Archive image from page 9 of Descriptive catalogue and price list. Descriptive catalogue and price list of the Hillside Nursery and Fruit Farm : high grade fruits and plants . descriptivecatal1896hill Year: 1896 -6— Bubach's No. 5 (P) Combines ma- nf excellent qualities, such as great and uniform size, fine form and color, good quality of fruit, unsurpassed pro- ductiveness, and great vigor of plant. It ripens almost as early as the Cres- cent and continues about as long in bearing, and is fully as prolific; leaves large, dark green, and endures the hottest sun perfectly. The leading marke
Archive image from page 9 of Descriptive catalogue and price list. Descriptive catalogue and price list of the Hillside Nursery and Fruit Farm : high grade fruits and plants . descriptivecatal1896hill Year: 1896 -6— Bubach's No. 5 (P) Combines ma- nf excellent qualities, such as great and uniform size, fine form and color, good quality of fruit, unsurpassed pro- ductiveness, and great vigor of plant. It ripens almost as early as the Cres- cent and continues about as long in bearing, and is fully as prolific; leaves large, dark green, and endures the hottest sun perfectly. The leading market variety. Brunette (S) This new berry was originated by Granville Cowing, Dela- ware county, Ind., and is offered this spring for the first time. The origina- tor has the following to say. 'Its berries are of a dark red color; round and almost invariably perfect, without any white tip ; quite firm ; strong grower. The berries have been sold only at home, where they have in- variably brought from three to five cents per quart more than best Haverland and Bubach, on account of its superior quality; Professor Troop, of the Indiana Experiment Station, has placed it at the head of all varieties at that station for delicious flavor.' We copy the following from the Indiana Farmer for Oct., 1S94 : 'The Brunette strawberry has been tested three years at the station, and it should find a place in every farmer's garden. It is a good grower and pro- ductive. The berry is large and dark read, and of the very best quality; it is especially for home use or home market.' Prof. \V. J. Green, of the Ohio Experimental Station, after testing it three years, expresses the following opinion of it in a letter to its originator : 'The Brunette has done finely for us this season ; it is the finest l>erry for home use I am acquainted with; I shall plant it almost exclusively for my own family use, as we find nothing else that suits us as well.' Prof. Taft, of the Michigan Experimental Station, say
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