. Allen's book of berries : 1916. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS 19 RECOMMENDS OUR PLANTS Plants received in fine condition and are good. Will be glad to recommend them to my friends.— Mrs. L. M. Overton. Georgetown. County, South Caro- lina. December 9,. REWASTICO A highly colored, rich cardinal-red berry-, and the color penetrates clear through, the berries are uniformly large in size and in shape and a perfect and uniform as if turned out of a mold. See
. Allen's book of berries : 1916. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS 19 RECOMMENDS OUR PLANTS Plants received in fine condition and are good. Will be glad to recommend them to my friends.— Mrs. L. M. Overton. Georgetown. County, South Caro- lina. December 9,. REWASTICO A highly colored, rich cardinal-red berry-, and the color penetrates clear through, the berries are uniformly large in size and in shape and a perfect and uniform as if turned out of a mold. See colored illustration, page 33. This is a natural photo- graph and is not exaggerated in the least. It is one of the srrongest growers we have on the farm, producing an abun- dance of \-igorous, luxuria- dark green foliage. In quality it is rich, with an aromatic Straw- berry' flavor, though 1 somewhat tart. It is firm enough to be very^ popular as a market berry. We had a large stock of Rewastico last year and sold nearly all we had; we have been distributing it now for several years and, anticipating a big de- mand, have grown a large stock of very fine plants. One of our customers who bought plants from us in 1914 and fruited them in the spring of 1915, wrote us as follows: "I am after a good running mate for the Rewastico and Chesapeake. I want one that will go with them and produce a good crop, also produce berries that will hold up so that I can get a good price for them. Chesapeake and Rewastico can't be ; We do not know yet that Rewastico will be at its best in every' section of the country, but we do know that on the farm where it originated it surely cannot be beaten. It was planted with Chesapeake when we first saw it, and they surely do make a good pair of fancy market berries. We consider it the only real comp)etitor the Chesapeake has ever had. Last spring we set about forty acres of Strawberries, and almost half of them were of the Rewastico var
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