. Catalogue, spring 1901. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. (P.) Bennett Strawberry. (Imper.) New. The plant is a joy to see, clean, strong, bright, deep rooting, and free from spots. I marketed my first Bennetts two days before my first Warfields, May 21, '99, and clear on through till the Gandys were done, June 15th. The very last berries picked were Bennetts. Nothing came earlier than the Bennetts, except the Michels, (about seven days), and the Crescents, (four days), and none lasted so long. In other years we have picked good,
. Catalogue, spring 1901. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. (P.) Bennett Strawberry. (Imper.) New. The plant is a joy to see, clean, strong, bright, deep rooting, and free from spots. I marketed my first Bennetts two days before my first Warfields, May 21, '99, and clear on through till the Gandys were done, June 15th. The very last berries picked were Bennetts. Nothing came earlier than the Bennetts, except the Michels, (about seven days), and the Crescents, (four days), and none lasted so long. In other years we have picked good, marketable Ben- netts for five weeks. The general shape is a perfect top, never blunt or rounded, like Clyde and Brandywine often are here, not long, pointed like the Haverland class. The first largest berries are sometimes squared flat across the point, like a big Marshall, but never rough nor seamed. The size is very regular, at first running as large as the largest; in mid-season, that large medium that I think the perfect size; and from then to the last about one-half as large, or about like the Warfield and Crescent in their mid-sea- son ; but big or little all run about the same shape and smooth. Color.—The first berries were ready to pick for shipping May 21, and were then a deep scarlet. I left that row entirely alone for just one week. In the middle of the week those first berries were a glossy red, and at the end a deep crimson. At that time—May 28th—we picked them and marketed them with the rest, dead ripe c-nd sound. There is nothing on the list that ships better. That was one of the Bennett's chief recommendations to us here, before we knew of its other good points. My commission man savs it carries as far and opens up best of all the firm berries. Seeds are prominent and flush with the surface. The calyx is of medium size, bright and healthy and does not detach from the berries readily when picking. The quality is fine, considered by some the best, while ot
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