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crop at least, and we mean to give it 
such a trial as soon as we have plants 
enough. It certainly is a most valua¬ 
ble variety for the home garden or to 
sell at fancy prices in a nearby market. 
It was one of the attractions here last 
season. The plants are large, vigor¬ 
ous and healthy. 
CLIMAX.—(Per.)—Our plants of 
this much praised variety were receiv¬ 
ed last spring from Cordrey Bros., of 
Delaware, the introducers, and is their 
leading variety; a large part if their 
catalogue being taken up with testi¬ 
monials from prominent parties who 
had seen and fruited it. We quote 
from American Gardening of July 12, 
1902, a part of an article, “In Dela¬ 
ware,” by Charles Wright: “The 
greatest strawberry I have yet seen 
is the new berry, Climax. I have no 
interest in this new berry, but intend 
to plant it largely for market. Mr. 
H. W. Graham, of Tyaskin, Md., rais¬ 
ed it from seed of Bubach, fertilized 
by Hoffman and from 1,100 plants set 
on less than a quarter of an acre he 
last year (1901) shipped 105 sixty- 
quart crates of berries. I have not 
heard of his yield this year, but it 
must be something enormous. The 
beds were some three or four feet 
wide, the tops of the plants knee high, 
so you can imagine what a sight it 
was. The plant has a rough foliage, 
very heavy and strong. The fruit is 
hardly as large as the largest Bu¬ 
bach, but about the size of average 
Bubach and looks as if it came out 
of a mold. I did not see a misshaped 
berry, and he said every bloom made 
a berry. I never saw such a sight. 
The fruit is firm, of good flavor, good 
medium red color, in fact, all any one 
can desire. Blossom perfect. It was 
growing on sandy soil, fertilized by 
phosphate, 200 lbs. on about one-quar¬ 
ter of an acre; no other manure. 
There were good beds of Wm. Belt, 
Dayton, Corsican, Michels, and Ten¬ 
nessee Prolific near it, but this was 
at least twice as good as any. Mr. 
Graham picked his first quart May 
10, this year. If the country could 
see it he would not have one plant in 
a hundred to supply the demand.” 
This variety has made a fine heal¬ 
thy growth here, corresponding with 
all we have heard of it in that re¬ 
spect, and we do not doubt that it is 
all that is claimed for it by Mr. 
Wright who ought to know straw¬ 
berries if any one. Mr. Wright is 
well known as the pomologist of the 
Columbian Exposition. He was in¬ 
vited by friends to go and see this 
new berry and bought 10,000 plants 
on the spot for his own planting last 
spring, insisting on paying for them 
to make sure of getting them. 
OOM PAUL.—(Per.)— The flower 
of the world, says T. C. Kevitt, of 
New Jersey, the introducer, who of¬ 
fered it last season at 50 cents per 
plant, marking a new era in berry cul- 
OOM PAUL. 
ture. The Oom Paul is the largest 
strawberr}' ever fruited on our plant 
farm. Six specimens filled a quart 
box, for which $10.00 was paid at our 
field meeting, June 15, 1901. A rec¬ 
ord breaker. Single plants yield a 
full quart, 140 quarts were picked 
from 280 plants in a single, picking. 
Origin of parentage, Jessie and Bu¬ 
bach, by I. S. Palmer, originator. 
Stupendous in size, and delicious in 
flavor, nice shape, elegant color,, ship¬ 
ping the best. Another strong point 
in favor of Oom Paul is that the last 
picking never runs small. Very pro¬ 
berries are called giants by visitors 
See Description of Peck’s Early Potato on page 29. 
