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| 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 ; Peter Henderson Co NameFound Medium NameConfirmed Medium NameBankID 4904049 Biodiversity Heritage Library Everything for the garden 1915 Garden Stories Books Bulbs Plants Catalogs Equipment and supplies Flowers Gardening Lawn mowers Seeds U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 43874971 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/43874971 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-28 Check categories 2015 August 25 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16390212092 2015-08-25 02 50 48 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Everything for the garden 1915 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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