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FallFruiting Strawberries AMERICUS and PROGRESSIVE.
While they will produce fruit at the same season as the ordinary strawberries and keep on bearing until frost.
yet to get the best results the blossoms should be kept cut off until August 1st so as to conserve the energies of the
plants for the fall crop. Treated in that way ripe fruit will be borne in about three weeks after that date and con-
tinuously until frost. One grower by that method gathered nearly 400 quarts from 500 plants set out in the spring; a
splendid demonstration of their productive power. The quality is superb, the size good, but not up to the Jarge
June berries, because of the season at which they are borne. The plants must not be allowed to suffer for water in the
fruiting season and a mulch will be found to be of great advantage. High cultivation is essential for the best resultsia
all crops and in growing these strawberries a little extra attention will pay well. There is no more trouble to grow them
than the ordinary strawberries but they have to be attended to in proper season.
AMERICUS. The plant is medium sized, with foliage a shade lighter in color than Progressive, has a good, heavy root
system, and is a fairly good plant maker; strongly staminate blossoms. The
fruit is light red, heart shaped, of fine texture, good quality, half the size of
Brandywine. Stout fruit-stems hold the fruit well off the ground. This va-
riety has fruited here the past four years on spring set plants and new runners
from July to cold weather. It is not uncommon for a spring set plant to
produce from six to twelve well-loaded fruit-stalks. Price, 10c. each,
$1.00 per doz., $8.00 per 100.
PROGRESSIVE. A splendid grower, healthy, and hardy, very produc-
tive. The plant is of medium size, the blossom strongly staminate
and very resistant to heat. Both blossoms and fruit are well protected
by the strong healthy foliage. The fruit is rich and sweet; a deep red
inside and out; of good medium size with a slight neck and quite firm.
Plants set in August and September fruit the next spring and on the new
runners from July until frost. Spring set plants fruit the same year they
•re set out. Price, 10c each, $1 .00 per doz., $8.00 per 100.
NEWER STRAWBERRIES.
The strawberries following were transplanted into cold frames in the fall, and
It planted out any time before May 5th, will, under proper conditions, fruit
some the present year.
All the varieties offered are perfect flower-
ing (bisexual) except where marked P or
pistillate. The latter must have a row of a
perfect flowering sort every nine or twelve
feet to pollenize their blossoms.
ABINGTON. (Midseason.) A grand
berry , a strong grower and great plant maker.
Grows 10 to 12 inches high with heavy fruit
■talks which stand erect. The berries are of
large size, a fair average is 25 to a quart.
They are bright red, firm and of good flavor.
CARDINAL. (P.) (Midseason.) The
berries are large and beautiful, perfectly
delicious. The plant is ideal, strong and
vigorous. It is a pistillate variety. Named
because of its brilliant color.
CHIPMAN. (Second early.) Round ber-
ries, uniform, large, beautiful color and
splendid quality. A vigorous, healthy grower,
Fruit firm and an excellent keeper.
COMMONWEALTH. (Very late.) The
berries are of the largest ; and broadly cone-
shaped and quite smooth; moreover it is
very late.
CORSICAN. (Midseason.) A distinct var-
iety. The fruit is dark crimson, rich and
delicious flavor, large size and firm.
EARLY OZARK. (Extra early.) It is a cross between the popular" var-
ieties Aroma and Excelsior. The berries are almost round and bright red in
color. The plant is a grand grower with healthy large, dark green leathery
foliage, and exceedingly prolific. (See cut page 180).
FENDALL. (P.) (Midseason to late.) A magnificent variety, berries rich
red, smooth and glossy. Largest size and superb flavor. Growth vigorous
very deep rooting, season of fruiting very long. A very valuable introduction.
FREMONT WILLIAMS. (Late.) A valuable late variety. The plants are
healthy of medium size, compact, not subject to rust or mildew and very pro-
lific. The berries are large and uniform, conical in shape and very firm. The
surface color is a dark glossy crimson and that of the flesh light red. The
flesh is of fine texture and the flavor all that could be desired. The calyx
is large and separates readily from the fruit making it easy to hull.
HERITAGE. (Midseason to late.) The plant is very large of extremely
heavy texture. It is very deep rooting — drought and disease resisting and
a prodigious yielder — from mid-season until very late of unusually large and
beautiful berries of a dark shining crimson color and round-tapering, conical
shape. The flesh is solid of fine texture and Its delicious flavor is unsur-
passed.
MASCOT. (Late.) A new late sort of unusually large size and productive-
ness. Season same as Gandy, lasting longer and usually producing a better
crop of equally good berries. It has been found to do well on land too dry for
Gandy.
NORWOOD. (Medium early to mid-season.) A Massachusetts production
said to be a cross between Marshall and Corsican. The plant is large and vig-
orous, bearing for a long season enormously large berries generally rounded
conical in form though sometimes flattened. The color is bright rich red from
surface to center and the quality excellent. (See cut page 180) .
RELIANCE. (Midseason.) This is a perfect flowered variety, ripens with
the " Marshall " and has a long season. It is remarkably uniform in shape for
such a large berry. The quality is unsurpassed, juicy, luscious, solid to the center
the flavor being what is generally known as " mild." The color is dark crimson
very glossy and attractive, remarkably even all over.
Price of the Newer Strawberries, 40c. per doz., $2.50 per 100, $15.00 per 1000.
Mailed free (if wanted) at the dozen rate.