T R U E-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
New York. Especially valuable for the home garden and home 
MYRTLE. This variety produced an excellent 
growth of very vigorous plants of bright green 
that have the appearance of being varnished; prob¬ 
ably a cross between the Hoffman and Hefflin, at 
one time the two leading Strawberries in Somerset 
County, where the Myrtle originated. The berry 
is firm enough to ship, above medium in size, has 
large, perfect blossoms full of pollen and is a great 
plant-maker. Foliage is rank and vigorous, and 
the fruit is bright red clear through to the core. 
Mr. Merrill the introducer says: “It stands without 
an equal.” 
NEW YORK. An especially valuable variety 
for the home garden and home market. The foliage 
is light green; it is a luxuriant grower and free from 
diseases. It is very prolific and bears through a 
long season; the berries are large, some rather 
pointed while others are thick and broad. The 
seeds are so near the color of the berries and deep- 
set that they are scarcely noticeable. Its excellent 
quality and large size make it a very popular Straw¬ 
berry for market. 
NEW HOME. This variety has made a great 
record here as a profitable and productive shipping 
berry. We have shipped it by the carload and re¬ 
ceived excellent returns, but for some reason it does 
not seem to be popular with the majority of growers. 
It is large, uniform in size, and probably one of the 
best-keeping berries grown and can be shipped 
almost any distance. 
NICK OHMER. A native of Ohio and has been 
on the market for a number of years. Blossoms 
perfect and full of pollen, productive of rich, large, 
glossy red, globular berries which are highly colored 
all the way through and of superior 
good market berry as well as a 
Ohio Boy produces immense crops of 
berries 
home table; it does not seem to be a favorite with 
the average grower, notwithstanding a few large 
growers plant it extensively, especially in the far 
South, where it is grown for northern markets. 
OHIO BOY. This variety makes a strong, vigor¬ 
ous growth, and is very productive, the season of 
ripening very late. We were slow to recommend this 
variety at first, owing to the fact that its foliage 
shows unmistakable relation to the Bedarwood, 
which is a soft berry; we find, how¬ 
ever, that the Ohio Boy has all the 
vigor and productiveness of the Bedar¬ 
wood, with fruit much larger in 
size and firm enough to 
make an excellent shipping 
berry. The blossoms are 
perfect. Following this 
berry through the season, 
we find that it gives an 
immense crop of 
delicious ber¬ 
ries, lasting- 
late in the sea- 
n fact, 
it is one of 
the latest we 
have, and is 
fine for can¬ 
ning. 
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