Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ... They are of good size and fair quality, and hold out well. The Bubach gives us extra large, choice fruit, and both it and the Haverland and Gandy have very healthy foliage. The Summit is large and choice, but not as free from rust. The Cumberland does well for us. The berries are large. It is an old standard varipfy. May King proved very ordinary--good enough if we did not have much better kinds. The quality was more satisfactory than the yield and size of berry. We bought it as an early berry; but it is no earlier than the Haverland, which will outyield it two to one. The Mammoth that the berries lay three or four tiers deep all around the plant; consequently only the lower tier got in the dirt. All this has been literally true with these Haverlands. Unless I had seen them down on our rich ereek-bottom land, with my own eyes, I should never have believed that any single strawberry-plant could ripen such a quantity of fruit. I felt like saying to one of them, ' Why, you poor, silly, dear little plant ! you can never ripen all this great mass of fruit, any way in the world." But I tell you, friends, they are ripening up nobly. The first that turned red were so long and large that they compared quite fairly with the neighboring Jessies and Bubachs. We are just now making preparations to plant tremendously of the Haverlands. Perhaps I should say that this ground that gives berries in piles has been very heavily manured for several years. (bought for the largest ben-}) was a failure. We got a dozen or two tremendous berries from our trial row of 24 feet, but no larger than the Summit or Bubach. gave at the same time. After that the berries were few and inferior. After all my trouble I am not sure to-day that I bave any better berries, ..."
