety. 
It is a great plant-maker. The originator, 
Mr. A. J. Howard, Somerset county, Md., who 
grew it successfully for three or four years before 
>111ting it on the market, advises planting it a little 
11 rt her apart than other varieties and not let the 
bed get too thick for best results. Mr. Howard de- 
m ril>es it as follows: “One of the best qualities of 
Howard’s Early is that it does not put on all its 
blossoms at once and you are about sure of a crop, 
< innot fail on account of the frost. It is a very 
early sort, about two days behind the Excelsior and 
(ully as early as the Hoffman. The berries are bright 
red, medium size and carry well, and are about the 
M/e of the Virginia, and similar in shape but of a 
better color.” 
Hummer. The Hummer is a big fellow, as its 
name would indicate, and hails from Michigan. 
It exact origin is not known, but it is probably a 
•erdling of the New York, as it resembles that 
variety in many respects. Some of our customers 
«laim, however, that it is even more productive. 
With all of its other good qualities it is a grand, 
U-rry, which is emphasized by the fact that 
wi have seldom had plants enough to go around. 
Ideal. One of the newest berries. The plant is a 
Mmng, vigorous grower with clean foliage, free 
from rust, sending out very large, heavy runners, 
making strong, thrifty plants. Blossoms staminate, 
1 'i perfect, need no fertilizing. Season, medium to 
late; a very heavy cropper of large, uniform berries, 
holains well Up in size to the last picking. The 
finest berry, the best shipper, the best canner; re¬ 
mains whole and keeps its shape when cooked, goes 
to market bright and crisp, does not bruise or dis¬ 
color; the best looker in the. boxes; the best seller. 
If you want the best selling berry, the best shipping 
and best canning berry, get a few plants of the 
Ideal. Mr. Joseph W. Haines, the originator of 
this berry says: “I have been growing Strawberries 
for market for forty-five years and bought nearly 
all the new ones, but never got anything to near 
compare with the Ideal. It is the firmest berry I 
ever saw, and the description is rather underdrawn 
than overdrawn.” 
Promptness Appreciated 
The plants, arrived in fine shape. They are fine, 
large plants and I am more than pleased with them 
and thank you for your promptness in filling the order. 
—C. M. Arney, Center Co., Pa., May 5, 1911. 
Everything O. K. 
The plants as ordered, arrived on same day as post¬ 
card notifying me of shipment. Plants are fine, and 
all parties well satisfied. The count was right and 
everything O. K. Wishing you all success.—G eo. 
Depenbrock, Hamilton Co., Ohio, May 1, 1911. 
Finest Berries Sent to Market 
I enclose order for 5,000 Chesapeakes and trust I 
am not too late. My Strawberries of this variety were 
pronounced the finest of any sent to Boston market 
last year.— John W. Nichols, New Haven Co., Conn. 
