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FLANSBURGH & PEIRSON'S CATALOGUE. 
The ftrcgcing are fasti)let cf lette 
here on file that refer particularly to 
Lester Lovett. The good old Gandy 
we have had for years. If Lester Lov¬ 
ett plants are wanted we will dig from 
those that Mr. Lovett guaranteed to 
us to be distinct and genuine. Our 
supply is large. 
JOE.—(Per.) —New. A moderate 
grower and producer. Plants large 
and healthy. Fruit extra large, dark 
red color, red flesh and good quality. 
Mid season. 
DOWNING’S BRIDE—“Kitter 
Rice”—(Imp.) —Plants from M. Craw¬ 
ford, of Ohio, in 1901. Fruit large, 
conical, dark red color, glossy and 
beautiful. Plants vigorous, healthy 
and productive. Midseason to late. 
THE UNCLE JIM.—(Per.)— We 
have no' room to publish all the good 
things said about 
the Uncle Jim. We 
introduced it as the 
finest of them all, 
and we re-affirm 
that it is the finest, 
firmest, the most 
productive, and the 
*.best grower of all 
sfthe large varieties 
" that are well tested 
here. This variety was so valuable 
and so distinctly superior to any other 
of its type that it was sought to 
change its name to the Dornan, by 
action with the Michigan State Hor¬ 
ticultural Society, after we had intro¬ 
duced it as the Uncle Jim. 
The plants are large and healthy, 
making a good row. The fruit is 
large and beautiful, firm and of high 
quality. It has a perfect blossom and 
its season is medium to late. We 
fruited this quite heavily last year. 
Read what is said about it in our an¬ 
nual letter. Mr. Crawford, of . Ohio, 
says: “The Uncle Jim is one of the 
new varieties that impressed us very 
favorably after fruiting it one year, 
appearing to be just what the intro¬ 
ducers claimed for it, viz.: a very 
productive, firm, large, good flavored, 
good colored, late berry; beginning 
to ripen a little before Gandy, but hav¬ 
ing a long season.” 
Mr. Wooster, of Maine, said in 
American Gardening: “Uncle Jim 
shows up to be one of the very best 
first large berries ever introduced. 
rslt is a picture of health and strength 
and seems to be without a fault in its 
make up. This variety must come to 
the front rapidly.” 
Mr. Keavitt, of New Jersey, said of 
it in Rural New Yorker: “Very prom¬ 
ising; very prolific; good healthy fo¬ 
liage; one of the best, thrifty growers 
on the grounds. Berries very large, 
somewhat resembling the New York 
in fruit and foliage. A good one.” 
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Alpena Co., Mich., July 28, '03. 
Mr. Flansburg. 
Dear Sir: — How soon can I have 500 
or 1,000 strong layer plants of the Un¬ 
cle Jim. I fruited 25 plants this season 
and think it an ideal berry—a combina¬ 
tion of the good qualities of many 
others. The Dunlap is a great berry, if 
plants are wanted and weeds are trou¬ 
blesome, the Senator will smother them 
for the farmer, but berries are few com¬ 
pared, on my soil. Your plants are al¬ 
ways good, and our new planting of 
Clyde and Haverland look like good 
growing bush beans. With thanks for 
extras and hoping to hear from your Mr. 
Flansburg soon, I remain, 
Yours truly, 
RUDOLPH SCHNEIDER, 
Market Gardener. 
Uncle Jim and Aunt Marie. 
Newton Co., Kan., Mar. 25, ’03. 
I received the plants all right some 
days ago. I call them Uncle Jim and 
Aunt Marie. Thank you. 
BEN. F. GLENN. 
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YANT. — (Per.)—Introduced in 
1901 by Mr. H. M. Martin, of Ohio. 
With us it is a very moderate plant 
maker, although of a robust size, clean 
and healthy. It was originated by 
John Yant and grown by him five 
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 Cat' 
ton. The fruit is extra large here, 
deep red in color, high quality and 
produced in abundance. We con¬ 
sider it a very promising variety and 
regret that our supply of plants is 
limited. 
MARIE. —(Imp.)—We regard this 
as one of the most valuable commer¬ 
cial varieties ever introduced. The 
berries are large, round as a ball, uni¬ 
form in size as the Gandy and of the 
same bright color. As we have some¬ 
times written a customer, just imag¬ 
ine a crate full of little oranges, and 
you will have the Marie, only a 
darker, richer color. The quality is 
only average, and we class it purely 
a commercial berry. 
See Description of Feck’s Early Potato on page 29. 
