. Allen's descriptive catalogue of choice strawberry plants : grown and for sale by W. F. Allen, Jr. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST OF CHOICE STRAWBERRY PLANTS. SWINDLE V'P).—The plant, in habit of growth, somewhat resembles the Glewt- dale, although with broader leaves: it is a more vigorous grower tijan euber of its parents, and makes runners freely: leaf and fruit stalks are Jong and stout, fruit stalks very abundant and branch freely, so that often thirty to fi
. Allen's descriptive catalogue of choice strawberry plants : grown and for sale by W. F. Allen, Jr. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST OF CHOICE STRAWBERRY PLANTS. SWINDLE V'P).—The plant, in habit of growth, somewhat resembles the Glewt- dale, although with broader leaves: it is a more vigorous grower tijan euber of its parents, and makes runners freely: leaf and fruit stalks are Jong and stout, fruit stalks very abundant and branch freely, so that often thirty to fifty berries form en a single cluster; blossoms, pistillate; olooms medium till late; fruit ripens late to very late: large, rich, dark, glossy -carlet color: sprightly, high flavor, somewhat acid, but of excellent quality, firm and solid, and a grand shipper: in a general way, both plant and fruit resemble Gandy. only ihe berries average larger and of richer color. Swindle is fully as late and will produce four times as much fruit as Gandy, making it the grandest late market or family variety yet introduced. Hale Bros, say: ''Early last season, when such varieties as Southard, liiefe- el'fl Early, etc., were ripe, we sold fruit from fifteen to eighteen cents per quart: in the middle of the season eight to ten cents was the ruling price; but later, when tiie Swindle was ripe, we had no trouble to sell them at twenty and twenty-five cents per quart. July 23, 1891, Mr. Smalley writes: "Picked my last crate of Swindle to-day. sold for twenty cents per quart. Four hundred and eighty bushels from the two ; Our own fruiting has been on a much smaller scale, and no measurements have been made except in a small way. One row of fall set plants, three rods long, gave fourteen quarts at one picking, while a matted row, one foot wide, fifteen roas long, gave thirty-seven quarts at one picking; at the rate of over fifty bushels per acre at one picking. Enhance.—It is a ge
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