TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
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LATE STRAWBERRIES, continued 
Chesapeake. Standing among the few kinds at the top 
We advise our 
friends to send 
their orders early 
in the season—late 
comers may not be 
able to get all the 
plants they want. 
CHESAPEAKE 
It is often claimed that new berries sell as well as 
the Chesapeake. It is the standard of excellence by 
which most other fancy berries are compared. 
W. O. Davis, of the commission house of W. O. & 
H. W. Davis, New York City, says: “New berries 
often bring as much money as the Chesapeake for a 
time, but, taken over a period of years, Chesapeake 
is a berry that brings the money.” We have enough 
praises of the Chesapeake berry from our customers 
to fill this book from cover to cover. W. T. Huxster, 
of Morris County, New Jersey, says: “I fruited the 
Chesapeake for the first time last season and must 
say it deserves all the praise you give it in your 
catalog, and then some.” G. W. Schuhman, of 
Cook County, Illinois, says: “I purchased some 
plants of you about two years ago and must say I 
never saw any berries like the Chesapeake for size, 
appearance, and shipping quality. I have often said 
of all the pictures I ever saw of Strawberries that I 
never saw Chesapeake pictured as large as^hey grew. 
The same cannot always be said of other varieties.” 
There are many reasons for the popularity of the 
Chesapeake. It does not make as many plants as 
some other varieties, and, therefore, plants will 
never be cheap as compared with such varieties as 
Senator Dunlap and Klondyke. With fair growing 
conditions, just about enough plants are produced 
for a good fruiting bed, so that you are at no expense 
in thinning the plants. The foliage is very strong 
and healthy. We do not remember ever seeing any 
rust on it. The plants are very strong and robust 
and have very long roots, which makes it one of the 
best drought-resisters. The shape of the berry is 
seen in the accompanying photograph. They are 
uniformly large, with prominent yellow seeds and 
an attractive bright green cap, altogether making 
Chesapeake one of the most beautiful and attrac¬ 
tive berries in the pack¬ 
age that we have ever 
seen. The berries are 
unexcelled in quality and 
equaled only by a 
few varieties such 
as McAlpin and 
Wm. Belt. The 
Chesapeake does 
not set an extraordinarily heavy crop of fruit. It 
does set a good crop, and the valuable thing about it 
is that every blossom matures a berry and the last 
ones are just about as large as the first. The flesh 
is very firm in texture and the berry will keep for 
many days in perfect condition, so that altogether it 
is an ideal berry for home use, for local market, or 
for distant shipment. One of the most valuable fea¬ 
tures of the Chesapeake, especially in the North, is 
that the blossoms do not start out until very late, 
which makes it practically frost-proof. In many sec¬ 
tions growers report a full crop of Chesapeake in 
years when many other varieties have been killed 
by the late frost. C. C. Huff, of Kay County, 
Oklahoma, says: “Chesapeake is certainly the ideal 
berry for this climate. It is the only plant I had 
that withstood perfectly the long-continued drought 
of last year in Oklahoma. It stood up and grew 
when most other kinds I had burned up. _ This year 
we had excessive rainfall during fruiting season 
and, while all other kinds I had rotted on the vines, 
Chesapeake bore right along and I did not find a 
rotten berry in the bed.” C. E. Schuldt, of Somerset 
County, Pennsylvania, says: “In the spring of 1915 
I bought some Chesapeake plants of you. They have 
had a pretty fair crop this season and people were 
almost wild over them. They think they are the 
finest and best they ever saw.” It you are a grower 
of fancy Strawberries, you cannot afford to be with¬ 
out this variety. We introduced this variety several 
years ago and we have the stock, absolutely true to 
name. Get your plants from us and get your order 
in early, as this is a variety that almost everyone 
wants. Price, $7 per 1,000. 
Commonwealth. 
pecially recommended for the northern and middle 
states. For best results it should be given rich soil 
and high culture. It grows fairly well here and the 
berries are of good quality, large size, and high color. 
It is well worth a trial where high culture can be 
given. Price, $7 per 1,000. 
17 _ r ~ « rr f A native of Arkansas, 
evening Mar. The introducer thinks 
very well of it. He says: “This 
is the best all-round late berry 
I have ever grown and I 
have tried out all of them. 
I consider them 
a wonder when 
it comes to fancy 
fruit. Berries are 
'Very large and 
firm, and it is the 
latest of all ber¬ 
ries on my list.” 
The plants we 
have of this va¬ 
riety are very 
fine and, if you 
get your order in 
early, we think 
we can supply 
you. Price, $7 
per 1,000. 
