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your very largest specimens of Manchester, ovAy ss. little larger and slightly conical, and you will 
have a good representation of the Mrs. Garfield as grown here with me." 
Robert Johnston, of Ontario County, N. editor of “ Fruit Notes,” and a gentleman 
extensively engaged in growing fruit for market, writes of the Mrs. Garfield, after testing it on his 
own grounds r “ From what I have seen of Mrs. Garfield Strawberry, its strong branching fruit 
stem, thrifty habit, earliness, size, quality and productiveness of fruit, I esteem it very highly, and 
shall plant it as extensively as I can afford the plants. J thinh it the coming herrxj, I 
picked a number of berries that crowded one and one-half inches in diameter.” 
The Fruit Committee of the Portage County (Ohio) Horticultural Society, in its report of June 
meeting of 1S82, says of this new variety then on exhibition : “ A seeding of Crescent, herma¬ 
phrodite, fruit good size, bright color and of superior quality;" and in its report of the 1S81 
meeting the same committee say: “Mrs. Garfield is the hcst flavored of axil/ of the 
large berries.*^ 
T. C. Robinson, one of the most progressive small-fruit growers of Ontario, Canada, on his 
return from Rochester, where he had been to see the Jas. Vick, visited a friend having a small 
matted bed of the Mrs. Garfield, and writes us under date of July 23, 18S3: 
Dear Sirs The 3X^5. GARFIELD Strawberry, as I saw it near St, Mary’s, 
Onty impressQd as a very valuable variety. It is large and handsome, somewhat resembling 
in size, glossiness and uniform shape, that most handsome berry, the Jucunda, while its firmness 
is remarkable and its quality of the best. It evidently is productive, but of this I could not fii'! - 
judge, as it %vas in malted rows, while I would think it suited to hill culture or the narrow row 
sys'em, which I am best acquainted with. I woxild rather have it for a large herrxf 
to ship to a discriminating city marhet than anxj other variety xjet tested. 
Vours truly, T. C. ROBINSON. 
Pnee of plants, $2 per dozen, $10 per 100, Sioo per 1,000. 
Daniel BOONE (P). — seedling grown by 
A. D. Webb, of Kentucky, originator of the Long¬ 
fellow and Warren. Plant as vigorous and healthy 
as those two varieties, and far more prolific than either. 
Mattliew Crawford, who has fruited it since 1876, says 
of it : 
“ Plant, of large size and strong and vigorous 
grower; not inclined to rust in summer nor easily 
thrown out in winter. Blossoms, pistilate; fruit stalks 
of medium length and very strong, sustaining unusu¬ 
ally large trusses of fruit. Fruit of very large size and 
produced in abundance; form, elongated conical with 
a slight neck; the largest specimens broadly conical, 
but never mis-shapen. It is large to the end of the 
season. Color, clear red and not apt to fade; flesh, 
firm and of good quality—better in this respect than 
most of the prolific market berries. It combines in a 
high de^ee the qualities of a profitable market berry, 
and I think it will become a favorite wherever known.” 
Mr. Charles Carpenter, of Kelley’s Island, Ohio, 
says; “ The Diniel Boone is of large size, and will 
yield as many quarts, while the flavor is fully equal to 
the Manchester.” 
. ..... Our own opinion of it is best expressed by the 
fact that after seeing it in fruit last year we ordered 1,000 plants when they were first offered, at 
520 per 100. Should be tested by all lovers of choice fruit. 
John Little, of Fish Creek, Ont., writes that “ thirty berries of the Daniel Boone filled a quart 
P"ce,Si per dozen; $5 per 100 ; S40 per 1,000. ^ 
• JAMES VICK.--Tvvo years fruiting lead.s us to think that all that has been said and 
^vriuen m praise of it is fully merited. Plant, extremely vigorous and healthy, and 
pro ific. Fruit, medium to small in size, smooth and fair, uniformly globular in shape, rich, dark 
red cflor, quite acid yet rich and sprightly in flivor, very' firm, and will remain in good order on 
the vine, for several days after being ripe, a very strong point in its favor as a market berry. 
Charles A. Green, u-ho is testing all the new varieties under ordinary field culture, in a recent 
communication to the “Country Gentleman,” his this to say of -it : “James Vick, while not of 
ery Urge size, appears to be the most productive and profitable of all that we have tested. It is 
exceedingly firm, I,right crimson, of goZd form, and the plant is remarkably vigorous. It is a lazy 
OUR main business is growing FRUIT FOR MARKET, and we can- 
AP varieties, and use only tlie BEST 
OF STOCK lOR PROPAUATINO PURPOSES. Make a note of this 
betore you buy cheap plants. 
