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PICKING THE WINNERS 
Ea rly The safe early strawberry. Frost proof. Has produced a crop every 
year for 25 straight years since its introduction. Very productive, 
P remier profitable and popular in all Northern and Middle States. 
® Best of all in quality. Quite productive. Berries large, firm, beautiful, 
FQ crf ax becoming dark when full ripe. Ideal berry for home garden. Very 
profitable for roadside market, fancy trade. High quality brings 
repeat sales. Widely adapted North to Middle South. 
Most profitable early berry for us. At its best equals Premier in pro- 
Dorse ductiveness. Superior in size, firmness, beauty. Much better in 
quality. Avoid very cold frosty sites, far North. Blakemore light — 
and quite tart is fine, early shipping berry adapted chiefly from Maryland South. May- 
time earliest of all, a new variety with vigor, firmness, beauty, quality, worth trying 
Virginia to Southern New England. 
Midseason Lhe safe midseason berry. Nine years without a crop failure. Heavi- 
e est producer of any leading variety—-more big berries than any other. 
Catskill Good quality, firm, attractive. Adapted from Canada south to Mis- 
souri, and North Carolina. Best midseason berry. 
Big Joe for the Middle States, Pathfinder and Dresden for the Northern States are 
other fine, vigorous, productive midseason varieties. 
Late The aristocrat of Strawberries. For years highest selling late 
berries. Large, firm, very beautiful, fine quality. Consid- 
Chesa ped ke ered shy plant maker but our present strain has always made 
plenty of plants. Most profitable late berry in many sections. 
Starbright, new, similar to Chesapeake in many ways, but handsomer, firmer and 
better quality. Brings top prices. Worth trying. 
Ve ry Late The best very late and the latest real good berry. Plant for late | 
berries and high prices. Good quality. 
Red Star 
Everbearing Most popular and widely grown Everbearer. A strong grower. 
: Berries large, good quality, good shippers, excellent for home 
Mastodon use and most generally used when planting for profit. A fine 
spring cropper in addition to summer and fall berries. 
Better than Mastodon with us. More productive, more profitable, berries 
Gem prettier, better shipper, equal in quality. Not as good as Mastodon for 
spring crop. 
DELIVERED PRICES ON REQUEST—We hope that berry growers who may be 
uncertain about transportation costs will send us the list of varieties and quantities 
they are interested in. We will be glad to quote delivered prices. No obligation. 

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