. Annual catalogue of seeds and plants. Nurseries (Horticulture), Minnesota, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs. VI NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES. The Hersey Strawberry. LATEST FIRST PRIZE VARIETY. This strawberry originated at Hingham, Mass., some five years ago, it being a seedling, grown by Mr. Samuel Hersey of that town. It attracted so- much local attention that its ori- ginator soon learned that it had unusual value as a new and dis- tinct variety ; and after securing several first prizes at local ex- hibitions, it was also awarded first prize at the Strawberry Ex- hibi
. Annual catalogue of seeds and plants. Nurseries (Horticulture), Minnesota, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Catalogs. VI NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES. The Hersey Strawberry. LATEST FIRST PRIZE VARIETY. This strawberry originated at Hingham, Mass., some five years ago, it being a seedling, grown by Mr. Samuel Hersey of that town. It attracted so- much local attention that its ori- ginator soon learned that it had unusual value as a new and dis- tinct variety ; and after securing several first prizes at local ex- hibitions, it was also awarded first prize at the Strawberry Ex- hibition of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society last sea- son. This berry possesses all the good qualities desired for home use and the market. Its flower is perfect, requiring no other variety to fertilize it. The fruit is of most excellent flavor, hav- ing the taste and aroma of the best varieties of the wild straw- berry. Its form is very attrac- tive, and its color a rich dark red; very uniform in size and easy to hull. The vines are very strong and thrifty in appearance,, also extremely hardy and very- productive. Mr. Hersey says in the Massachusetts Ploughman, that, " under ordinary culture, one thousand quarts of fruit have grown on a plot of land sixty feet ; (This being at the rate of over twelve thousand quarts per acre.) The Hon. Fearing Burr, of Hingham, author of " Field and Farm Vegetables of America," writes as follows : " I have made repeated examinations of the plantation of the Hersey Strawberrv, as it appears ort the grounds of Mr. Samuel Hersey of Hingham, the fortunate originator. The berry is large, of good form, finely colored. The plants have a healthy, stocky habit; and as for the yield—well, it is simply marvelous. By growers here, is is considered great; and if it should succeed nearly so well abroad under the soil and management of others as it does at home, it must stand a peer amongst its numerous competitors. It i
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