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heard stories about the giraffe and when the circus came to town he went, just 
to see the giraffe. He looked the animal over from every viewpoint, noted 
its long neck, then went out of the circus muttering to himself. “There ain’t 
no such animal anyway.” 
I have been experimenting with these berries for several years, have 
raised them in sufficient Quantities to place them on the market, and when 1 
tell you that we now have varieties that are valuable, not onlv from the stand¬ 
point of the man who is seeking something that somebodv else has not got 
but also from a commercial standpoint. I am telling you something that is 
actually so and can be proved. We have varieties that will bear as many 
quarts to the acre in the tall as will common June bearing kinds at the regular 
season in early summer. If anyone has any doubt about it I ask them to come 
to Pulaski and investigate for themselves. We will have ten acres of these 
berries in fruiting during the fall of 1913. and if von wish to satisfv your 
curiosity and do not want to spend the time to come to Pulaski, yoti can order 
a Quantitj shipped to your home. We can supply them most any time from 
July 15th to November 15th. 
Hows of I'an-Ainerican Strawi>en les, 
October 21, lyil. 
The first fall bearing strawberry of any particular value was the Pan 
American, discovered by Samuel Cooper in 1898. He found one plant of the old 
Bismarck strawberry which had “sported” and with its eleven runners, was 
bearing berries in November. Mr. Cooper sent me some of these berries. I 
was astonished to see strawberries in November. Prom the Pan American 
was produced the “Autumn” and other seedlings. From seedlings of the Pan 
American, the “Productive” and “Superb” were produced. 
In 1905, Mr. Rockhill of Iowa, sowed seeds of Pan American crossed with 
Louis Gauthier, a French variety. These seeds were sown in February and the 
young plants bore fruit the same year, in August. In 1909 Mr. Rockhill sent 
me some plants to test. They proved of promise and I bought 250 plants each 
of Americus and Francis in the spring of 1910. These were set out about May 
Ist in very rich soil and well cared for. The blossoms were kept picked off 
until August 1st. August 23rd we picked four quarts and continued to pick 
from these vines until November 11 fh. The largest i>icki'..g was made Septem- 
Uowfi ol brands ami auk-*j«.u.s toiraw 
berfies, October zl. IIUI. 
