. Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1905. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Clyde. Early to Mid-Season, Perfect. A stroQg-growing, perfect blooming, healthy plant, with light green foliage. Everywhere tested, it proves to be exceedingly productive of large, globular, perfectly formed, light scarlet berries of fine quality. Always inclined to overbear. Some plants have more fruit stalks than leaf stalks. A light applica- tion of nitrate of soda in early spring, before fruiting, or a t
. Dreer's mid-summer catalogue 1905. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Clyde. Early to Mid-Season, Perfect. A stroQg-growing, perfect blooming, healthy plant, with light green foliage. Everywhere tested, it proves to be exceedingly productive of large, globular, perfectly formed, light scarlet berries of fine quality. Always inclined to overbear. Some plants have more fruit stalks than leaf stalks. A light applica- tion of nitrate of soda in early spring, before fruiting, or a top- dressing of stable manure in winter, will stimulate greater foliage growth, and so help the fruiting of this remarkable variety. There are but few strawberries that succeed as well over so wide a range of country as Clyde. No family collection can be com- plete without it. 50 cts. perdoz.; $ per 100 ; $ per 1000. £arly May. Extra Early, Perfect. A most valuable early varietj' of strong, robust growth, absolutely hardy, and is never injured by late frosts. It bears wonderfully heavy crops of medium-sized berries, having the rich flavor and aroma found only in the wild berry, but its most valuable feature is its extreme earliness. 50 cts. per doz.; per 100 ; $ per looo. £xCelsior. Extra Early, Perfect. An extra early that has been recommended from many differ. ent sections not only on account of its extreme earliness, but also on account of its productiveness, one large grower claiming that it will produce four times as many berries as any extra early sort known to him. 60 cts. per doz.; $ per 100 ; $ per 1000. Gandy^s Prize. Lat©, Perfect. A strong, healthy plant, needing rich soil for its perfect devel- opment. One of the best berries for late market. Fruit solid and fit for shipment to distant markets. Berry of fine flavor. The berries are borne upon long, strong stalks well above the ground. No better late berry can be wished for ; a
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