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the Bubach, which it resembles very 
much, but on the average the berries 
are not quite as large. When I tell 
you they simply lie in heaps and 
piles it is only for you to see them to 
f et any idea of their productiveness, 
t is a wonder among wonders, and 
were I confined to any berry in cul¬ 
tivation that I know of, there is none 
to equal it. The way I have seen 
small rows of these berries pick, it 
will make a man hustle to handle a 
few acres. It is what its name im¬ 
plies. As Mark Hanna is the greatest 
political leader the United States has 
ever known, so I think is this straw¬ 
berry. Every one who has seen them 
pronounce them without a fault.” 
We got a few plants of this and of 
the Mrs. Mark HannA under restric¬ 
tions not to sell any of the plants for 
less than $2.00 per dozen and $10.00 
per 100, and the price to remain the 
same to every one for 1904, but we 
can give good count. Mr. Thompson 
also included a few plants of his 
Earliest strawberry, stating that 
others had been sent out under this 
name that would not compare very fa¬ 
vorably with the original. The Ear¬ 
liest is a valuable extra early sort 
much like Cameron Early. The 
Mrs. Mark Hanna is a fine berry, but 
the vines rust badly and is otherwise 
not a satisfactory grower here. The 
Mark Hanna was all he claimed for 
it. We were delighted with its;robust, 
healthy growth, and the immense 
crop of fine, large, handsome fruit. 
We shall increase our planting of it 
in future. 
NICHOLS GRANVILLE.—(Per.) 
—The berries are large in size and 
perfect in shape, color when fully ripe 
a very dark glossy red, flesh dark red, 
solid, and of delicious flavor, fresh or 
canned; ripens medium to late, hold¬ 
ing up well in size. The b'erry re¬ 
mains firm on the vine for some time 
after fully ripe. It has a perfect 
blossom, and is a good fertilizer!. 
Fruit stems and leaves tall, bearing 
clusters well up from the ground. Is 
an excellent plant maker; plants vig¬ 
orous, healthy, productive and large, 
often having double crowns. 
Prof. W. J. Green, of the Ohio Ex¬ 
periment Station, says: “It is the 
berry for home use and canning, hold¬ 
ing its shape when canned equal to 
Warfield and Enhance, and is far su- 
NICHOLS GRANVILLE. 
perior to either in quality.” Again in 
the Ohio Farmer of October 3, 1901, 
he says: “I have not seen a better 
berry for table use or canning.” 
The Livingston Seed Co., of Ohio, 
first called our attention to this new 
berry, as a good thing, and later we 
secured a stock of plants from Mr. 
Nichol, the originator. Of all the 
dark colored berries we have ever 
fruited the Nichol’s Granville is the 
darkest, the glossiest, the richest and 
handsomest of them all. Aside from 
being a good variety it ought to be 
in every colection to elicit praise and 
admiration from our friends. 
COMMONWEALTH. — (Per.) — 
New. A late variety introduced last 
year by William H. Monroe, of Mas¬ 
sachusetts, who says: “The Common¬ 
wealth is the outcome of a desire to 
lengthen the strawberry season. This 
has been accomplished. In the Com¬ 
monwealth we have a berry that is as 
large as the largest, as productive, as 
fine flavored, as solid and as dark col¬ 
ored as any. It is sr^t)Oth, similar to 
Jucunda in shape, and very juicy. It 
has a strong staminate blossom. 
“It is late. 
“On the 18th of July, 1902, as good 
berries were picked as during its sea¬ 
son and in quantity. Marshall, Glen 
Mary, and McKinley, side by side 
with it being gone. The last berries 
were picked July 22. The plant is a 
See Description of Peck’s Early Potato on page 29. 
