. Descriptive catalogue of fruit & ornamental trees : grape-vines, small fruits, shrubs, plants, Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. 44 W. T. Hood 6 Co.'s Descriptive Catalogue. Lady Tliompsoii Strawberry. STRAWBERRIES, continued Gandy. One of the latest berries we have. The berries are large, uniform in size, and of bright and firm color ; very popular as a market variety, coming in when other varieties are
. Descriptive catalogue of fruit & ornamental trees : grape-vines, small fruits, shrubs, plants, Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. 44 W. T. Hood 6 Co.'s Descriptive Catalogue. Lady Tliompsoii Strawberry. STRAWBERRIES, continued Gandy. One of the latest berries we have. The berries are large, uniform in size, and of bright and firm color ; very popular as a market variety, coming in when other varieties are run down and small. It is fine for home market. Glen Mary. It is described by its intro- ducer as follows : " The Glen Mary is a chance seedling, which originated with Mr. James A. Ingram, Chester county, Pennsylvania, an uncle of Mr. Edward T. Ingram, the well-known originator of the famous Brandywine Strawberry. In pro- ductiveness, it far surpasses the Crescent, not in number of berries, but in quarts. The season of 1895, one quarter of an acre picked at the rate of 1280 quarts per acre at a single picking, and over 12,000 during the season. INIedium to late. Perfect ; Haverland. P. Large, oblong ; light red ; fair quality ; a great bearer. Plant very vigorous ; recommended for home use. Lady Thompson. Origin, North Carolina, and it has more good points than any berry ever grown being very early, very large, a perfect bloomer and good shipper. It is of good color and fine flavor. Meek's Early. Origin, Maryland. Per- fect flower, fruit light-colored ; very pro- lific ; valuable on account of its extreme earliness. Michel's Early. P. This is an accidental seedling, and the earliest and most profit- able in cultivation ; of the finest flavor ; a perfect blossom ; as large and firm as the Crescent, from ten to twelve days earlier, and as productive. Plant the hardiest of all known, and free from rust or blight. Sharpless. This large, showy Straw- berry origina
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