AROMA 
LATE 
Safe From Frost 
EXCELSIOR 
THE EARLIEST 
Strawberry 
No late berry that we have ever grown comes as near 
being a perfect variety of strawberry as does the Aroma. 
This old standard berry is adapted to such a wide range 
of soils and conditions that it remains the favorite late 
berry in spite of all the newer introductions. 
Perfect blossoms, vigorous, highly productive—the 
Aroma is by far the best money-making late variety pro¬ 
duced in the South. It is very firm, bright red through 
and through, and of enormous size. In our fields no other 
late berry has ever matched the Aroma in size, yield, 
or hardiness. For that reason we have discontinued 
many late varieties after giving them trial. 
The Aroma is a free plant maker 
for a late variety. It is very hardy, 
blooming late and thus avoiding all 
dangers of frost. It stands drought 
conditions better than any other late 
variety. As a shipping berry it is 
unexcelled. It is highly tart and con¬ 
tinues to bear long after mid-season 
varieties have gone. 
The Excelsior is the most favored extra-early straw¬ 
berry that we have ever produced, however, in many re¬ 
spects it will not measure up to the Champion K. 
The Excelsior fruit is large and juicy, dark red in 
color, and of high dessert quality. The plants are vig¬ 
orous with ample foliage to shade them throughout the 
growing and fruiting season. 
This variety has stood the test of twenty years’ steady 
setting by market gardeners. On short hauls it reaches 
the market in tip-top shape, however, it is not firm enough 
to make a good shipping berry. 
NOTICE 
It is our desire to give an honest and 
accurate description of all varieties of ber¬ 
ries in this bulletin, and to recommend for 
planting only those varieties which we be¬ 
lieve to be the best. However, all varieties 
will not do equally well under the various 
soils and conditions of the country. If you 
are not sure which berries will produce the 
best in your particular section, our Service 
Department will be glad to make specific 
recommendations. Write us! 
St. Louis 
Evenins Star 
For size and earliness the St. Louis is un 
excelled. It ripens with the Excelsior and 
its fruit is much larger than either the 
Excelsior or the Champion K. However, 
this berry has one serious defect: It is too 
soft for transporting any distance. If the 
picking season happens to be unusually 
rainy, the St. Louis often become “puffy” 
and bleeds too freely for shipping. 
Lady Thompson 
The fruit, plant growth, and season of 
ripening of the Evening Star resembles 
the Gandy so closely that they can hardly 
be discerned. This berry ripens late, has 
a hardy plant growth which withstands 
drouthy conditions well, and fruits excel¬ 
lent quality berries. Unlike the Gandy, 
however, it is perfect flowering. 
The fruit stems of the Evening Star 
grow in such a position that the berries 
seldom rest upon the ground. There are 
no “white sides” to this berry when it 
ripens. It is a fair shipper and adequately 
fills the bill as a good, all-round late berry. 
We recommend a few of these plants for 
your garden. 
The berries are very large, light red in 
color, and a fine table delicacy. Ripening 
as early as it does, it meets favor on local 
markets. 
It is perfect flowering and of vigorous 
growth. It seldom frost injures, however, 
it is not recommended for Northern set¬ 
ting. 
GARDEN SPECIAL 
No. 226 
60 St. Louis 60 Premier 
60 Klondike 
60 Aroma 26 Mastodon 
Price $1.76, Postpaid 
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This is the most remarkable drouth re¬ 
sisting strawberry that has ever been pro 
duced for the arid regions of the South 
and west. At one time the Lady Thomp¬ 
son led the whole strawberry industry in 
the South in number of plants set and in 
yield. Only since the introduction of 
newer varieties adapted to specific regions 
has the popularity of the Lady Thompson 
declined. 
The Lady Thompson is of firm texture, 
light red in color, and a vigorous grower. 
It thrives where other berries fail, and if 
you are in a locality where strawberries do 
not do well because of drouth conditions, 
we recommend that you try this berry. 
