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Strawberries, continued 
T T? AT IVT A T> years, when asked to name two or three best gen- 
VJ'i^r-'iN i X/\J\ X • ei’^'-Purpose berries m America, I have always been obliged to 
-include Glen Mary in the list; for, wliile it is not perfect in 
,^^.1 . 1 . • , 1- every way, it has many strong points of value to the amateur 
and market-planter, including great productiveness, large si^je, deep red color all the way through 
a sweet, nch flavor and an ability to thrive on any soil but light sand. The plant is robust, makmg 
very stocky crowns that in springtime tiirow out a 
great number of short, heavy fruit-stalks which 
make a flower-garden sliow of great white, per¬ 
fectly pollenized blossoms, that not only supply 
liieir own needs, but are grand pollenizers for 
any imperfect-flowering variety blooming at the 
same season. The perfection of bloom insures a 
line setting of fruit, and in harvest time lliere is 
seldom any disappointment. Glen Mary is a bas¬ 
ket-filler, while size, color and quality win the best 
prices in market. Price, 25 cts. per doz., 50 cis. 
for 50, 75 CIS. per 100, $3 per 1,000. 
GLEN' .MAKV. 
HAVILKLAND. 
How true it is that old 
friends, tried and true. 
are best! For nearly twenty years now Haverland 
has been a leader on medium and light soils, in 
matted rows or hills. One is always sure of great 
returns of large, fine berries if he has a good plot 
<if this superb variety. The plant is of great vigor, 
making runners freely, yet not overcrowding like 
some imperfect blossoms; it is very productive of 
medium to large, long conical or flat conical, pale 
scarlet berries, always smooth and regular, with 
pink or white flesh, of mild subacid flavor. Its 
surety of production, fine average size and form, 
and mildness of flavor, make it a general favorite 
with grower, dealer and consumer. Pollinated 
with some of the highly productive, perfect-blooming varieties, such as Dunlap, Splendid, Mam¬ 
moth or Glen Mary, a commercial or family field of Haverland yields enormouslv of superb 
berries. I have never known Haverland to make a failure or disappoint any one. Price, 25 cts. 
per doz., 50 cts. for 50, 75 cts. per 100, $2 for 500, $3 per 1,000. 
A/TT'T-vxTTr-i T Latest, largest and best of all. This is the latest thing out in Straw- 
ICjrfl J- berries. Ought to be very valuable as a market variety and a 
__ *_ delight in the family garden, as it extends the season of delicious 
- Strawberries far be¬ 
yond all former years, while for market nurposes 
It furnishes what has long been wantecl, a very 
late Strawberry that is large and productive. In 
the Midnight we have a Strawberry later than 
the very latest, as large as the largest, and so 
extremely productive as to make it a very profi¬ 
table berry in any season of ripening, and doubly 
so as it produces most of its superb large fruit 
long after the main crop has matured. As a 
seedling of Haverland, pollinated by Parker Earle. 
Midnight combines the strong points' of both 
parents, clearly proving that blood will tell. 
(landy is a beauty of large size and superb ship¬ 
ping qualities, but is unproductive on some soils. 
Arnot, of fine size and firmness, and enormously 
productive on very rich, deep, moist soil, is of 
little or no value on any other. But Midnight 
thrives well and fruits abundantly on every va¬ 
riety of soil: my two best plots of it having been 
on a light, sandy loam. In the Midnight we have 
a healthy, perfect-blooming plant of more than 
ordinary vigor, that makes plants freely enough 
for all purposes, yet never to overcrowding, so 
every plant is a productive one. Midnight bears 
a number of stout fruit-stalks to each plant, with 
plenty of strong stamens in every blossom, so 
that all pistils are thoroughly pollinated, result¬ 
ing in a great crop of extra-large, perfectly de¬ 
veloped, broadly couical berries, all of very large midnight. 
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