. Haverland. The American Garden says : "The exquisite flavor of the wild berry is so decided jflj IHE BANQUET that those who have long wished for a wild strawberry II of large size can now be gratified. In propagating plants from H vear to year the originator's course in increasing them is to be M n-ivpc vnii trip triiP wild highly commended. Only those showing the finest and -most W glVCb YUU LUC LI UC Wliu highly flavored fruit are retained, all others being Unhesitatingly M strawbeiTV flavor. ; W J Government reports deal only with the very choicest g*33^222X22222I2iX-X
. Haverland. The American Garden says : "The exquisite flavor of the wild berry is so decided jflj IHE BANQUET that those who have long wished for a wild strawberry II of large size can now be gratified. In propagating plants from H vear to year the originator's course in increasing them is to be M n-ivpc vnii trip triiP wild highly commended. Only those showing the finest and -most W glVCb YUU LUC LI UC Wliu highly flavored fruit are retained, all others being Unhesitatingly M strawbeiTV flavor. ; W J Government reports deal only with the very choicest g*33^222X22222I2iX-XKE£3[X2f products or great novelties, when it comes to the matter of colored plates, etc. In report of the United States Department of Agriculture for 1S90. the Pomologist's report has a beautiful colored plate of Banquet, and says : "This variety promises to be one of the comingstrawberries for home gardens and fancy rr ..ets. The plant is very thrifty and the flowers are perfect Size of fruit medium, one by one and one-quarter inches, and very- uniform ; shape conical, rather elongated; never coxcombe 1; color a rich, dark crimson, without tendency to lose color when over ripe ; flesh firm, coloring to the center and ripening equally in all parts ; quality very good; flavor peculiarly rich and pleasing, possessing in avafked degree the aroma of 1 hk wild berry. The stems hold the fruit well up from the ground, resembling Crescent in this regard In season it is about medium. The originator preferred to tmt it fullv and perhaps improve it by careful selection before offering the plants for sale. The illustration (see Plate IV) was made from cne of manv samples sent bv Mr. Hawkins, from bis place in New York. It is not exaggerated in anv respect. Of all the strawberries with which I am acquainted, this is one of the very choicest in flavor and of general good ; 50 cts. per doz., $2 per 50, $3 per 100. Do you know a good thing when yon see it ?
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