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Parsons’ Beauty . Luxuriant grower and Jree bearer 
Parsons’ Beauty. 0rigiaated in K this “ unt .y 
J near Parsonsburg. This is 
a very productive, medium-large, good-quality berry; 
especially recommended for near market, where it 
can be picked and sold the same day, or picked late 
in the afternoon and put on the market the following 
morning. Some claim that it will ship well, but we 
have never felt that we could recommend it as a 
shipping berry, especially where the distance is 
very great. It makes a luxuriant growth and bears 
an immense crop of fine fruit. 
Paul Innoc Claimed to be a seedling of Haver- 
JO c5. i anc j and Brandywine. Blossoms 
are pistillate, plants are wonderfully productive of 
beautiful berries that are brilliant and glossy in color. 
An excellent shipper. It is claimed that berries kept 
a week in a common cellar were exhibited at the 
Worcester County Horticultural Society, in Massa¬ 
chusetts, by the side of fresh-picked berries, and 
that the only difference in appearance was the added 
richness in color in the week-old berries. It is said 
to be fully as productive as the Haverland. 
Pearl This is a staminate variety which origi- 
a * nated in Indiana. It is claimed that on the 
farm of the originator it bears large, fine fruit from 
one to two weeks after the Gandy has ceased bearing. 
It holds up in size and quality very well until the 
last picking. The berries ripen evenly, are of good 
quality, and uniform in size. The foliage is free 
from rust and, like Senator Dunlap, it is able to 
withstand a drought much better than most other 
varieties. 
Pride of Michigan “This is a fine shipper and 
rrme 01 Micnigan. an excellent canner. The 
meat is firm and exceedingly rich, solid in texture 
and very smooth, quality of the finest. In size it is 
surpassed by no other variety. The berries lie in 
windrows and the heavy, dense foliage spreads out 
wide enough to shade them. Makes very few 
runners, just about enough for a fine fruiting row." 
The description is quoted from the introducer. 
PrAtri/lanPo Originated in Somerset County, 
rrovmence. Maryland; The or i g i nator says: 
“It is one of the finest berries I have ever seen, and 
it does well on either stiff or light, sandy soil, and 
has never shown any rust or other diseases. The 
berries, are of excellent color and firm enough to 
make it a splendid shipping variety. It holds up 
well in size to the end of the season." 
prpmipr (Kellogg's). We have never fruited 
i iciiiici t j 1 j s variety, but the introducer des¬ 
cribes it as follows: “Premier is an early, bisexual 
variety; the fruit begins ripening with the earliest 
kinds and continues to fruit until the latest va¬ 
rieties are at their best. The Premier berries are 
larger than those produced by any other early va¬ 
riety, the fruit is deeply and richly colored and very 
firm, which makes it a good shipper. As to pro¬ 
ductiveness, no other early variety equals it, and the 
quality of the fruit is simply superb. The foliage is 
light green and spreads completely over the loads of 
fruit. We have never seen a berry of this variety 
affected by sun-scald or rot. All who have seen it 
in fruit pronounce it the greatest of all early varieties. 
ROOT-SYSTEM A SIGHT TO BEHOLD 
Last spring I purchased from you, and had shipped to my farm in New Jersey, 7,500 plants. Plants were most excellent 
and, notwithstanding a drought that swept over New Jersey soon after they were planted, we lost practically none of them, 
for the root-system they had was a sight to behold.— Frank S. Patton, Washington County, Tennessee, May 3, 1915. 
