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J. W. JONES & SON

ALLEN, MARYLAND

1918 w

STRAWBERRIES

SELECTED PLANTS OF THE BEST VARIETIES

Ji part of one of our fields of Strawberry plants

What We Will Agree to Do

We sell by catalog only, and to everyone at the same price, filling all orders
with the same high-grade stock.

With the exception of Strawberry plants, we can ship anything listed any
time after the receipt of this catalog. Strawberry plants frequently can be ship-
ped during warm spells in winter, and after March 1 in unlimited quantities. From
then until May 1 we are busy every day filling orders for customers. After May
1 we can fill a limited number of orders, but at purchaser’s risk always.

We Ship Out Only Fresh-dug Stock of every kind, and will replace free of
charge anything that reaches you in bad order, provided the transportation com-
panies have given the shipment reasonable dispatch. If it has been unreasonably
long on the way, the purchaser should examine it and, if spoiled, decline to receive
it and make claim on the railroad or express company.

This offer does not apply to Strawberry plants shipped by freight, nor to
stock of any kind shipped after April 15, by freight.

We Will Make Good anything shipped by express (if not delayed) until May 1.

We Pay Freight on all Peach and Apple trees ordered and paid for, to the
amount of $5 or more, on or before March 15, for delivery anywhere east of the
Mississippi River. Positively this offer does not extend to anything except Peach
and Apple trees, and not to them unless the order is received by March 15, and
amounts to $5 or more.

Our Terms are Cash with Order, and please remember when you are sending
your money in advance that every one else is doing exactly the same thing. We
will, of course, book orders, and hold them a reasonable length of time awaiting
remittance.

Remit by Bank Draft, Check, Post-Office or Express Money Order or Regis-
tered Letter. Your personal check preferred.

As to Our Responsibility, we refer you to the Peoples National Bank of
Salisbury, Maryland In writing it, please inclose stamp for reply.

We Guarantee everything that we sell true to name, and believe 99 per cent of
everything that we have ever shipped has proved so. However, sometimes in spite
of the utmost precautions, mistakes do occur, and we will, upon proper proof, re-
place anything that proves untrue to label and, at same time refund the purchase
price as compensation for delay and expense incidental to taking care of first order.

Strawberry Plants are packed in slatted crates, with plenty of damp moss,
and will carry as far as from any concern in the United States. Trees are packed
in paper-lined boxes or bales, for which no charge is made.

Fall Orders. We especially urge our friends not to set Strawberry plants in
the fall. They will fail so often that the risk is too great; but trees can be set in
fall to advantage They are really better, as the soil gets firmly settled around the
roots by spring. We do not, however, mail our catalog to our whole mailing list
until January of each year. To anyone wishing to plant trees in the fall, we shall
be glad to mail a copy, upon request, any time after October 1.

J. W. JONES & SON, Allen, Md.

1918

To Our Friends and Customers

THE season of 1917 will go down in the history of this section as the most
unfavorable, from a weather viewpoint, ever known. Never in the mem-
ory of the oldest inhabitant has so much rain ever fallen as during the
past summer. It practically ruined our berry crop, and with the unprec-
edented scarcity of farm labor, making it impossible to properly cultivate
our plants in the early summer; the rain has reduced our plant production so that
we have one of the smallest crops we have ever grown.

The plants are nice, but there are not many of them.

Our prices are higher. They had to be. Labor, fertilizer, lumber, and sta-
tionary; all items of great importance in handling berry plants; have all advanced
so enormously that it is impossible to sell them at the old prices.

We have made the advance as small as possible. The quality of the plants
you will receive will not be lowered, and you can still get “Jones’ Quality Plants
and Trees” for less than the same quality can be had in almost any other quarter.

We hope to have your order. It will have our personal attention. You will
get what you buy and the packing will be done so carefully that the stock is sure
to reach you in A 1 order.

We advise early orders to us or the other fellow; however, we hope to have
enough plants for all our friends, and will, unless there is an unprecedented demand.

We expect to see strawberries sell for the highest prices this summer they
have^ ever brought, and they will be higher in 1919 than this year. The acreage
is being constantly reduced. In this section 50% from last year. This spring there
will be next to none planted. It can mean but one thing: a constantly lessening
supply of berries and a higher price for them.

Plant all you can handle. The future was never so bright for a big profit.
It’s a certainty. That’s our tip.

Just Another Word

After a careful survey of the Strawberry situation, based on reports from,
most all sections we are convinced that the real facts are these.

First. There are not more than one-half as many berry plants in the nurser-
ies of the country this season as for many past years.

Second. That while this half crop is true, there will be less than half the
usual number of plants set by berry growers this spring; so that there will be
enough plants to meet the demand and possibly an excess.

Third. The crop of berry plants available for next year’s planting will be
smallest in twenty years; so that if there is a demand next year plants will be
unobtainable and the price prohibitive.

Fourth. Our honest opinion is that all who can should plant all the berries
they possibly can this spring. Good prices are a certainty and you can carry over
your patch next year and be independent of the nursery next spring; when plants
are sure to be very high and exceedingly hard to get. We ourselves find we can-
not get labor to cultivate quite half what we usuall have, for next year. What is
true of us is true of all other nurserymen in the whole United States; and in many
sections it is worse than here.

These are the indisputable facts of the situation.

Respectfully,

J. W. JONES & SON.

Allen, Md., January 11, 1918.

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How We Grow Strawberries

Every year we have numberless requests for information on the best method
of growing Strawberries. Of course, every one recognizes that this is a very
difficult question to answer, as conditions vary so greatly in different localities and
on different soils. Nine-tenths of all berries grown, or even more, are grown by
the matted-row system; that is, to leave about
all the runners on the parent plants to take
root and make a wide row, leaving enough
room in the alley between the rows for the
convenience of the pickers.

We always plow in the fall, but when that
cannot be done, plow as early in the spring as
possible. This is important, as berry plants
need a well-compacted soil. Settling during
the winter puts the soil in ideal condition for
spring planting.

Make your rows 3% to 4 feet apart and
set plants from 15 inches to 3 feet apart in the The roots of our Strawberry Plants
rows, depending on the variety. Chesapeake,

making few plants, should be placed about 15 inches. Dunlap, a prolific plant-
maker, will get too thick quite often if set 3 feet. Haverland, Ekey and most
midseason kinds will usually make a proper bed if planted 3 feet apart. Gandy, 2
to 2% feet. We run our furrows with a double row marker, sow fertilizer down
the furrow at the rate of 400 to 500 pounds to the acre, and then make a sharp
list with a one-horse turning plow; strike this down nearly to the level of the field
with a hoe, or small drag, and you are ready to set your plants.

The fundamental element of success in
growing of any crop is the selection of a soil.
Strawberries need a strong, well-drained loca-
tion, but, at the same time, the land should be
as retentive of moisture as it is possible to
have it. Strawberries suffer from dry weath-
er more often than from any other cause and,
therefore, a moist soil always contributes to
success. Here we always grow cowpeas on
land the year previous to planting Straw-
berries; where they are not practicable, sow
rye in the early fall and plow under early the
next spring, as Strawberries need a soil full
of humus. It holds the moisture and makes
them grow and bear.

We desire to warn our friends against the too heavy application of commercial
fertilizers to young Strawberry plants. It is dangerous in the extreme. Many
plants have been injured and often killed outright, but 400 or 500 pounds will not hurt
them, provided it is well scattered and then cultivated in before setting plants.

There are many methods of setting the plants. We use a two-horse trans-
planter, but no particular method has advantage over any other except in the sav-
ing of labor. The important thing is to get your plants in the ground the same
depth as they grew in the original bed, and to pack the dirt firmly around the
roots. This done, there is little choice as to the method of doing it. The cultiva-
tion is always important and should be started as soon as planting is finished. If
one will take the trouble to destroy all grass and weeds the year previous on land
to be planted to Strawberries, it will be found to pay handsomely, as the seeds
thus destroyed will not be in your berry-beds to plague the grower and run up the
cost of hoeing. Keep them clean until frost, hoe shallow so as not to disturb the
roots, and success is assured.

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A corner of one of our berry fields

Something About Soils That Are “Strawberry Sick”

Every berry grower of extensive experience has found that frequently his
berry plants refuse to grow. As a rule he has erroneously attributed this to dis-
ease in the plants, especially if they were purchased, rather than propogated by
himself. Experiments have convinced many growers that the real trouble is in
the soil itself; that there are certain places where it is practically impossible to
grow berries successfully Whether this refusal on the part of berry plants to
grow in these given places is due to the lack of a certain bacteria or plant food, or
whether the soils contain some poison that kills the plant is a moot question as yet,
and one that a number of our State Experiment Stations are now at work on.

Our life-long experience in growing Strawberries has taught us, however, that
a number of kinds are practically immune from trouble on any soil, while there
are others that have to planted on favorable soils or they refuse to grow. In order
that our friends may have the benefit of our experience we propose to call atten-
tion to those kinds that refuse to grow in some places, and also to the kinds which
will grow anywhere.

We have found Chesapeake particularly susceptible to soil poison; St. Louis,
Klondyke, Parsons’ Beauty, and Gandy ako display a weakness in this direction.
Big Joe, Amanda, and Matthews, on the contrary, grow anywhere and hold up the
crop— while Ekey, Haverland, Sample, Aroma, and First-Quality are ideal, scarcely
ever showing any weakness. Wm. Belt, Bubach, Glen Mary, New Yo-k, Dunlap,
Tennessee, Orem, Abington, Warren, and Wolverton are medium, not doing so
well on all soils as Haveidand, Sample, and Aroma, but are much surer everywhere
than Chesapeake and the others named in that class. Among the Fall Bearers the
same distinction prevails. The Superb grows superbly everywhere, while the Pro-
gressive is quite critical as to location, sometimes refusing to grow altogether.

Evzry ‘Peach on our list is a standard, and has been thoroughly tried out. No matter what ycur
conditions, you can find the kind here that mil meet them.

Send us your order for $5 worth of Jones’ Apple or Peach trees, and be assured of receiving first-
class sleek, with freight paid to your station.

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Abington Strawberries

List of Strawberries

Abington

From Massachusetts, with a record
that was hard to believe and harder to
sustain, but it convinced the unbelieving
by field-tests everywhere. Sent out to
displace Bubach and to pollenize Sample.
Hasn’t done the former yet, but it is
the best pollenizer for Sample, and as
good for Haverland as we know any-
thing about. Begins to ripen about the
same time and the berries may be cra-
ted with either of these two well-known
kinds without disparagement to either.
A good, strong grower in plant, mak-
ing enough runners for a good bed; ber-
ries large and fine looking. A
good seller and a heavy bearer, you may
plant Abington with confidence. Ripens
midseason, and comes on quickly. Its
only weakness seems to be lack of
firmness.

AMANDA

Probably the very best of the large-
fruiting kinds, as many very large ber-
ries display prominent weaknesses in
some direction. Amanda is a perfect

grower, a heavy bearer, and the fruit is
simply immense. We have quite a good
stock for this year, and can recommend
Amanda to all who wish a large, pro-
ductive Strawberry. Especially suited
to those who wish to sell direct to the
home market, as those who buy it once
will be sure to want more.

AROMA

There are a few Strawberry varieties
that “run out” quickly; there areafew
others that “hold their own” for a long
time; but Aroma seems to be one that
improves with age. It has really been
growing steadily better here ever since
we first grew it. Grows better, bears
better and sells immensely better than
ever before. It ripens with the regular
midseason kinds, such as Haverland and
Sample. It is every bit as good a seller
as the Gandy, being quite as large, firm
and handsome as that well-known stand-
ard of shipping excellence; on any kind
of dry soil will bear twice the quantity
of berries as Gandy. In fact we do not
know of any kind that holds up better
on dry, thin soils than Aroma. It is also

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Aroma Strawberry

a good sure grower in nearly every lo-
cality and on all kinds and conditions of
soils, for while the plants are not so
large as many others, for toughness and
vigor it has no superior. But the big-
gest thing in its favor is its selling
quality. On all the Middle West mark-
ets Aroma is always quoted at from 25
cts. to $1 per crate higher than average
varieties, which in a season of over-
production means a lot. Our own ex-
perience leads us to recommend it as a
good pollenizer, though it has not usu-
ally been recommended for that purpose.
We have found it better than Chesa-
peake, for it is much more vigorous in
growth. Certainly in the Middle West
no grower can make a mistake in plant-
ing Aroma.

BIG JOE

On the back cover page of this cata-
log will be seen a photograph of a clus-
ter of this most remarkable berry. The
berries were picked here on May 24,
mailed to Harrisburg, and the photo-
graph made on the 26th, so it must ship
fairly well. This picture will give some
idea of the wonderful productivedess of
this berry, as it is not in the least ex-
aggerated and that single duster con-
tains fourteen berries. In size it is the
equnl of anything we have ever seen,
taking the entire crop right through, as
the last berries are almost as large as

the first; and this is spite of the fact
that it bears as many quarts as any kind
we have ever seen. It ripens midseason,
along with Haverland and Sample,
comes on rapidly and ripens all over at
once, making it easy to pick. The ship-
ping quality is about equal to Bubach,
Haverland or Sample, we would say. It
is not so firm as Aroma or Gandy, but
it has shipped well from this section for
a number of years and has brought the
very hightst prices ever paid for any
kind in the history of the berry deal
here. We have known of many in-
stances where a whole crop of Big Joe
brought 10 cent a quart at the loading
station. It is also a particularly strong
and vigorous grower; the equal of
Haverland at its very best. We feel
sure that it meets every possible rt quire-
ment of the market berry-grower, being
productive, a strong and healthy grow-
er, and has a perfect bloom, so that it
does not require a pollenizer. In fact,
we think it can be used as a pollenizer
for any of the midseason varieties. For
lots of big red berries that bring the
money, plant Big Joe, as every report
we have ever had from it spoke enthu-
siastically in its praise.

Bubach

This has been one of the most widely
disseminated and most valuable varie-
ties that was ever introduced, and today,
after more than thirty years, it is still
the most largely planted of any in many
sections. Ripens among the very earli-
est of the midseasons, perfectly healthy
in plant-growth, making just enough
plants for a profitable crop, with berries
that are the very largest that grow; it
lacks only exceeding firmness to make
it perfect as a market berry. There
are a great many who grow it to ship to
distant market by rail, but we do not
consider that it is the best for that pur-
pose. But where one has a home
market, it is doubtful if there is any
that will show a greater profit, year
after year, than Bubach. For this
reason we heartily recommend it.

Cardinal

With us this fine berry has always
been one of tne very best we grow, but
it does not seem to be making any gains
in popular favor; in fact we do not sell
so many plants of it now as we did a
few years ago. It has never failed to
give us a tremenduous crop of large,
fine berries, of excellent shape and color

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and the best of shipping qualities. In
plant-growth it is all that can be desir-
ed-vigorous, healthy, absolutely free
from rust in summer or at fruiting
time. Would recommend a trial of it,
for wherever it does as well as here, it
is a good one. Ripens with Bubach.

CHESAPEAKE

The most valuable of all of W. F.
Allen’s introductions. For many years
there has been a place for a fancy late
berry of good shipping qualities and
Chesapeake has filled it. We have never
seen any that was of more beautiful
appearance; large, even in shape and
uniform in size, it seems to have
reached perfection so far as market
qualities are concerned. Ripens a
little earlier than Gandy, but holds out
about as long, and in most localities is
vastly more productive, though Gandy
may occasionally, with ideal soil, bear
quite as many berries as Chesapeake.
The great superiority that it has over
nearly all others is its remarkable sell-
ing qualities, for we have positively
known of sales where it brought twice
as much per quart as other standard
varieties of its season, and last year it

sold for more than the Gandy the sea-
son through. It may be that there will
be an over-production of poor berries,
but we doubt if there will ever be too
many of such high quality and handsome
berries as Chesapeake. Its only weak-
ness is a difficulty in getting a bed of
the plants.

Early Jersey Giant

For years and years there has been a
persistent effort to secure an extra-early
Strawberry that would prove satisfact-
ory ; but there seems to have been some-
thing lacking in every offering. It does
seem, however, that Early Jersey Giant
is going to fill the long-felt want. It was
originated by Dr. Walter Van Fleet, of
New Jersey. The berries are large,
biilliant, scarlet in color, with some-
thing of a point at the tip; they have a
large, green cap. that makes them very
showy. A large Burlington County
grower says, “On Monday, May 12, I
picked my first Early Jersey Giant, the
same day as St. Louis. As an early
berry it is in a class by itself.” One of
the best of the early kihds because of
the size of the fruit, the flavor, the
color, and its carrying qualities.

Dunlap

Makes more plants
than any that we grow,
and if allowed to get too
thick the berries are gen-
erally small; but, when
properly thinned, you
find it hard to get a ber-
ry that will produce more
nice market berries than
Dunlap. Has become the
standard for pollenizing
such varieties as Cardi-
nal, Haverland and War-
field. The fruit is aver-
age in size and perfect in
shape and ships well, but
the great point with
Dunlap is that it may be
depended on to grow
well and bear well
everywhere and every
time, even during a re-
cord-breaking drought.
Ripens with the very
earliest midseason ber-
ries and matures its crop
rapidly.

There is not a Strawberry in this book We cannot recommend fully.

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Early Ozark Strawberries

Early Ozark

For three or four seasons, after this
was introduced here it was the most
largely planted kind in existence, but
for the past two seasons it has not held
up. The fruit seems to fade and soften
up as soon as picked, and we do not ad-
vise planting it unless you are acquaint-
ed with its behavior.

Ekey

Fairfield

This is not quite so early as the
Excelsior, lacking perhaps forty-eight
hours, but is equally productive and of
much better quality. The plants, shape
of berry and habit of growth bear a
very close resemblance to Haverland.
The berries are a good size, running
larger than Excelsior.

FIRST-QUALITY

We do not really know who introduced
this, but it originated in Ohio, and we
are convinced that it is one of the
very best of the introductions on the
market today. It has seemed to us
that it would make an ideal pollenizer
for Haverland, ripening at just the
same time, with a strong, staminate
blossom, and the berries are almost
identical in size and shape, except that
the Ekey has a much finer gloss than
Haverland. It is a splendid grower,
making just enough strong- rooted plants
for a perfect matted row. There is no
sign of rust on them, their dark green
foliage being marked in any field where
they are grown. It is tremendously pro-
ductive; we believe that it is equal in
this respect to any we have ever grown,
and it has the advantage of ripening
the entire crop during the first few
days of the season It is also a splendid
shipper and keeper, and will always
command the highest market price.

We feel well within the facts when
we say that First-Quality is one of the
best Strawberries we have ever seen.
It has, to a very great degree the first
essential of a good Strawberry— vigor
of plant- growth. If the plant won’t
live and grow, a Strawberry is worth-
less. First-Quality does both. We feel
sure that fewer plants of them died
during the past season than of any kind
we set, and they are a marvel for grow-
ing right along under all unfavorable
conditions. The berries are almost
identical in size and shape with the
Haverland, but are very much more
glossy in color and a great deal firmer
and, we believe, it is fully as product-
ive. It is a perfect bloomer and good
pollenizer.

Send us $ 1 .25, and we will send postpaid
to any post office in the U. S., 1 00 plants of
Progressive, the great Fall-bearing Strawberry.

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{F^ubach Strawberries

Fendall

Originated in Baltimore County, Md,.
several years ago. Of the New York
type, but perhaps an improvement on
that well-known kind. A good reliable
variety of mid-season ripening.

Glen Mary

This has for se/eral years now been
a standard for number of quarts pro-
duced wherever it does well. It has an
inclination to rust in many places,
which makes it impossible to grow it
successfully, but in the North it is cer-
tainly one of the leaders. One of the

strongest points in its favor is the very
vigorous growth that it always makes.
While not a persistent runner, it yet
makes plenty of the largest, stockiest
plants that one can imagine. The ber-
ries are large to the very largest, but
not always of the best shape; neither
is it a good shipper; but, where one has
a home market, and is sure that Glen
Mary will not rust, we can recommend
it with every confidence that it will fill
the bill. Its time of ripening, the
earliest of the mid-seasons, makes it
very valuable, and its exquisite flavor
makes it one of the most desirable
Strawberries especially for the home
garden.

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HAVERLAND

This is, today, unquestionably the
most popular variety grown in America.
It combines more good points than any
Strawberry ever introduced. It is a
tremendously heavy yielder; it can be
depended upon to bring up a crop
every season — hot or cold wet or dry.
If you have any berries at all, you are
sure to have Haverland; it is one of
the toughest and strongest growers
that there is on the list, and it is
nearer frost-proof than any variety in
cultivation, if not the nearest. These
four points have combined to make it
one of the most desirable berries for the
average grower there is, and the fact
that the sales on this more than thirty-
year-old kind are constantly increasing
is proof that it is greatly appreciated.
The berries are large to very large,
long-conical, fairly firm and a good
shipper, and it never rusts. There have
been times when many other kinds were

GANDY

For twenty years the leading late kind
and by many still considreed the best.
The only trouble is, that on dry soil or
in a very dry season it cannot be depend-
ed on to bear well. Of extraordinary
shipping and selling qualities, it is still
the leading market berry for late in all
important berry-producing centers, and
we annually sell plants of it well up to-
ward the 500,000 mark, the most indis-
putable evidence of its widespread pop-
ularity. A free plant-maker and a good
grower generally, yet sometimes failing
in vigor; it is easy to grow, and its re-
markable firmness makes it keep on the
vines longer than almost any kind we
know, and it never fails to bring the
price.

Heritage

We regret very much that we 'are
obliged greatly to modify our opinion of
the virtues of this. For a number of
years it was remarkably good, but last
season it fell down badly. The plants
lacked in vigor and prodctiveness, and
the rust ate them up. It may have been
the weather, which was very unfavor-
able, but we do not feel like advising
our friends to plant it.

This offer should read 50 plants

For 65 cts. we will send, post-
paid, / 00 plants of
the famous Superb
Strawberry.

Qandy Strawberries

J. W. JONES & SON, ALLEN, MARYLAND

H overland Strawberries

“all in” from drought and heat, Haver-
land was picking a fine crop. If in
doubt, plant Haverland, and we know
you will notbe disappointed.

Hansbach

From the same source as the Mascot,
being a cross between that and Gandy.
The berries are very large, but too soft.
Fruit ripens as late, if not later than
the Gandy. The plants are wonderful
growers and producers.

Klondyke

This has been more largely planted
for several years in this vicinity than
any other variety in cultivation. It has
been found valuable, not for the quantity
of fruit that it produced, but from the
fact that what it bore was of such fine
appearance and shipping quality that it
would command the top of the market
always. It has a strong, staminate

blossom which we think will make it
satisfactory as a pollenizer. It is not
tremendously productive, but bears a
very fair crop, and the berries are re-
markably uniform in size, shape and
appearance, and of extra-fine quality.
It begins to ripen about three days after
Excelsior, and continues in bearing
through a long season.

Keystone

On a visit to the berry-growing sec-
tion around Louisville, Ky. , during the
fall of 1915 our Mr. Roscoe Jones ran
across this new variety; and it was so
highly recommended by every one who
had ever seen it that he procured plants
and we are able to offer it this year to
the public. A splendid grower; very
productive; firm, good sized and a splen-
did pollenizer; we unhesitatingly recom-
mend it to all who want a good midsea-
son kind.

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Mascot • Strawberries

Mascot

Originated in Virginia, and sold a few
years ago in this vicinity by salesmen
who declined to let nurserymen have
any, We did not pay much attention to
it until we had some friends to fruit it,
and we, as was nearly everyone else,
were much pleased with the showing it
made. It is as late as Gandy and a
better grower, and the berries are
larger and much more productive,
Iselling equally well, if not better, on the
market. The quality is equal to Wm.
Belt in every respect, and we feel sure
that it will become very popular in a few
.years. Stands a drought marvelously
well. A good one.

Missionary

We have always felt that this and
Klondyke were identical, but we have a
good many friends who know more
about Strawberries than we do who
claim that they are not. Anyhow, the
difference is very trifling, and we do not
consider where one has either it or Klon.
dyke he need trouble to get the other.
It was in thE main very profitable here
last season, as the berries were fine and
sold for fancy prices.

1/ Matthews

A new early kind offered this season
for the second time. We confidently be-
lieve it to be the best extra-early berry
ever introduced. We saw it in fruit in
three different places last spring, one
patch on a gravelly sand, one on a good
ordinary clay, and one on a very thin
and all were simply fine. From 1%
acres on clay land last season Mr. Mat-
thews sold $712 worth of fruit during a
season of very low prices. That is a
real record and one not equalled by any
other kind in existance last year. It
ripens as early as Excelsior grows
strong and vigorously on every kind of
soil and is very productive of good sized
and splendid shipping berries; but the
one big thing in its favor is the fact
that it appears to be absolutely frost
proof. We have the testimony of many
disinterested men that, in the spring of
1913, when the early berry crop was
swept out by late freeze, that Mat-
thews did not seem to suffer a particle,
but gave one of the finest crops it ever
did. That’s a big thing to say , but we
believe it true. This is our last years
description. After seeing this remark-
able variety in fruit on our own farm,
we are convinced it is every word true.

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Marshall

In many places in the North this is
counted as one of the most profitable
berries that can be grown, and indeed
we think think that it is likely to prove
so most in places where quality counts
for a great deal. The only serious
weakness that we have ever found in it
is that there is a strong tendenc y to rust
here, especially during a wet season.
The berries are always large to very
large, though rough in shape, dark red
in color and quite firm. It is only failry
productive, hardly to be classed among
the most productive kinds. It ripens in
early midseason and continues in bear-
ing for a long time.

New York

This has never been recommended as
a shipping berry. It is as firm as Bu-
bach, which is grown extensively in
many places and shipped to market by
rail, but for a late home-market variety
we doubt that there is anything superior
to New York. It is almost a faultless
grower, mak;ng just about enough plants
that are large, strong-rooted and abso-
lutely free from rust or any other plant
disease or weakness. The berries are
large to very large, fairly firm, of a
bright red color, good, smooth surface,
and while not exactly conical, are yet
well shaped. In productiveness it ranks
with Haverland and Bubach and ripens
a little later than those two sorts. The
quality is superb, and it always makes
a fine appearance. Do not leave out
New York for home use or near market.

Orem

For so many years Gandy has been
the leader by a long margin as a late
berry that most growers look askance at
anything recommended as a competitor
of it; but the Orem seems to be a com-
petitor, and a real one. A great many
growers, who have long experience,
consider it the best of all late kinds.
Orem begins to ripen at the same time
as Gandy; is more productive, fully as
showy and quite as large. If you have
been growing Gandy do not fail to try
Orem.

Parsons’ Beauty

This is a tremendously productive
berry of the Haverland and Tennessee
type, and while it does not do its best
every season, still we know it to be one
of the best for size and a crop that can

be planted. We do not recommend it,
however, except for a moist, swampy
soil of fair fertility; but, when given
that, it is one of the greatest oerries
ever grown, provided the season is not
too wet at picking time. If there is
much rain when they are ripening they
are sure to rot badly.

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Wm. Belt Strawberries

REWASTICO

This variety is tremendously product-
ive; but we were greatly disappointed
last season to have it rust badly at
fruiting time and we cannot recommed
it unreservedly. However, it does do
well in many places and it grows beau-
tifully everywhere. Try only a few.

SAMPLE

Like the Aroma, this is better than
when we first grew it. It used to rust
some at picking time quite often, but
for a number of years now it has been
one of the healthiest and strongest
growers we have. It is a beautiful
grower, making just enough plants for
an ideal fruiting-bed; and for product-
iveness it is not excelled by anything
ever introduced. It is not likely that
there is another sort that will bear as
many quarts of berries as Sample.
They are of a beautiful bright red,
firm enough to ship any reasonable
distance, and the quality and appear-
ance are good enough to bring top

prices always. The season of ripening
is medium, about the same as Bubach
or Haverland, and there is none that
holds up better in size to the end of the
season. Anyone wanting to plant main-
crop berries would do well to include
Sample in their list. It is reliable, es-
pecially in Pennsylvania and the Middle
West. J. W. Hunt, of Indiana, writes
us, “Haverland, as usual, was great,
but Sample was better.” It should be
a part of every planting.

St. Louis

We have fruited this quite extensive-
ly a number of times, and found it a
variety of remarkable merit. We had
expected to find it soft, from reports
that we had seen, but with us it was
firm enough to ship well. The size was
large and the berries were very well
shaped. It was nearly as early as Fair-
field or Excelsior, and bore a crop equal
to the very best mid-season kinds. This
Strawberry is one of the coming kinds
for commercial planting.

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Warren Strawberries. Originated by one of the most famous
berry-growers in the country, it is bound to supplant some of the
now popular hinds.

Tennessee

A few years ago this was one of the
most popular varieties that we listed,
but six or seven years ago the sales of
it gradually decreased until we sold
scarcely any; but of late years we have
found that it is gradually coming back.
We suppose that it had been discarded
by many for something that when tried
did not prove so satisfactory as the
Tennessee had, and that customers are
slowly going back to it. It is one of
the very strongest and toughest grow-
ers that we have, and never shows any
disposition to rust; the berries are al-
ways large to very large early in the
season, but often show a tendency to

run down in size after the first few
pickings. The fruit is only moderately
firm in appearance, but still seems to
ship pretty well. The great value that
it has for many is that it is a sure crop-
per and a good pollenizer for any mid-
season variety. And, too, it is doubtful
if there are many on the list that will
produce more quarts to the acre than
Tennessee. A reliable variety where
little attention is paid to appearance
and quality. An abundant plant-maker.

Warfield

One of the oldest and yet remains
one of the most popular varieties grown
in many parts of the West. Its ability

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to withstand the most untoward condi-
tions has made it one that can be relied
on almost every time. We have never
liked it as it always gets so thick on
the beds that the berries are too small.
It is a very large cropper, and is
earlier than most of the midseason
kinds.

Warren

From Massachusetts, originated by
the veteran grower of that state, Mr.
S. H. Warren, and named for himself.
Has not fruited for us yet, but we have
the greatest confidence in its worth on
account of its originator and introducer.
A midseason variety in time of ripen-
ing, we look for it to take the place of
some of the present-day kinds. It is a

very fine and vigorous grower; plants
strong and stocky, free from rust or
blight. With large, highly colored ber-
ries, of excellent shipping qualities, it
is bound to become a leader.

Wm. Belt

This has for many years been the
standard of excellence so far as quality
goes, and we do not know of any that
as yet has taken its place. It is a fair
grower, but sometimes rusts badly in
late summer, and we do not get a good
bed. The flavor is so delicious that
there is always a demand for more
when once it has been placed on the
market. It is moderately productive
and ripens medium late.

Illustrations on pages 2 and 12 will show the remarkable quality of the roots and crowns of
our Strawberry plants. Roots such as there shown insure the health and vigor of the plants,
and guarantee that large crops will result if they are given but half a chance.

Progressive Strawberries

Fall Bearing Strawberries

Progressive

For many years there has been a persistent effort on the part of berry-breed-
ers to secure a summer-bearing Strawberry that was really worth while. Pro-
gressive and Superb are real successes. We consider that Progressive is the best
for general purpose, for the reason that it will bear freely the same year that it
is planted on the current-year plants. That is to say, the runners that take root
in May and June will make a profusion of berries in late August and September.
If berries are wanted earlier, the best way is to set the plants close together, say
about 12 inches in the row and the rows 2%, to 3 feet apart, and keep all runners
and blossoms cut off until about the 15th of June, when your plants will have
made a good start. By the 15th of July you will have on these spring-set plants
a profusion of berries. Better-sized berries may be had by this method than by
the matted row, but there will not be so many of them. In quality they are in
every respect the equal of Wm. Belt or New York, have good color and shape
and, if rain is fairly plentiful, they attain a size about equal to Dunlap. The
plant is vigorous and healthy in every respect, and makes runners in great pro-

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fusion. If the early summer is favorable, and you use the matted row system,
by August 1st you will have a bed sufficiently wide to produce a good picking of
berries three times a week at least. Under ordinary conditions the berries are
firm enough to be shipped several hundred miles, and as they come at a time
when Strawberries are a luxury the grower is reasonably sure of getting a big
price.

Superb

This will not bear during the first summer on young plants, like the Progress-
ive, but the berries will run twice as large and are as glossy and handsome as
Gandy or Chesapeake. Where one does not object to the outlay, we advise set-
ting Superb plants 12 by 24 inches in good, rich soil, and cutting off all runners.
Plants of Superb treated this way will “stool” nicely; that is, new crowns will
form around the parent plants until the old plants will be 8 to 10 inches in diam-
eter frequently, and each of these “crowns” will throw out blooms and bear fine
berries. By the last of July you can have plenty of berries, if plants are well
treated, as large and luscious as you enjoyed in the regular season. If planted by
the ordinary method, Superb will make a good matted row, and the parent plant
will bear berries all summer; then the next berry season you can pick a full crop
of handsome, large fruit that will sell with the best regular varieties. Immedi-
ately after this crop is harvested work out your beds nicely, and by mid-summer
they will begin to bear a second crop and will continue to do so until halted by
frost. By growing them one summer like other berries a full crop may be picked
in the regular season and then a second crop from mid-summer until frost.

Superb Strawberries. The best Fall

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Price List of Strawberry Plants

BY FREIGHT OR EXPRESS, RECEIVER TO PAY CHARGES

8,000

1,000

500

250

100

Abington

00 $3

25 S

70 $

90 $

50 45 $0 25 $0 20 $0 15

Amanda

..... 9

Aroma

.... 9

Big Joe

Bubach (Imp)

..... 11

Cardinal (Imp)

Chesapeake

Dunlap. .........

Early Jersey Giant

. .... U

Early O'zark.

.. .11

Ekey

Fendall

.... 9

Fairfield

First-Quality

Gandy

Glen Mary

Keystone

Haverland (Imp)

Heritage

Klondyke

Matthews

Marshall

Mascot

Missionary

New York

Orem

Parsons’ Beauty

Rewastico

Sample (Imp)

St. Louis

Tennessee

..... 9

Warfield (Imp)

Warren

Wm. Belt

..... 9

Progressive (Fall)

1 10

Superb (Fall)

1 00

Important. Please note that all varieties are priced in 3,000 lots at a rate
^ * lower per thousand than in 1,000 lots. This means that orders

will be taken for 3,000 or more of one kind at this lower price, but does not
mean that we will accept orders for 3,000 plants of three kinds for $9.00 where
they are $3.25 per thousand. For instance, we will furnish 3,000 Haverland at
$9, but 1,000 each of Haverlnd, Abington and Aroma will be $9.75.

However, 4,000 Haverland will be $12.00, 5,000, $15.00, ete. Customers trying
to place orders for less than 3,000 of one variety at the reduced price for 3,000
will find, upon receipt of their plants, that the quantity has been cut down to
conform with the money sent.

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APPLES

There has been a great deal said in the last few years about the over-pro-
duction of Apples, just as in the nineties it was said by the wise ones that too
many Apples were being planted then. The fact remains, however, that the or-
chards planted in the nineties, and given proper care, are returning today fabu-
lous profits. It is safe to say that the orchards planted this year, and given
proper care, will be making good money in the “twenties” of the present cen-
tury. We make the mistake in assumig that every time
a tree is set three barrels of Apples are grown, when,
as a matter of fact, not more than 20 per cent
of the annual plantings of fruit trees ever
come to good fruiting maturity, so far as
the commercial markets are concern-
ed. It is as safe to plant Apples to-
day as it ever was. It never was
safe, unless the man who planted
them was going to give proper
care and cultivation. There is just
as much money in Apples today as
ever, but the successful
orchardist cultivates
his trees and studi-
es his market.

Stayman’s Winesap Apple

PRICES OF TWO-YEAR APPLE TREES
All well-branched, smooth and clean, with well-formed heads.

Each 10 25 100

5 to 6 ft., first-class $0 35 $3 00 $5 00 $18 00

4 to 5 ft., first-class 30 2 50 4 00 15 00

3J4 to 4 ft., first-class 25 2 25 3 25 12 00

Where 300 or more trees are wanted, write for special prices. Please always state varieties,
the number of each variety wanted and the size

Raid win The best winter Apple BEN DAVIS. Good for show, but
for New England and poor to eat. We do not recommend it.

New York; south of this section it is a as we believe the time is soon coming

late fall kind. The only trouble with it when Apples of such poor quality as Ben

is that it does not bear young, eight Davis will not sell at all. If you want

years being as early as you can expect Apples without respect to quality, plant

much fruit. The fruit is large, round, Ben Davis. Probably the best-keeping

brilliant red; the flesh is fine grained, Apple on the list,

tender and crisp, and the flavor is deli- —

icous. A fine keeper and shipper. If your tree order is $5 n>e pay the freight

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Delicious. The chief claim todis-
tinction of this splen-
did Apple is the most excellent quality
of its fruit. It has repeatedly, by vir-
tue of this extra quality, sold for more
than any known variety on all leading
markets. All reports indicate that it is
one of the finest-flavored Apples ever
introduced, the flesh being crisp, juicy
and tender. The tree is very hardy and
a rapid grower, much resembling the
Stay man, and is an early and prolific
bearer. Sure to be one of the leading
winter Apples.

GRIMES GOLDEN. North of the
40th parallel rated as a winter Apple,
but for this section a good fall variety.
The standard of quality among Apples.
Medium in size; flesh crisp and tender;
color, as its name signifies, a deep
golden. Blooms late, and seldom caught
by frost. Tree a particularly strong
and healthy grower.

Jonathan. We believe that this

is the most certain
bearer for every year we know anything
about, except it be Stayman’s Winesap.
We have never had it to miss altogether,
and for twenty years have had a full
crop nearly every year. Medium size; a
handsome, brilliant color and as good as
there is. Flesh is white, crisp, juicy
and of excellent flavor. A good keeper
vnd seller, and the tree is strong and
vigorous, and bears young.

NORTHERN SPY. A really good kind
for the North, but not good south of
New York or northern Pennsylvania. It
blooms late, and nearly always escapes
frost. The fruit is large, beautifully
colored and of extra-fine flavor. A va-
riety that is popular in its own territory.

RED ASTRACHAN. A summer Ap-
ple with many good points, but not equal
to Yellow Transparent as a money-
maker. It does not usually bear except

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every other year and then rather shyly.
The Apples are large, fine-looking, deep
crimson in color; the fruit is quite juicy
ane has a slightly acid flavor; ripens in
August. Excellent for cooking in every
way.

Rome Beauty. Will keep ion-
J ger than any
other kind we know anything of. Very
reliable, being frost-proof, strong-grow-
ing, and sure-bearing. The leading va-
riety in Ohio, and is undoubtedly better
in all that section where Baldwin is be-
ing grown than that old standby. It is
a real beauty, nothing finer in appear-
ance, and its good keeping qualities
make it a favorite with dealers. Qual-
ity good, but not the best.

Stavman’s Winesap. Fer_

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the greatest of them all. Occupies the
same place among Apples that Elberta
does among Peaches, and Concord among
Grapes. We have sold more trees of
this sort than of ail others combined.
One of the juciest and most delicious of
Apples. Beautiful in color, being yellow,
but so heavily striped with red that it
has the appearance of being a solid red.
Flesh is melting and tender, and of
extra-fine uuality. A gooa seller every-
where. Does better on thin, dry soils
than any other kind, as the tree is a
stoong, vigorous grower where many
others would fail altogether. Comes in-
to bearing very young, five-year-old

trees often producing a barrel per tree,
and is a sure annual cropper. Plant
St^yman.

Yellow Transparent. Fo.r

r early

summer Apples absolutely without an
equal. Bears younger and heavier than
any variety we have ever fruited. The
only fault is that the tree is not a vigor-
ous grower and not long-lived. There-
fore we recommend it chiefly as a filler,
if one contemplates a permanent orch-
ard, though we have trees twenty years
old that bear heavily and seem thrifty.
We believe that summer Apple-growing
offers as large or larger profits to the
fruit-grower than the winter crop, and
Yellow Transparent is the kind to plant.
Fruit medium size, with a brilliant waxy
skin, and the flesh is tender, juicy and
crisp. Shows a bruise very plainly and
must be handled carefully. Put up in
“fancy” packages, it always brings
high prices.

YORK IMPERIAL. A really good
one and in some places still considered
the best, as it is a reliable, heavy, an-
nual bearer and comes into fruiting
early. The fruit is among the very best;
greenish, but heavily splashed with red,
and the size averages large. Flesh is
white, juicy, subacid and crisp, of a
most delightful flavor, making it a most
desirable riavor, making it a most de-
sirable dessert Apple. Tree a strong,
healthy grower.

Our plants on the farm of J. W. Hunt, Borden, Ind.

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In our Southland the Peach is the most highly prized fruit. What is more
delicious than a soft, well-ripened Peach? Trees planted and well cared for may
be expected to bear some fruit at two years old, and after that good crops annu-
ally. No farm home is complete without a bountiful supply, and large com-
mercial orchards often make “big money” if properly cared for. Trees should be
sprayed as soon as the leaves drop in the fall with lime-sulphur for scale and as a
preventive of leaf-curl and many other fungous diseases. Also in July of each
year the trees should be gone over carefully and any borers found should be re-
moved from the trunks. These are found just under the ground. We do not offer
a long list, but a good one. If all varieties of Peach, except eight or ten of the
present-day leaders, had been put out of existence ten years ago, the orchardists
would be vastly better off today. So long as many worthless kinds are offered
some will continue to plant them to their sorrow.

PRICES OF ALL KINDS: Each 10 25 100

4 to 6 ft., extra heavy $0 25 $2 00 $3 75 $13 00

334 to 434 ft., first-class 20 1 75 3 50 12 00

3 to 4 ft. , medium 18 1 50 2 75 10 00

Write for prices on 300 or more, stating sizes and varieties

Belle of Georgia. Next to the
° famous El-
berta the most popular Peach in exist-
ance today. A great commercial variety
for the North or South, and the quality

is good enough to make it desirable for
home use everywhere. It, like all the
leading kinds of today, belongs to the
North China type, and is particularly
hardy in both bud and wood. It begins

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to ripen just ahead of the Elberta, but
overlaps that sort to some extent.
Here it usually begins to ripen about
August 5. The fruit is large and uni-
form in both size and shape; flesh
white and firm; one side well tinted
with red and the other usually splashed
with red spots. The tree is a rapid and
vigorous grower. No commercial orch-
ard should be projected without plans
for a liberal planting of Belle of Georgia,
and no home-garden list is complete
without it.

CHAMPION. A white Peach, origi-
nating in Illinois and very widely plant-
ed. It ripens about the same time as
Belle of Georgia and is not really equal
to that variety; but there are some who
do not think so, hence we offer it. The
quality is very fine, better than Belle,
and the trees grow nicely; it is a reliable
and heavy cropper, but the fruit is too
tender to ship very long distances. We
do not know if there is any kind that is
more delicious. The fruit has little
color, being almost a clear white all over.

CRAWFORD LATE. Until the ad-
vent of the Elberta this was the most
widely known and extensively planted
yellow variety; but since then it has
been gradually losing ground. One rea-
son for this is the fact that it has a rep-
utation for shy bearing. As a matter
of fact it does yield poorly on light soils,
but on heavy clay land it may be de-
pended upon to bear as well as many of
the best. We think there is a place for
it in every orchard, as it is fully a week
later than the Elberta, and is therefore
the best one to plant to follow that well-
known kind in the order of ripening.
The quality is exceptionally good. Tree
is a good, strong, upright grower, long-
lived and healthy, and a regular bearer.

Carman. The Carman is a very
popular Peach in many
places, and deservedly so. The tree is
a fine, strong, upright grower and is the
surest bearer that we have ever fruited.
When nearly all other kinds would be a
total failure, Carman will have at least
a fair crop of fruit. In fact, we have
never seen it fail entirely. It is large
in size and of good, smooth, oval shape;
flesh tender and juicy, with a most ex-
cellent flavor. Skin white, nearly all
over, sometimes faintly flushed on the
sunny side. It keeps and ships fairly
well, but not so well as Belle of Georgia
or Elberta. Ripens August 1.

Elberta. The greatest Peach
ever discovered. More
trees of it are in bearing today than of
any five other varieties combined. It is
the best bearer among the yellow
kinds; the best shipper and the high-
est seller of any kind in existence.
These points of superiority have com-
bined to give it a popularity not enjoy-
ed by any other kind. From Maine to
Texas, from Florida to Oregon, wher-
ever Peaches are grown, there you will
find Elberta at the head of the proces-
sion. It is not a high-quality fruit, lack-
ing the richness and sweetness of the
Crawford Late and others of its class,
but its rot-resistant and great shipping
qualities, together with its great pro-
ductiveness and strong, vigorous-grow-
ing characteristics have enabled it to
forge far ahead of anything on the
Peach list. It is a bright, golden yellow
nearly covered with red on the sunny
side; flesh is firm and rather dry. Good
for canning. Freestone. Season Aug-
ustlO here.

FOX SEEDLING. We do not rec-
ommend this as a market variety as a
rule, but it is such a very strong grow-
ing and healthy tree, and such a reliable
bearer of medium-sized Peaches that
we feel a few should always be included
in every orchard for home consumption
alone. We do not really think there is
a better quality in the entire list. The
size is against it for a strictly market
kind, but if you can get the customer
to eat one he will want more, for its
superfine qualities have made many
friends for it. Ripens August 20 here.

Greensboro.

We have never
seen anything
that is anywhere its equal at its time of
ripening, usually about the last of June
here, though we have seen them ripen
by the 20th of June. It is as large as
any of the midseason commercial kinds,
such as Belle of Georgia or Champion;
very free from rot; hardy in bud and
wood nearly everywhere, and will grow
on a great variety of soils. The tree is
a strong, vigorous and healthy grower;
in fact better than the average. The
fruit is, as remarked before, as large as
the best midseason kinds, flushed on
one side, nearly every one growing to a
perfect shape; and it is a heavy annual
bearer. If you are interested in early
Peaches, Greensboro is undoubtedly the
best on the list. The only possible ob-

jection that we know to it is the fact
that it is a semi-cling, but so are all the
other early kinds.

Heath Cling, ^only^c.ing

ever proved popular. It is undoubtedly
the best for canning there is. We have
many times known it to sell for more in
our large eastern markets than the best
of Elbertas. The flavor is simply de-
licious; skin and flesh both a clear white;
Arm, and a good keeper. The size is
good, and is a full and regular bearer;
the tree is a strong, healthy grower.
Those who have a local market to supply
will find a ready demand at good prices
for all the Heath Clings they can grow.

HILEY. Sometimes spoken of as
Early Belle. We do not recommend it
especially as a market Peach for long
distance shipping, as we think the skin
too tender and the fruit-texture rather
too delicate to stand long shipment; but
for near market or home consumption it
is an extraordinarily good one. Ripens
just before Carman, not more than four
days earlier; of excellent size and shape,
slightly flushed on one side; almost a
perfect freestone, and the flavor is per-
fectly delicious. In fact, we do not
know one of a better quality on the list
Tree grows strong and healthy, and it
is a very heavy bearer.

IRON MOUNTAIN. This white
Peach ripening about September 1, has
never been planted to any considerable
extent in this vicinity, but is exeeeding-
ly popular in nearly all parts of New
Jersey, many growers holding it to be
the very best for profit it is possible to
grow. The tree is a good grower and a
full and regular bearer.

MAMIE ROSS. The strongest grow-
er and most prolific bearer that we have
ever seen. We have some trees that
we feel sure have borne twice as many
Peaches per tree for the last five years
as any other kind we have fruited. In
fact, its tendency to overbear is a draw-
back unless one thins the fruit, as it is
nearly always small. The quality is
good, a deep flush on the sunny side; in
fact almost red all over. Ripens about
the same time as Carman, is not so large
as that kind, but more productive. If
you want Peaches every time, plant
Mamie Ross.

MOUNTAIN ROSE. For growing
and bearing everytime and everywhere,
with or without care, we doubt if there
is a kind that beats Mountain Rose. A
good many years ago it was a leading
market variety, but it is hardly large
enough to meet modern market demands.
Where one wants a really high-class,
well-colored Peach of medium size, we
think Mountain Rose will fill the bill, as
it grows on any kind of soil and bears
every year.

SMOCK. This ripens about Sept.
1, and in spite of the many new kinds
that have been sent out to take its
place, still continues to be the most val-
uable of its season. The size is only
medium, but it is most beautiful in col-
oring, being a deep orange -yellow,
handsomely blushed with deep red; the
flesh is firm, but tender, juicy and of
excellent flavor. It is always eagerly
sought for in market and brings high
prices. Heavy bearer.

We pa\) freight on all orders of $5 and more
on trees.

About Stock By Mail

The parcel-post system does not make a lower rate on nursery stock than the
regular merchandise rate; it is therefore prohibitive in cost except for short dis-
tances. For instance, the rate in the 6th zone is 8 cts. per lb., which is too high,
unless one is remote from express office, or wants only a light package. We can
mail Strawberry plants in almost any quantity by making a number of different
packages of the order, as follows:

On 12 and 25 plants: add 6 cts. for zones 1, 2, 3 and 4 and 8 cts. for zones 5,
6 and 7. Postage must be inclosed in your order in addition to the price.

On 50 plants: for zones 1, 2 and 3, add 8 cts. ; for zone 4, 11 cts. ; for zone 5,
14 cts. ; for zone 6, 17 cts.

On 100 plants: for zones 1, 2 and 3, add 10 cts. ; for zone 4, 19 cts. ; for zone
5, 25 cts. ; for zone 6, 33 cts.

On 250 plants: for zones 1 and 2, add 14 cts.; for zone 3, 24 cts.; for zone 4,
43 cts. ; for zone 5, 62 cts. ; for zone 6, 81 cts.

On 500 plants: for zones 1 and 2, add 24 cts. ; for zone 3, 44 cts. ; for zone 4,
83 cts. ; for zone 5, $1.22; for zone 6, $1.61.

The Tingle Printing Co. , Pittsville, Md.

J. W. JONES & SON

ALLEN, MARYLAND

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