. Smith's seventeeth annual catalogue of the Highland Fruit and Plant Farm, 1899. Nursery stock Kansas Lawrence Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs. Spit ndid. SAUNDERS.âThis is a late, hardy variety, introduced to the berry growers of this country by the late John Little, of Ontario. Plant is healthy and hardy. The berries are firm and above the average in size, and as tat as the Gandy. WARFIELD.âThis varietv is conceded to be one of the best varieties ever introduced. It needs no commen- dation further than it already had. It should be grown in thinly matted rowsâ plants not neare
. Smith's seventeeth annual catalogue of the Highland Fruit and Plant Farm, 1899. Nursery stock Kansas Lawrence Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs. Spit ndid. SAUNDERS.âThis is a late, hardy variety, introduced to the berry growers of this country by the late John Little, of Ontario. Plant is healthy and hardy. The berries are firm and above the average in size, and as tat as the Gandy. WARFIELD.âThis varietv is conceded to be one of the best varieties ever introduced. It needs no commen- dation further than it already had. It should be grown in thinly matted rowsâ plants not nearer than three inches. this straw- berry we have one of Canadian origin, of remarkable size, but lacking somewhat in prolificness. WINDSOR CHIEF.âThis is one of my old favorites. We introduced this grand old variety to the berry growers of Kansas and Missouri, and have never heard of, or had a kick about its si/e or lack of prolificness. When plants have had half a chace and plenty of moisture they turn out abundantly. RUBY. â This variety grew in a bed be- side the Ridgeway and we cannot report fully but can say its berries in the green stages w ere large, but the vines were not as full as the k Ridgeway. The plant appears to be hardy. â MM. BELT.âi paid one dollar each W for plants of this over-estimated variety. Fifty cents each was the highest price I ever paid before. It was the Bubach in the fall of 1885. Have fruited Belt two seasons, and must say that 1 was more disappointed with it than any strawberry I ever Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original B. F. Smith (Firm); Highland Fruit and Plant Farm; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Lawrence, Kan. : B. F. Smith
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