The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-10-20
SOME NEW
STRAWBERRIES
now Is she Aeeerssa JIzs % Pat est PiHurs tur
acoop for Next ssriaI.

yer tisement OF my new varieties o.
strawberries, but as this is the best time,
for the next few weeks, to pot out ne~
plants, want to state briefly the result
Of my tests for several years past Any
good coil will do that has been cultivated
to root or drill crops the past year. The
only danger is that the soil is tO0 rieh,or
too wet Sand or gravel are all the bet
ter ior most varieties. But good cnltiva-
ton Of poor soil ls better than rich
heavy wet soil poorly cultivated.
TENNESSEE. This kind Ihave tried
now for six yearsand it Is splendid all
round berry. Il is very SNOWY, the
greatest bearer, and bpst table berry II
large quantities are wanted.
GOVERNOR HOARD. This is the
great Wisconsin berry, and to my mind
is the most perfect shOrtcake berry eser
grown. II is bright red, medium size,
good flavor, not very sour and not very
sweet. The flesh is like butter, 90
smooth and even in fiber, that it makes
the finest pulp for shortcake, when
mashed, Of any berry that grows.
M'KINLEY. This great Ohio berry
produced two crops this year for me.
The second crop is light but an ordinary
bed will give a family a good mess once
a week from the middle Of September to
the middle Of November. After the first
crop WAS of 1 moved the patch and put
on water and in two weeks it had grown
a new foliage and was soon in bloom.
II is a big yielder but not high quality.
IDEAL and RUBY. These varieties
are Acclimated and are proven 10 be
the greatest canning berries that have
been brought TO 0regon-the ideal ex-
ceiling the famous Hood River berry on
the test Of commercial canning made
at Salem recently in color, frmAess and
flavor by IF percent. The Ruby is
a larger berry than the Ideal but dark
red, acid and solid, perfect heart
shaped berry. When canned its coll
or is dark ruby or wine-red. These
two varieties are going to be printed ex-
clusively for cannery use. If put up in
small tins for the high.class trade like
the Pullman car. Bullets, and ocean
steamers that want something very fine,
there is no berry that can equal them
and they will lay the foundation for a
great industry at Salem in the opinion
Of cannerymen and iobbers who have
given attention to these matters.
Ny Spanish berry, the CERVERAi
has proven TO be the most luscious
strawberry for fresh use that has ever
been brought to my attention and many
persons who sampled ii fresh from my
grounds all declared they had never
tried anything 90 delicious in the berry
line. II is a large clumsy-looking berry
but gets nearly black when dead ripe
II has a high fruit flavor, q fine texture
and some OF them make several mouths
full.
DOWNlNG'S PRIDE.-This berr!
has had hard struggle TO become &C
climated in my testing bed, and nigh
DO better in other soils. But last sum
mer it threw the first flne crop OF Der
ries. The yield was light but the qualit.
was very fine. IL is beautiful'shape'
berry, conical and beautifully colored
dark red and shading into light pink an
orange. The flavor lie delicious. Tn
), berry has a gloss as II vanished and
!, perfect beauty.
!, DOUBLE-CROPPER.-This Is a fin
= producer and most like a wild strawbel
ry in flavor OF anything have found
- But it is not a not a double-cropper, III
a less treated As treated the McKinle
!. When almost any kind will throw
a second crop. Ii is on the principle.'
n nearly all plants, il cut down In the mi'
= die Of the summer they will make
m heroic effort TO reproduce their speci'
and thus comes the second crop OF an.
thing.
% MARGUERITE and DUMAURlEl
,r These are are two imports from Franz
Q. and the latter has proven very thrift
o. OF the former | have not secured
co dozen plants. II may do very niue
D. better in the future, but the plants we
IL nearly dead when they arrived troI
ty Paris. The berries on both are III
IN favored and very sweet, the FrenC
., like the spaniaTds going in forsweetne
he and flavor, while the popular Americ'
varieties must have a certain amount
acidity.
PRICE 5.-Plants Of Tennessee, Go
Hoard and Mckinley, kinds that ha
0s plenty OF shall be glad TO supply at
"a per hundred. II sent by mail enclose
cents for postage. No Ideal or Ruby {
10 sale. AS only engage in this busine
oo as an amateur and enthusiast I do Il
care 10 an orders for less than 25 cen
have a variety OF the Bubach that
extra late. have some OF these aud
" other kinds named above, except I
Marguerite. to sell at ~ per hundred.
ms by mail enclose postage same as abo'
Send for descriptive circular.
'u' + HoFER,
N. Salem, Ore