TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS 19 
The standard for quality the world over 
Wm. Belt. 
WARFIELD. Owing to a failure in the plant- 
crop of this variety, I was compelled to leave it out 
of my catalogue last season; I am pleased to say, 
however, that I have an elegant stock this season, 
It is a well-known standard variety, a persistent 
plant-maker that must be kept thin to give best 
results, but, if not allowed to grow too thick, it will 
produce a great crop of very desirable, medium-sized 
berries that are highly flavored and highly colored; 
ripens midseason and is especially 
popular in the West. For syrups, 
canning, etc., it is especially desir¬ 
able on account of its rich flavor 
and high color. 
WINNER. This is a very strong, 
vigorous-growing variety, making 
an abundance of long-jointed run¬ 
ners; leaf-stems are long, and the 
plants are very productive of large¬ 
sized berries, which are borne on 
unusually long stems. The fruit is 
highly colored and very attractive. 
Berries somewhat irregular in shape, 
running from long-conical to broad- 
conical; blossoms perfect. Origi¬ 
nated in Pennsylvania by W. E. 
Shoemaker, and is an all-round 
valuable variety. 
WM. BELT. Until the advent of 
Chesapeake, Wm. Belt was the 
standard for quality. There are 
few lovers of Strawberries who 
would cross a plot of many varie¬ 
ties and not pick out the Wm. 
Belt as the best-flavored. The de¬ 
mand for this variety has been much 
greater for the past few years, and I have been com¬ 
pelled to grow a much larger stock in order to meet 
the demands of my customers. One in Washington 
says, “The Wm. Belt and Chesapeake for flavor and 
good eating are dandies. I am going to run all my 
patch to these two kinds. They stood the drought 
best and are in good shape now.” The popularity of 
Wm. Belt seems to increase right along, owing, no 
doubt, to its excellent flavor. There are few amateur 
Our plants have a fine root-system 
