FLANSBURGH & PEIRSON CO.’S CATALOGUE. 
say, after fruiting it three years, that it is, without a doubt, the most valuable 
of all red raspberries and destined to supercede all others for commercial grow¬ 
ing and heavy planting in the future. As stated in our crop report elsewhere in 
this catalogue, the fruit is larger than the Loudon,but is of a deeper, richer red 
when fully ripe, and we judge it will yield double that variety as we have grown 
it until it (the Loudon) developed root gall and we dug them up. 
Red respberries are in great demand. Note the prices in the cities for the 
past few years. The larger markets never have been well supplied, and less so 
of late than formerly, because of root gall and the destruction of many large 
plantations. The country needs a great commercial berry that is proof against 
this weakness, that is hardy and productive, large and firm and handsome, that 
will hang upon the bush longer after ripe and with a longer fruiting season. 
What then of an extra fancy berry like the Eaton, grown under right conditions 
to do its best, good rich soil and proper cultivation that should continue up 
to the very day of the first day’s picking at the least. 
At first we tried to pick them before fully ripe, when bright red, they were 
so large and fine, but they pulled off hard and crumbled more or less. After that 
we picked only those that were a deeper red, still more beautiful and fully ripe 
and they came off easily and whole and firm. The new pickers should be told 
about this feature, or they will pick them before fully ripe, less rapidly, and they 
will crumble as with other sorts, when in fact the Eaton can be picked when ripe 
faster and at less expense than any sort we know. We wrote Mr. Garretson of 
this—that nearly every one at first would try to pick the large, bright red ber¬ 
ries a little prematurely unless advised. Mr. Garretson replied: 
“They crumble a little before fully ripe. When fully ripe they do not 
crumble, picking easily and rapidly. They began to ripen just at the close of the 
strawberry season, June 19, and our last picking was August 10. They were 
much larger and more productive than Loudon, firm and of high quality. We 
sold at our village market at 10 cents per pint. I send you a few letters which 
please return. Prof. Green, of the Ohio Experiment Station, was here to see 
them while in fruit and he advised me to exhibit them at the Pan-American 
Exposition at Buffalo. You can tell what he thinks of it by what he wants now. 
The last letter from Virginia comes voluntarily. Note that Prof. John Craig, 
of Iowa, speaks in high terms of the Eaton for quality, yield and size—the 
largest of seventy-five varieties at the Agricultural College, but reports them a 
little crumbly. This is when he tries to pick them before fully ripe. The only 
fault I could find with them is this. The berries are so very large they have 
to turn down before fully grown as the stem cannot hold up the weight, so if 
there should come a long rainy spell at ripening, the berries might get more or 
less water soaked, if left to fully ripen on the bush; but the berries are so fine 
in color before fully ripe that they may be clipped at such a time and allowed 
to finish ripening in the box and sold like strawberries with the hull and core. 
If you wish to ship a long distance (New York or Boston) clip the stem close 
to the berry when full size and bright scarlet red. They are solid and will not 
leave the core, but ripen up perfectly on the core and be in perfect condition 
three to four days later. This was the way I sent them to the Pan-American 
Exposition at Buffalo. I sent them to Prof. H. E. Van Deman to exhibit and he 
pronounced them fine. I believe I told you that I received a large bronze medal 
for the exhibit. 
“Yours for the good that we can do. 
"AMOS GARRETSON." 
To start the Eaton in our catalogue this year we find we will not have the 
time to make a print of the bronze medal mentioned or reproduce from a photo¬ 
graph the berries growing on the bush, which also was received from Mr. Garret¬ 
son, but these can come later. There is a future for the Eaton. Watch the pa¬ 
pers and our catalogue for 1908. 
Read the following from Mr. Garretson: 
December 6, .1904. 
The Flansburg & Pierson Company. 
Gentlemen:—In regard to Eaton. They are wholly in your charge as the in¬ 
troducers. Of course, the best sales will come later when its good qualities are 
generally known, but you will have the full control of plants. Please state in 
your catalogue that we will not sell plants, so that no one will write to us for 
them. AMOS GARRETSON & SON. 
Price of plants for 1905: 50 cents each; $5.00 per dozen, postpaid; $25.00 per 
100, by express. Electros of Eaton raspberries (like the above) 75 cents each. 
To whom it may concern: This is to testify that I have watched the devel¬ 
opment of the Eaton raspberry and was one among the first to test its good 
qualities, and I can truly say as a disinterested party that I consider it one of 
the most promising berries of the kind ever placed before the public. 
Respectfully, THOS. M. HARDY, 
Pendleton, Ind. 
Potatoes here all right. 
Clinton Co., Pa., April 16, 1904. 
A. J. SHERES. 
