Keywords: Everything for the garden (16390212092).jpg From FETE <br> H C <br> 179 <br> una <br> FallFruiting Strawberries AMERICUS and PROGRESSIVE <br> While they will produce fruit at the same season as the ordinary strawberries and keep on bearing until frost <br> yet to get the best results the blossoms should be kept cut off until August 1st so as to conserve the energies of the <br> plants for the fall crop Treated in that way ripe fruit will be borne in about three weeks after that date and con- <br> tinuously until frost One grower by that method gathered nearly 400 quarts from 500 plants set out in the spring; a <br> splendid demonstration of their productive power The quality is superb the size good but not up to the Jarge <br> June berries because of the season at which they are borne The plants must not be allowed to suffer for water in the <br> fruiting season and a mulch will be found to be of great advantage High cultivation is essential for the best resultsia <br> all crops and in growing these strawberries a little extra attention will pay well There is no more trouble to grow them <br> than the ordinary strawberries but they have to be attended to in proper season <br> AMERICUS The plant is medium sized with foliage a shade lighter in color than Progressive has a good heavy root <br> system and is a fairly good plant maker; strongly staminate blossoms The <br> fruit is light red heart shaped of fine texture good quality half the size of <br> Brandywine Stout fruit-stems hold the fruit well off the ground This va- <br> riety has fruited here the past four years on spring set plants and new runners <br> from July to cold weather It is not uncommon for a spring set plant to <br> produce from six to twelve well-loaded fruit-stalks Price 10c each <br> 1 00 per doz 8 00 per 100 <br> PROGRESSIVE A splendid grower healthy and hardy very produc- <br> tive The plant is of medium size the blossom strongly staminate <br> and very resistant to heat Both blossoms and fruit are well protected <br> by the strong healthy foliage The fruit is rich and sweet; a deep red <br> inside and out; of good medium size with a slight neck and quite firm <br> Plants set in August and September fruit the next spring and on the new <br> runners from July until frost Spring set plants fruit the same year they <br> ˘re set out Price 10c each 1 00 per doz 8 00 per 100 <br> NEWER STRAWBERRIES <br> The strawberries following were transplanted into cold frames in the fall and <br> It planted out any time before May 5th will under proper conditions fruit <br> some the present year <br> All the varieties offered are perfect flower- <br> ing bisexual except where marked P or <br> pistillate The latter must have a row of a <br> perfect flowering sort every nine or twelve <br> feet to pollenize their blossoms <br> ABINGTON Midseason A grand <br> berry a strong grower and great plant maker <br> Grows 10 to 12 inches high with heavy fruit <br> – talks which stand erect The berries are of <br> large size a fair average is 25 to a quart <br> They are bright red firm and of good flavor <br> CARDINAL P Midseason The <br> berries are large and beautiful perfectly <br> delicious The plant is ideal strong and <br> vigorous It is a pistillate variety Named <br> because of its brilliant color <br> CHIPMAN Second early Round ber- <br> ries uniform large beautiful color and <br> splendid quality A vigorous healthy grower <br> Fruit firm and an excellent keeper <br> COMMONWEALTH Very late The <br> berries are of the largest ; and broadly cone- <br> shaped and quite smooth; moreover it is <br> very late <br> CORSICAN Midseason A distinct var- <br> iety The fruit is dark crimson rich and <br> delicious flavor large size and firm <br> EARLY OZARK Extra early It is a cross between the popular var- <br> ieties Aroma and Excelsior The berries are almost round and bright red in <br> color The plant is a grand grower with healthy large dark green leathery <br> foliage and exceedingly prolific See cut page 180 <br> FENDALL P Midseason to late A magnificent variety berries rich <br> red smooth and glossy Largest size and superb flavor Growth vigorous <br> very deep rooting season of fruiting very long A very valuable introduction <br> FREMONT WILLIAMS Late A valuable late variety The plants are <br> healthy of medium size compact not subject to rust or mildew and very pro- <br> lific The berries are large and uniform conical in shape and very firm The <br> surface color is a dark glossy crimson and that of the flesh light red The <br> flesh is of fine texture and the flavor all that could be desired The calyx <br> is large and separates readily from the fruit making it easy to hull <br> HERITAGE Midseason to late The plant is very large of extremely <br> heavy texture It is very deep rooting ” drought and disease resisting and <br> a prodigious yielder ” from mid-season until very late of unusually large and <br> beautiful berries of a dark shining crimson color and round-tapering conical <br> shape The flesh is solid of fine texture and Its delicious flavor is unsur- <br> passed <br> MASCOT Late A new late sort of unusually large size and productive- <br> ness Season same as Gandy lasting longer and usually producing a better <br> crop of equally good berries It has been found to do well on land too dry for <br> Gandy <br> NORWOOD Medium early to mid-season A Massachusetts production <br> said to be a cross between Marshall and Corsican The plant is large and vig- <br> orous bearing for a long season enormously large berries generally rounded <br> conical in form though sometimes flattened The color is bright rich red from <br> surface to center and the quality excellent See cut page 180 <br> RELIANCE Midseason This is a perfect flowered variety ripens with <br> the Marshall and has a long season It is remarkably uniform in shape for <br> such a large berry The quality is unsurpassed juicy luscious solid to the center <br> the flavor being what is generally known as mild The color is dark crimson <br> very glossy and attractive remarkably even all over <br> Price of the Newer Strawberries 40c per doz 2 50 per 100 15 00 per 1000 <br> Mailed free if wanted at the dozen rate <br> Our leaflet STARWBERRY CULTURE mailed free to those requesting it when ordering Strawberry Plants 43874971 149634 78295 Page 179 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874971 c1915 10 5962/bhl title 78295 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; 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