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General List of Varieties 
Big Joe It ripens midseason, comes on rapidly and ripens all over at 
once, making it easy to pick. The shipping quality is good. 
It is not so firm as Blakemore or Fairfax, but it has shipped well for a numb- 
er of years and has brought high prices. We especialiy reeommend it for 
the garden on account of its handsome appearance and excellent quality. 
It is also a particularly strong and vigorous grower, the equal of any. 
We feel sure that you will find that it meets every possible requirement of 
the market berry grower, and has a perfect bloom, so that it does not need 
a pollenizer. Has been popular a long time and will be for many years to 
come. A very dependable berry, but it is not as productive or as handsome 
as Catskill. 

CHESAPEAKE 
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productive, though Gandy may occasionally, with ideal soil, bear quite as many 
berries as Chesapeake. The great superiority that it has over nearly all others 
is its remarkable selling qualities, for we have positively known of sales where 
it brought twice as much per quart as other standard varieties of its season. 
It may be that there will be an overproduction of poor berries, but we doubt 
if there will ever be too many of such high quality and handsome berries as 
Chesapeake. Its only weakness is a difficulty in getting a bed of the plants. 
If you can grow it plant it. A handsome profit is reasonably sure, particu- 
larly in the Middle Atlantic and New England States. 



Good Shape 
In a letter from the famous Valley of Virginia, comes the following, 
“Plants received in good shape and were real nice.” J. W. Ritchie 
