. Descriptive catalogue of grape vines and small fruits. Fruit trees Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Grapes Catalogs; Commercial catalogs New Jersey Merchantville. Joel Horner & Son. Merchantville, N. J. 17. (cut showing berries natural size.) THE NEW ^^JEWELL" STRAWBERRY SII^VHR MHO At, from MASSACHUSEXXS HOItXICUI^XUir AU SOCIHXY, June 25, I883, for Best Seedling: Strawberry pro<luce<l in five years. Is out of a lot of seedlings produced from one quart of "Jersey Queen " and one quart of " Prince of Berries " (the seed being sown togethe
. Descriptive catalogue of grape vines and small fruits. Fruit trees Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Grapes Catalogs; Commercial catalogs New Jersey Merchantville. Joel Horner & Son. Merchantville, N. J. 17. (cut showing berries natural size.) THE NEW ^^JEWELL" STRAWBERRY SII^VHR MHO At, from MASSACHUSEXXS HOItXICUI^XUir AU SOCIHXY, June 25, I883, for Best Seedling: Strawberry pro<luce<l in five years. Is out of a lot of seedlings produced from one quart of "Jersey Queen " and one quart of " Prince of Berries " (the seed being sown together). The originators say the Jewel is the finest growing variety we have ever seen, producing an abundance of very large, high-colored fruit of fine quality. Season medium, size large^ color bright red, changing to crimson when very ripe; flower pistillate, enormously productive, Will produce more in value from same area than any other variety known. Berry very solid and firm promising to make it the great market Strawberry. The plant is very robust and vigorous and has never shown any signs of rust or blight. Being of better color, more firm and solid, of better quality, more vigorous, and more productive than the Sharpless, it will not fail to become a great favorite. The Jewel produced this year from 1-22 acre 678 quarts of berries besides all picked and sampled by visitors. Had it not been for very dry weather our yield would have exceeded 500 bushels per 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 Joel Horner & Son; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Merchantville, N. J. : Joel Horner & Son
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