Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-01-30
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PeabodY,s new Seeding Straw berry.
= we have received facsimile Of this
newvariety of this most delicious fruit!
and it exceeds anything of the kind we
ever saw. Mr.. Peabody. i'm his circular
accompanying the plate. says:
Z. =. i will be prepared to send the plants
out, whenever the following terms are
complied with. Not plant of this yari-
ely has ever left my grounds, nor ever
will. until the proposition below is sub
seribed TO. propose to get one thou,
sand subscriptions at S. per dozen plants,
throughout the whole country. Subscri-
bers, on forwarding their names and Post
Office address, with the number OF dozen
desired, will receive, by return mail, a.
beautiful colored plate of the vine and
fruit, drawn from nature; and as soon as
the thousand subscriptions are made up,
I will notify each subscriber. when the
money may be mailed to me, and will
put the plants up in moss, envelope them
in oil silk, and forward them by mall
By this method. they can be sent to any
part of the Union with safety and dis
patch. have sent packages 100 of the
common strawberry 1000 miles by mail,
without the loss ola plant. Packages of
one dozen will go through the mail as
certainly as letter.
Subscribers, on receiving the colored
plates. will please show their friends, that
II may hasten the completion of the
list. From one dozen plants. one thou
sand may be produced the first year
This plant is the hermaphrodite, always
bearing perfect crops Of fruit without an
impregnaIor.
q Directions for the culture of this
plant will be sent with each colored
plate.
ANY person sending me ten subscrip-
lions, or taking ten dozen plants. shall
have one dozon for commission.
CHARLES A. PEABODY.
Columbus. Ga, Oct. l6, 1885,"
Any person desiring to see represen-
tation of these berries can do so by call.
ing at our office. The following descrip-
ton Of them is taken from the October
number of the Z" Soil of the South -
Qua NEW SEEDING STRAwBERRY.-The
engraving can convey but faint idea of
the beauty of this truly wonderful plant.
We have produced this new Seeding by
crossing the Ross Phoenix with wild
strawberry of Alabama. 1t is hermaph-
rodite in its character, producing fruit
without IN impregnator, being itself a
capital impregnator for pistillate Varie-
ties. It is hardy. vigorous grower,
outstanding both cold and heat without
injury. In good soil the vine grows to
an enormous sleeve have single plants
that cannot be covered by half-bushel
measure. The fruit is borne upon tall
stalks, suspended on stems from three to
FIVE inches long, attached to the ca yx by
a coral like neck. without seeds-there
being very few seeds in the berry. 1t is
of singular aud beautiful form, somewhat
irregular, and sometimes compressed Of
the largest size. frequently measuring Sc
ven inches in circumference flesh firm,
melting and juicy. and Of the most exqui.
site pine flavor. requiring no sugar for
the dessert, rivaling the far-famed Burr's
New Pine. 1t is prolific bearer, open
ing its blossoms during the mild days Of
winter, aud perfecting its fruit as soon in
the spring as the weather will permit
When fully ripe. the color is of rich,
dark crimson But its itch color, beauti-
full form. magnificent size, and exquisite
flavor, are not all its recommendations /;
through its frmness and lack of acidity,
it bears transportation better than any
straw berry ever introduced.
II has been remarked by an intelligent
amateur. that this strawberry was worth
a place in gentlemau's grounds, even if
the fruit was not edible, for the beauty OF
the plant when in flower and fruit. We
have had no little experience in straw
berry culture, having devoted the last if
teen years OF our life exclusively to that
one object. We have produced many
hundred seedlings. and have in cultiva-
ton all the fine varieties of Europe and
America, but have never seen anything
to compare with our New HsutbOis Seed
ling.
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