W. S. Todd, Greenwood, Delaware 
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
RIDGELY. (Per.) 
In the spring of 1927 I received a letter from a larger grower of berries at 
Ridgely, Md., saying, “He and some other growers of that section were growing 
a new chance seedling that he considered the finest berry of its season that he 
had ever grown and that he was going to send me some of the plants and wanted 
me to introduce it.” That spring he sent me 4000 of the plants. At fruiting 
time I went to see it in bearing and it was one of the finest berries in every way 
I had ever seen. He asked me to name this berry and as Ridgely was noted for 
the fine berries grown in that section, I named and introduced it as Ridgely in 
1928. Since then I have secured plants of a variety called Jupiter, and fruited it 
by Ridgely and have found it to be the same as Ridgely. I also have reports from 
growers from different sections who have fruited them and all say they are the 
same. In introducing it in 1928 I said, “I do not claim it is the best berry ever 
introduced, but I do claim it is one of the best, and that I do not believe it is 
surpassed by any of the most popular varieties of today as a money maker for 
the growers.” Since that time in almost every section where it has been tried 
