. Allen's book of berries : 1916. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. THDrr WQ This variety took first prize at 1 nn-tC W O. the World's Fair at St. Louis, and made a record of keeping ten days. A very popular, perfect-blooming, midseason variety; plants large, robust and amply able to produce big crops. The foliage is a beautiful dark green in color and very attractive. The fruit is large, of fine quality and produced very freely, covering a long season from medium-early to late. This and th
. Allen's book of berries : 1916. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. THDrr WQ This variety took first prize at 1 nn-tC W O. the World's Fair at St. Louis, and made a record of keeping ten days. A very popular, perfect-blooming, midseason variety; plants large, robust and amply able to produce big crops. The foliage is a beautiful dark green in color and very attractive. The fruit is large, of fine quality and produced very freely, covering a long season from medium-early to late. This and the Tennessee Prolific are among the best to plant with pistillate varieties. It is firm in texture and a good keeper; it is also very resistant to late frosts, seldom being affected by them. See illustration in natural colors, page 34. •r jii Several years ago we paid $ for " "y* one dozen plants of this variety. This was the prize for the best unintroduced variety sent us. It was fruited in 1909. The size is large, the berry is well colored and it is exceedingly firm, which makes it an excellent variety for market purposes. The eating quality is also very good. It is a persistent grower, bearing good crops even in hot, dry seasons. The fruit is rich, bright red and the bright green caps add to its attractiveness. jnST GREW RIGHT ON I have the pleasure of reporting the collec- tion of Strawberry plants you shipped by parcel post last month, reached me in fine condition; even the leaves were not wilted, and they just grew right on as if they had not been transplanted to another zone. Have not lost a plant.—Mrs. E. G. Smith, Iberia County. Louisiana, March 8, 1915. ri prize-winner at the St. Louis Exposition WARRFN ^^° years ago we introduced this " ^ • variety, which we obtained from Mr. S. H. Warren, of Auburndale, Massachusetts. Mr. Warren was a veteran berry-grower, and after growing the best varieties for fifty-eight years, he considered Warren the
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