TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
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The Lea will take a front rank among early market sorts 
LEA. We offered this berry for the first time in our 1910 Catalogue, and it has made good. As soon 
- as enough plants can be produced to put it in the hands of the average commercial grower, it 
will take a front rank among the early market sorts. This is an entirely different type of berry from the 
Twilley, although equal to it as a commercial variety. While the Twilley is a late variety, the Lea is early 
and the crop will be almost marketed when the Twilley starts. The Lea makes a strong, sturdy growth 
without a spot of rust, has perfect blossoms, very firm, productive and ripens evenly all over at once, with¬ 
out green tips, and is uniformly medium large in size, as represented by the above illustration, which well 
represents it. I consider the berry very promising, and shall plant as many plants as I can spare from my 
trade. 
Mr. Curtis, the originator, in writing of the Lea, speaks of it as follows: “It was the best thing I had 
in the Strawberry line. Climax produced a few more quarts, but did not bring near the money. The Lea 
sold along with the Bubach, and will stand more rainy weather and keep in better condition than any 
berry that I know. It is a vigorous grower of strong, healthy plants, and should not be allowed to mat 
too thickly on the rows for best results." 
On account of the scarcity of plants my price on this variety last spring was rather high, but it is a 
great grower, and this season we have a good supply and we are offering it at a lower price per thousand 
this spring than we asked per hundred last spring. The Lea is a good market sort that you will not regret 
planting. 25 cts. per doz., 40 cts. for 25, 60 cts. for 50, $1 per 100, $1.75 for 250, $3 for 500, $5 per 1,000. 
Barrymore. A healthy and vigorous grower. 
The blossoms staminate or perfect. The berries are 
glossy in color, rich, dark crimson, with red flesh of 
excellent quality. The fruit is firm enough to ship 
well. The berries are large, ripen at mid-season and 
are regular conical in shape. This berry originated 
by H. L. Crane of Massachusetts. My attention 
was first brought to the variety while visiting 
Boston during the fall of 1907, and a year later I 
succeeded in getting a few plants at the modest 
price of $100 per thousand. During the Massachu¬ 
setts Horticultural Show, in 1908, the Barrymore 
was awarded a silver medal and three first pre¬ 
miums, which is quite a record for any new berry for 
one season. The Barrymore has made a good show¬ 
ing with us, both in fruit and plant. 
Bedar Wood. The plants are very hardy and 
will produce a big crop of medium-sized fruit that 
is rather soft for shipment. It has very long and 
large, coarse roots, which extend deep in the soil 
and enable it to endure dry weather better than 
most varieties. For this reason it will probably 
give better results than most others in very dry 
sections. The foliage is very dark green in color; 
very tall and has long, narrow leaves. 
Bethel. This new berry originated in Kent county 
Delaware, and has now been before the public for 
two seasons. One of the encouraging points about 
this variety is that those who have seen it in fruit 
are the largest buyers of plants. It is an excellent 
shipper, being equal to the Gandy in firmness. 
The originator has now had it growing for five 
years. Many persons tried to purchase the plants 
soon after it was originated but the owner refused 
to sell until two seasons ago. A buyer who handles 
the variety to a considerable extent describes it 
thus: “Immense size, fine shipping qualities, dark 
red clear to the center; flavor unsurpassed. Has 
few equals as a table berry; a heavy cropper cover¬ 
ing a long bearing season commencing medium 
early. The vine is a strong, upright grower, free 
from rust. Blossoms perfect." 
