. Allen's book of berries : 1914. Berries Catalogs; Strawberries Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs. TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS 23. Allen's Strawberry Plants as grown by Francis A. Badger This bed of Abingtons was set in spring of igio. bore a full crop in July. 1911. The photograph was made July 12,1912, showing results of Badger's way of caring for a bed to get a second crop will get a crop of fruit, the same as you would on any other variety, and then more fruit the following fall. Until recently most of the fall-bearing varieties have been poor plant-makers, and it has been difficult to
. Allen's book of berries : 1914. Berries Catalogs; Strawberries Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs. TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY PLANTS 23. Allen's Strawberry Plants as grown by Francis A. Badger This bed of Abingtons was set in spring of igio. bore a full crop in July. 1911. The photograph was made July 12,1912, showing results of Badger's way of caring for a bed to get a second crop will get a crop of fruit, the same as you would on any other variety, and then more fruit the following fall. Until recently most of the fall-bearing varieties have been poor plant-makers, and it has been difficult to propagate them in quantities. Superb, however, will make as fine a bed of plants as Glen Mary, Sample or Haverland. The fruit of the Superb is medium to large and very attractiv^e. The illustration on page 22 is a very- accurate representation of the cluster of ripe and green berries. Of this variety Mr. Cooper says, "If I were confined to one variety of Strawberries, I would take the ; In addition to being a fall-bearing variety. Superb is an especially desirable kind for the regular spring crop; it being large in size, ver>- attractive in form and color, and immensely productive. I do not remember ever seeing anything bear a heavier crop at the regular fruiting season in May than Superb. AMERICUS. I have now fruited Americus for two seasons. With many it does not make so much growth as Superb, but does make fair beds, and, while the fruit of Superb is usually concealed beneath the heavy foliage, that of Americus is bo-ne on long stems which hold the fruit up in most cases above the leaves. The past spring I had an interesting experience with the Americus: A late frost swept out the crop, but it immediately started a new one, and, just as all other varieties were gone, we had ver\- fine Straw- berries, which were large, beautiful and highly flavored, from the Americus beds. These com- menced just as the latest of the spring varieties had gone, and continuin
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