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now fruited with us two years and we place it at the head of the list, simply 
because it belongs there. We have watched for reports on it very carefully now 
for two years and it seems to be a great success everywhere. With us it Is 
certainly the best all around berry that we have ever tested. It is a very large, 
thrifty plant, with large heavy foliage, free from any disease. It has a massive 
root system, greater than any other plant I ever saw. It produces fruit the larg¬ 
est of any variety, and of remarkably good form for so large a berry. The 
berries are very firm and ripen evenly all over at once, which is not the case 
with most large varieties. It is very productive and its fruiting season very 
long—from medium to late. The very best to ship to a distant fancy market/' 
T? * f» | 1 Perfect. The Fairfield is a chance seedling. I have grown It 
l 1 airilclO for several years starting with one plant only and have never 
seen its equal for earliness, large size, productiveness, color, quality and firm¬ 
ness. Out of fifteen kinds covering 20 acres this was far ahead as a money 
maker and were all done, except the very last picking when others began to 
pick. It has very strong foliage, a large, perfect blossom and has never shown 
any signs of rust. It roots deep, withstands drouth well on either light or heavy 
soil, bringing a large crop to perfection and holding the size up well at the last 
picking. I believe the berry will average about twice the size and double the 
quarts of Michels Early aside from being five days earlier.—Originator. 
The above is from our last year’s catalogue; the introducer's circular con¬ 
tained the testimony of a dozen or more men all uniting in declaring it a 
wonder for earliness, size, quality and healthy growth. 
Mr. Allen, of Md.. sa.ys: “One of the most promising new berries that has 
been sent out for several years. I was much pleased with it.” 
Mr. Johnson, the introducer, enjoyed a monopoly of the berry, as the fruit 
was paying him much better than any of some dozen or twenty kinds growing 
on twenty or thirty acres, and could not be induced to give the berry general 
distribution until 1901. Very promising. 
Lucas: 
Perfect. This is a variety for which I was awarded a medal at the 
>Pan-American Exposition. It is a chance seedling that pa^uiSpio in 
Maryland six years ago and every year since has produced a big crop. The 
plants are large and very deep rooted with tall, broad, dark green foliage, with¬ 
out a sign of any disease and are good plant makers. It has perfect blossoms and 
is one of the best to plant with pistilates. The fruit is very large, roundish con¬ 
ical of uniform size and shape and never misshapen. Color dark red, firm and 
of good quality. Midseason. I do not recommend it for light sandy soil, but 
on any other it is a good variety.—Introducer. 
■Tj* 1 Perfect. We quote from a letter here on file from the- 
nariy DcaUry originator of whom we got our plants: “I wish to call' 
your attention to my Early Beauty strawberry, which, for the past two years has 
ripened here May 16, and sold by the crate and held the market until June 1 
at 20 cents per quart. I challenge one and all for an earlier berry; a better 
shipper cannot be found. Rust and drouth proof. Color the same as Warfield,, 
as large and productive as Crescent and two weeks earlier than Excelsior. If 
you have an earlier berry than Excelsior I want some plants to try. If an earlier 
berry than mine, quality, yield and firmness combined, I will give $100 for 100 
plants.” 
It is evident that the originator holds this sort in high regard, but we know 
little else about it yet, except that it is a vigorous grower with clean healthy 
foliage. 
Auto 
Perfect. A moderate plant maker, but the plants are very large 
and robust. Fruit extra large, of fine color and high quality. The 
introducer says: “In 1900 it produced at the rate of 8,000 quarts per acre, and 
in 1901 produced 14,000 quarts from one and three-fourths acres.” 
This variety is very similar with the Yant, but something earlier, and both 
varieties are much the same type of berry as our Uncle Jim. 
T 7 , Perfect. Introduced in 1901 by H. M. Martin, of Ohio. With us it is 
Y ant a very moderate plant maker, although of robust size, clean and 
healthy. It was originated by John Yant, of Ohio, and grown by him several 
years and has never failed to produce a good crop of fine large berries, often 
selling at double the price of other varieties at the market at Canton. The fruit 
is extra large, bright red in color and of high quality. We consider It a very 
promising variety. 
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