J. W. JONES & SON, FRANKLIN, VIRGINIA 
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Progressive—A good Everbearer, but not equal to either Gem or Mastodon. 
Fall Bearing Strawberries 
Nothing would so please strawberry growers as to secure a Fall-bearing 
variety that was really worth while. We are betraying no secret when we 
say that this quest is still on. From time to time new kinds have been 
brought out and for a time seemed to approximate the ideal, and then we 
have found that they have succumbed to that unfortunate peculiarity of so 
many strawberries; they have “run out.” 
This is a matter of very sincere regret, for nothing would insure a stable 
profit for berry growing like having good berries for sale in August and 
September of each year. We wish we could sincerely and generously recom¬ 
mend some of the kinds now in existence to our many friends; but if the 
truth be told, so far as we know there is no satisfactory variety in propaga¬ 
tion today. All of them we have tried have proven little more than interest¬ 
ing novelties. It looked like Mastodon was a sure winner, but for the past 
few years it too has failed to measure up. May we say that of all the varie¬ 
ties offered we have a fine, true-to-name, and healthy stock and shall be very 
glad to have your order for as many as you may need, but we cannot honestly 
recommend any of them as offering any very probable and consistent profit. 
They may do well for you, as they occasionally do in certain localities and on 
seme soils. If so we have the plants and shall be most happy to serve you. 
The search for a really good everbearer is still on and Gem looks 
good. It makes lots of plants and bears lots of berries. They are 
firmer than Mastodon and quite well flavored. The Michigan growers praise 
it very enthusiastically and we heartily recommend it for trial by all who 
are interested in an everbearing berry. Here it has proved to be the best we 
have ever grown cf the cverbearers, and farther North it should do even better. 
“The folk who win are those who hold on when everything looks at its worst.” 
