. 19th annual catalogue : strawberry, raspberry and blackberry plants, choice fowls and eggs, celery plants, Nursery stock Delaware Dover Catalogs; Strawberries Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. SLAY MAKER & SON, DOVER, DEL 9. Pennell.—Prof. Waugh of the Agricultural Station of Vermont, says of Pennell: "They looked like prize winners under any name;" they are entirely free from rust or blight, they throw out numerous strong vigorous runners taking very deep root in the sod, the blossom is Staminate and the fruit is borne on stout erect stems a good deal like the wild berry, which
. 19th annual catalogue : strawberry, raspberry and blackberry plants, choice fowls and eggs, celery plants, Nursery stock Delaware Dover Catalogs; Strawberries Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. SLAY MAKER & SON, DOVER, DEL 9. Pennell.—Prof. Waugh of the Agricultural Station of Vermont, says of Pennell: "They looked like prize winners under any name;" they are entirely free from rust or blight, they throw out numerous strong vigorous runners taking very deep root in the sod, the blossom is Staminate and the fruit is borne on stout erect stems a good deal like the wild berry, which they very much resemble in flavor, you do not need to bury them in sugar to make them palatable, the color of the fruit is dark red and the flesh is tinted all the way through, there are no hollow ones and no hard cores, the whole berry will melt in one's mouth, one does not have to use a knife to dig out the hulls as they can almost be picked leaving the hully on the vines, they will if you are not care- ful when they are dead ripe, these berries can easily be shipped on a long dis- tance as they are perfect in shape and texture and are not easily bruised in picking by good pickers. We have the Pennell growing in our beds. It is certainly a beautiful grow- ing plant without a single weak spot that we can eee. Johnson Early.—An early large strawberry is now the most desirable ac- qusition among berry plants. This is evidently a seedling of Hoffman as can be. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Slaymaker & Son; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Dover, Del. : Slaymaker & Son
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