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seven colors and were remarkably true to nature. A good percentage of our 
crop since we have fruited it being equally as large and fine in fact. We have a 
few left in our office which we will mail, if requested. We grow Springdale 
alongside of it here with Dunlap and Uncle Jim close by. A good healthy 
grower. Medium to late. 
Springdale Beauty 
Perfect. The Springdale Beauty is a good 
grower and abundant bearer. It ripens early 
and the berries are large, firm and of high quality. They resemble the Marie in 
size, shape and color, and the two sorts make a good team. We picked Springdale 
almost as soon as August Luther and when Luthers were all gone they kept on 
bearing, our pickers reporting about every other day for nearly three weeks more 
that there would be another picking on the Springdale, and the berries were 
large and fine to the last. The above is from our last spring’s catalogue. It is 
a good variety, an early fruiter and a fancy berry for shipping or for home use. 
One of our favorites. 
Onondaga Co., N. Y., March 10. 1904. 
I have only a small garden, but I like to test new things on a small scale. 
The “Marie” you sent me two years ago has proved the best of anything 1 ever 
had, and all of the plants I had of you did much better than - highly 
praised “Pedigree” stock. In fact-proved about the poorest I ever bought, 
and yours the best. Yours truly, 
G. M. DOOLITTLE. 
■p f R/»<*>««■•■ *7 Perfect. A good grower and an immense cropper 
a 3.rSOn S 063,111y of large, solid berries of good form, color and 
quality. This is a good all around variety, but its chief point of merit is its 
enormous crops of fruit. There is probably not a variety in existence that will 
outyield it. M. Crawford says: “Every season makes the conviction stronger in 
11 s that this is one of the safest varieties to plant for market. We should prefer 
it to Haverland, Bubach, Bismarck, or Warfield for market purposes. This va¬ 
riety is in great demand and a larger acreage is set each year. We hear nothing 
but praise for it in every section.” 
Nettie 
Imperfect. Plants large, healthy, vigorous. Fruit large, light red 
color. Poor quality. Season late. If this was a handsomer berry 
and firmer and of better quality, it would be a very valuable variety; but the 
quality especialy is so poor that we doubt if we shall reset it in the spring. It 
is quite productive, and the berries look well in the crate for a short time, but 
soon discolor, and the berry itself has little to recommend it here. 
Hero 
Perfect. A good variety. Plants received six years ago from the 
introducer at $5.00 per dozen. We have fruited it with increasing 
satisfaction each season since, growing it in larger quantity each year. The 
plants are good size and healthy growers, always making good rows. The fruit 
is large, bright red. smooth, very uniform in size, firm and of good quality. A 
reliable heavy cropper and the easiest berry to pick we know. Medium early. A 
favorite here. 
Ernie 
Perfect. New. The introducers say: “We believe the Ernie is 
equal in every respect to our best standard varieties. The berry is 
large, smooth and very uniform in size and shape, seeds prominent, with rather 
a tough skin. The hull is of medium size and retains its rich green color long 
after being picked, adding much to the beauty and sale of the fruit. Of excellent 
quality and color, a very dark glossy red clear to center of berry. It holds its 
size better than any berry we know of, running large to the very last picking. 
Commences to ripen with Crescent and is of long season. Plants medium in 
size, upright in growth, with dark green foliage; has a stiff fruit stem holding 
the fruit well up from the ground. Perfectly healthy, very productive, and a 
good plant maker.” 
With one season’s fruiting we find the Ernie just about as claimed. 
Perfect. An extra early variety that we got from Colifarnia several 
years ago. At first it was a week ahead of Michels Early in fruiting 
here, but later it is not so early here, fruiting, however, with the very earliest. 
Fruit of good size, conical, bright red color and good quality. Plants vigorous 
and productive. Customers in the Gulf states report it earliest of all. Our stock 
of this is larger than for several years. 
Perfect. A good grower and a heavy cropper of fair sized, bright, 
glossy red berries, firm and of good quality. Medium to late. 
Elba 
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