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Pan American (Per.)—This is the 
first fall strawberry of American origin 
and the parent of all other varieties. It 
was discovered by Samuel Cooper of 
Cattaraugus County, N. Y., in 1898. 
Price of plants: Doz., $1.50; 25 for 
$2.50; 100, $8.00. 
Autumn (Imp.) — A seedling raised 
by Samuel Cooper by planting seeds of 
Pan American. The young plants of 
Autumn arc rather small and are se¬ 
cured in greater abundance than are 
those of Pan American. It is not as 
uniform in growth as Pan American. 
Some of the parent plants will produce 
lots of runners, while others will not 
produce over one or two, and some 
none at all. The old plants of Autumn 
bush up and form more crowns than 
does Pan American. The parent plants 
attain great size, and yield immense 
crops of fruit under right conditions, 
especially in the spring of the second 
year. The plants are not so persistent 
in fall fruiting as Pan American, and 
for best results we would only remove 
the first blossoms that come out in 
spring after the plants are set out. The 
plants are fine, glossy appearing and at¬ 
tract the eye at once. The berries are 
medium to small in size, but are pro¬ 
duced in great abundance.' They are 
especially glossy and attractive in the 
spring crop. The berries arc produced 
in the fall only on the parent plants. 
For best results in fruiting, we would 
keep them in hills. Autumn has been 
used as the pistillate parent to produce 
many new and valuable varieties. Doz., 
50c; 25 for 75c; 100 for $3.00; 1000 for 
$ 20 . 00 . 
Teddy Roosevelt (Imp.)—This vari¬ 
ety was sent to us by a grower in Dela¬ 
ware, who writes us that it is a seedling 
of Autumn and Pan American, much 
superior to Autumn. We have not 
fruited it sufficiently to determine the 
exact difference. The plants and fruit 
closelv resemble Autumn. Doz., 75c; 25 
for $1.25; 100 for $4.00; 1000, $30.00. 
Francis (Per.) — A seedling of Pan 
American and Louis Gauthier, produced 
by Harlow Rockhill of Iowa in 1905. 
Mr. Rockhill sowed the seeds in win¬ 
dow frames in February of that year 
and picked ripe berries from the plants 
in August of that same year. The 
young plants of Francis are small and 
inclined to be feeble. They require 
more than the usual amount of petting, 
but when they start to grow they are 
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vigorous, healthy growing plants. The 
old plants crown up and cover quite a 
large space. The leaves are glossy and 
attractive. The plants are inclined to 
have a tender, aristocratic appearance. 
They hug the ground closely. The fruit 
is produced both on old and new plants. 
We never saw anything so persistent 
in blooming as are these plants of 
Francis. It is practically impossible to 
keep the blossoms off them. You can 
cut every one off, and in three days’ 
time you can see more bloom. The 
young runner will often blossom before 
the young plant has taken root. The 
fruit is very large, bright glossy colored 
and produced in surprisingly large 
quantities. With me, Francis is the 
best variety and produces the biggest 
crop of the largest berries. The plants 
are so weak, however, that the average 
person will not get as good results with 
them as with Americus. The berries 
are rather irregular in shape, square 
and elongated, not as fine flavored as 
Americus, but of good average quality. 
Does best when grown in matted rows 
and all runners allowed to grow and 
fruit. The berries are produced well 
out away from the leaves where the 
sun can reach them. Doz., $2.50; 25 
for $5.00; 100, $20.00. 
Americus (Per.) — A seedling of Pan 
American and Louis Gauthier, raised 
at the same time as Francis by Mr. 
Rockhill. The plants are strong grow¬ 
ers, closely resembling the Francis in 
appearance, but more hardy, stronger 
and healthier. They make more new 
runners and the young plants are 
larger. The plants do not seem to be 
injured by fruiting in the fall. It stands 
the winter well, and the roots are 
bright and healthy in the spring, same 
as other kinds of strawberries that do 
not fruit in the fall. The plants do not 
ripen the fruit as early as Francis, but 
they continue in fruit long enough to 
make up. It is not quite as large on 
the average as Francis, but it produces 
the largest single specimens of any fall 
strawberry we have ever fruited. We 
do not think it quite as productive as 
Francis, but it surely is finer in flavor, 
surpassing most all other kinds in qual¬ 
ity. 
It seems to do its best on clay loam, 
although we have had fine crops of 
them on stony upland. They are very 
large on heavy soils, while on other 
kinds of soil they are only medium in 
