THE FLANSBURGH & POTTER CO. CATALOGUE. 
9 
Uncle Jim 
(Perfect.) This 
variety was recog¬ 
nized so valuable 
and so much supe¬ 
rior to all others 
of its type that it 
was sought to 
change its name by 
action with the 
Michigan State 
Horticultural So¬ 
ciety and was of¬ 
fered to the trade 
as “Dorman” by a 
member, after we 
had introduced it 
as the Uncle Jim, 
the name given it 
on the Chicago 
market in honor of 
J. F. Dorman, its 
discoverer, or Un¬ 
cle Jim as many 
called him, of 
Glenn, Michigan. 
The Uncle Jim is a 
moderate plant 
maker, but the 
plants are large, 
making good rows 
for fruiting. The 
fruit is large, high quality and handsome; firm for a big berry and productive. 
The season is medium to late. Mr. Wooster, of Maine, stated in his catalogue 
as follows: 
^ e P a< : e .the Uncle Jim at the head of the list, simply because it belongs there. 
We have watched for reports of it very carefully now for two years, and it seemes to be 
a great success everywhere. With us it is certainly the best all around berry we have 
ever tested. It is a very large, thrifty plant 'with a massive root system. The fruit is 
the largest of any variety, firm and ripens evenly all over at once, which is not the 
case with most large berries. It is very productive, and its fruiting season is long, from 
midseason to late. The very best to ship to a distant fancy market. 
J. H. Hale, of Connecticut, says: 
Only a moderate plant maker, and so every plant is a buster. Berries very large, 
somewhat of the same type as Maximus and Morgan, but a deeper red on the outside, 
and has red flesh all through. 
M. Crawford, of Ohio, says: 
The Uncle Jim is one of our best late berries, makes strong, healthy plants, sending 
I^ s r °°c t f deep and maturin & al l its fruit. The fruit is large, firm and of good flavor. Our 
Ohio Station report says: One of the best and most productive varieties of its class. 
Desirable and profitable as a home or as a market berry. 
Wooll & Tillotson of Michigan, in their catalogue for 1905 say: 
. 1 - d m fa * rly ou tdid itself the past season, although we dug up everything but 
the old plants, owing to the great demand for it. Yet these old plants a'fter being 
rooted around and cuffed about yielded some of the largest berries on our grounds. 
W. S. Todd, of Delaware, says: 
The plants are so large and green they may be told from other varieties a long 
distance. Phe fruit is very large, deep red and good quality. Bast season I had this 
on low ground and it was so productive and the fruit so large that it made one wish 
he had several acres of it. 
Carmel, Indiana, February 9, 1905. 
K„n 0 H^ ar Slrs: ~J wi * h t0 congratulate you on the many nice things the catalogues and 
bulletins are saying for your Uncle Jim. My order will be small this year, but I have 
bought several times from you and never got a plant untrue to name and, except 
some Haverlands last spring, never have lost a plant. Very truly yours, 
FRANK MOFFITT. 
Ipswich, Massachusetts, May 16, 1905. 
It is of the Jessie and New York type, but while both the 
Your Uncle Jim is fine. 
