. 18th annual catalogue : strawberry, raspberry and blackberry plants, choice fowls and eggs, celery plants, Nursery stock Delaware Dover Catalogs; Strawberries Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. SLAYMAKER & SON, DOVER, DEL. Nick Ohmer was extensively tried in 1899 all over the country and all speak well of it. As might be expected from the vigorous char- acter of the plant the berry though large is very well held up on strong fruit stems. It is a bright red smooth round berry of highest quality and among rhe firmest good berries. No berry that has ever been eent out, has been better received
. 18th annual catalogue : strawberry, raspberry and blackberry plants, choice fowls and eggs, celery plants, Nursery stock Delaware Dover Catalogs; Strawberries Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. SLAYMAKER & SON, DOVER, DEL. Nick Ohmer was extensively tried in 1899 all over the country and all speak well of it. As might be expected from the vigorous char- acter of the plant the berry though large is very well held up on strong fruit stems. It is a bright red smooth round berry of highest quality and among rhe firmest good berries. No berry that has ever been eent out, has been better received than the Nick Ohmer; begins in mid season and lasts quite late. Price, 20c. per doz., 50c. per 100. $ per 1000. Pocomoke—New berry from Maryland from one and one half acres of which the originator gathered 10,800 quarts of fine large red berries. More than twice as many berries and better prices were realized from the Pocomoke than from any other variety. We have these plants growing healthily in our beds. Price, 50c. per doz., $ per 100, $ per 1000. Bennett's Seedling—The plant is a joy to see, clean, rong, bright, deed rooting and free from spots. It is exceedingly prodiv .iv^e, ripens its first "berries earlier than the Warfield, and bears as late as the Gandy. Its season has extended over five weeks. It is pistillate and, if properly fertilized every blossom is followed by a berry. It has succeeded best when grown near a \ 3ry early and a very late staminate variety. In size it is among the largest,, ex- celling the Warfield at any time during the season. Unlike most large varieties i;he first specimens are never seamed or cockscombed. Its form is short ccnicalr not as blunt as the Clyde or Brandywine, nor as long as the Haverland. It has a smooth surface, the seeds b^ing neither raised or sunken. The color is "the best there is", bright scarlet when "first ripe, to dark red if left unpicked four or five days later. It has remained on t
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