. Allen's book of berries : 1915. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS. Sweetheart is as handsome as a rose SWEETHEART. This variety has made a splen- did growth here, but as we have not fruited it, we will quote from the description of Chas. A. Green, the introducer, as follows: "It is a beautiful, bright carmine-red, the best keeping berr>' I have ever seen, and must become a good shipper on account of its firmness of flesh and ability to stand up under
. Allen's book of berries : 1915. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS. Sweetheart is as handsome as a rose SWEETHEART. This variety has made a splen- did growth here, but as we have not fruited it, we will quote from the description of Chas. A. Green, the introducer, as follows: "It is a beautiful, bright carmine-red, the best keeping berr>' I have ever seen, and must become a good shipper on account of its firmness of flesh and ability to stand up under hard usage. The flesh is highly colored nearly to the ; Prof. H. E. Van Deman says: "Sweetheart appears to me to be one of the ver>' best in vigor and productiveness of plant; has well- shaped berries of good size and high ; Sweetheart is worth extensive trial. TENNESSEE PROLIFIC. As indicated by its name, it is very prolific. Large size, bright crimson and for the most part long and corrugated in shape. The berries of this variety present a picture most attractive. The flesh is fine-grained and makes a good shipper; it is equally popular as a canner. The Prolific has been on the market twenty-seven or twenty-eight years, and the demand for it seems to be greater today than ever before. The blossoms are perfect, and it makes one of the best staminate varieties to plant with medium-early or midseason pistil- late varieties. (See page 20.) THREE W'S. This variety took first prize at the World's Fair at St. Louis, and made a record of keeping ten days. A very popular, perfect-blooming, midseason va- plants large, robust and amply able to pro- big crops. The foliage is a beautiful dark in color and very attractive. The fruit is farge, of fine quality and produced ver>' freely, cov- ering a long season from medium-early to late. This and the Tennessee Prolific are among the best to plant with pistillate varieties. It is firm in texture and a good
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