W. S. TODD, GREENWOOD, DELAWARE 
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS 
RIDGELY. (Per.) 
In the spring of 1927 I received a letter from a large grower of berries at 
Ridgely, Md. saying, “He and some other growers of that section were growing 
a new chance seedling that he considered the finest berry of its season that he 
had ever grown, and that he was going to send me some of the plants and wanted 
me to introduce it.” That spring he sent me 4000 of the plants. At fruiting time 
I went to see it in bearing and it was one of the finest berries in every way I had 
ever seen. He asked me to name this berry and as Ridgely was noted for the 
fine berries grown in that section, I named and introduced it as Ridgely in 1928. 
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Since then I have secured plants of a variety called Jupiter, and have fruite 1 
it by Ridgely and have found it to be the same as Ridgely. I also have reports 
from growers from different sections who have fruited them and all say they 
are the same. 
In introducing it in 1928 I said, “I do not claim it is the best berry ever 
introduced, but I do claim it is one of the best, and that I do not believe it is 
surpassed by any of the most popular varieties of today as a money maker for 
berry growers.” Since that time in almost every section where it has been grown 
