Oregon Historical fecial;
INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE
M INTII YKAIt.
FIFTEEN BEST KINDS
IVaUmI In Field illure at
COL. HOfER ON STRAWBERRY CULTURE
, l.Ul Heleeled From About
One Hundred IHHerent
Kinds Triad.
AND WEST SIDE.
INlKI'KNIlKNCB, l'OMV COUNTY, OltWiOX, OCTOItKK 23. 10U2.
NUMBKIt 47
llly Capital Journal, Oct. 4, 11HI2.
The editor of this paper has tent
ed alHiut on humlrwi varieties of
tr,tft berries the best new kinds
put on the market for the pout
tf n yeurs in garden and liuM cul
ture ml ha the following list
uutlr cultivation at present. It
doc not include the SVilnon or
Clark' Heedllng or ft nurnW of
other good varieties urowu In West
ern Oregon. Hut those are well
established and need no introduc
tion. No. 1, J.K Per. Planted last
Novemher, it had llrnt blossom
April 20, and find rii berries May
2M, earliest of fifteen varieties. We
old fruit from it four weeks and it
proved the mom nipular home
market berry ami larg'Jyielder.
Berry round, large average, red
clear through, good llavor, requir
ing not much miliar and very ap
eiiiing. The fruit ia borne on
stilT stems that grow longer after
find picking. Plant bore nearly
three cent apiece of fruit the first
spring. Easy to pick and most
quickly prepared for the table
No. 2, 1,1-ovi.h, Imp. This is a
1 (
I'lic Bloro of tho jK'oplo and for tin poople.
(i rowing greater every day.
Write for our CavtaJorfue.
The Gordon Hat
Mh 'e of I lie tet selected stock, blocked
in the latest shape, trimmed in the
4a feat at ! .
Price, $3.
Mtn'a Suit.
A clothing department larger tliau
oy clothing atore In the valley. We
ell suits from
$7.00 up to $22.50
Furs for Ladies.
We boy all our lurt from America!
foremost for dealers. We call them tiy
their proper name and guarantee every
one we sell.
I'UICKS KANGK FROM
98c rp to $25.00.
Ladies' Jackets.
Only the very latent stylea are shown
bY U"' PRICES RANGE FROM
$U5 up to 25.00.
Shoes
The famoua QUEEN QUALITY
hoe for ladlea, :i.OO.
Meyers Shoe for Men, $3.50.
Dress Goods.
The famous Priestly Blacks and
Cravenettes popular the world over be
cause of their iuiermr quality.
Corner Court and Liberty Streets, Salem, Oregon.
YOUR BEST QIRI .
Will appreciate tho drive
if you get your livery
rig from
I. W. DICKINSON'S
y?ery
Stable
lame dark red berry, f Huh fro
flavor and deep color all througl
It haa a beautiful glossy neck and
calyx that given it a luscious ap
pearance. It ia a big bearer and
tland those who J,v aomething very! Ing a rich, sweet, creamy color
(Jood rigs, and prices are
reasonable. Will board
horses by day, week or
month.
3:
nice to nut in gls for winter
ehould grow aome of the Heverly
No. 10, Iokai., I'kh. I mill hold
in tha Idea that this ia the greatest
bold out aa lone, aa Joe. If we canning berry ever brought to Ore
i
Kmn luvlnn thii berrV to highest ,n. where la-men irrow to the
tierfm-thu of the nuaiitiea.it natur- highest perfection in all ways
ally possesxea it will take in any About 20,000 plants were diatrib-
lot al market where it is Introduced, uted through my ellorta Irom w.
and ia worthy of any grower' time '. Walker'a nursery in tbe season
Is a e . 1 il ...Ml MAnnA
trying on his aou.
No 3, Samw.k, Imi'. Of all new
varietiea tried here this promises
best for aihipping berry on mv
land. It i aolid, red, pointed,
ripena slowly but all over, will
aUnd ripe on the vinea for a week.
haa a good strawberry flavor and
maturea the fruit to a medium size.
It has a bright clean foliage and a
short fruit stem that makes i?
practically front proof.
No. 4. Kansas. Imp. Uter than
the Sample, prolific and glossy red,
ofaood flavor. Has a reputation
of great powers of resisting drouth,
and liable to be very valuable on
that account.
No. 5, Ml (.leu. Peb. Great
home markei berry. Will not
atand shipment. Plant large and
healthy. One report from Ohio,
where it has been fruited several
years, nays: "the :run lfa very
large, taautiful bright red, light in
side. The fruit steina are very
strong and of good length, and yet
rnoct of the bernea ar protected by
the immense foliage." Is earlier
than Sample and beautiful in form
and color and of high fiiv f
No. 6. Ma itnVERlTK, r KB. im
ported from France. Bright red,
ehowy and conical shape, very
prolific and cultivated for eweel
neas, and that makes this a moat
desirable table variety for tbe gar
den and home market. Has fine
strawberry flavor and clean foliage,
highly serrated. Bears over a long
period.
No. 7. Downinu'b Bkidk, imp.
An indefatigable bearer, bearing in
season aud out oi season, in
Western Oregon will bear all win
ter if weather ia not freezing.
Fruit large, glossy, dark and con
Inn 1. Of fine oualitv. Not firm
of HXJM902, and they will come
into the market with their fruit
from all kinds of soils next year.
I saved all I had of my original
sloc-k and will have a full crop
under field culture, the eamedaik
red, round, solid berry, very tart,
high strawberry flavor, it haa been
for five years here. The foliage is
tioAvv (lurk vreen of treat tenacity
of verdure, thus holding the mois
ture to perfect picking alter pica
in when liirhter-leaved variet
will run out to mall berries. It is
perfect flowering and frost proof
the great essentials for a sure-
thing cropper. It has no rust or
mil. low nn flip leaves and more
color canned than apy other variety
so far known.
No. 11, Ri bv, Pek. This is the
companion variety to go witn tne
ideal in my opinion. The Ideal is
early. The Kuby ia late. Both
are acid, dark red. showy, cooa
canners and large bearers, and the
Kuby comes into fruit aoout tne
time the Ideal is past its prime.
The two varieties will make a long
season. The ideal is rouna ana
medium sue. averaging larger than
the Wilson. The Ruby is large,
shaped like an Indian arrow head,
very showy in the box. Both are
clear through, and aa good canners.
are good for the borne garden, for
the home market ana ior uip-
ment. These two kinds are an all
round combination. The Ruby
rOUnil UUUiUlimblUII. AW . H a ' n" "
has large foliage and makes long plants grown in the nursery
- J t, .amAnJn a JAnia f Via no r from
srrowth. Doen not require as rich I stock, tho first one or two runners
It
in solid and win near smpmeiu.
bJt is too large for canning.
No. 13, Mak.n, Pkh. Best late
shipping and home market berry.
Like the Paris and Joe. it makes
immense growth of foliaR" and the
great plants in bill culture some
times turn oil a dark brick red.
and was one of the showiest ber
ries in the crate evr fhipped from
alem. It is very popular in the
Portland market.
No. 14, Cekveba, Imp. This
came to me with an unpronounc
jtble Spanish name, and I changed
it to the name ot the gallant Span
ih admiral. It is the darkest red,
inuKt lucious table berry I have
ever seen. When dead ripe it is
fairly black in color, and a dark
liver red clear through, and the
greatest delicacy in the f jrm of a
berry ever put to tbe lips. In
very wet seasons it molds, but is
worthy of a place in any garden.
Too soft for canning or shipment.
No. 15. Dot blk-Ckopi ek, Per.
Tliie variety was a freak, adver
tised by Childs, the florist, and at
first refused to produce anything
but a crop ot fine dark red high
flavored berries and in great
abundance. I let II. W. Savage
have some plants and in a few
years he reported selling flOO
worth off a small patch, after all
other berries were out of the mar
ket. This result was obtained in
ordinary field culture, and without
irrigation, except by the Oregon
mist. I procured some plants
from him. as I had not considered
them of any special value among
so many other good varieties, and
had thrown them out. Now I con
sider them a most valuable kind to
prolong the market snpply.
PLANTS FOR SALE.
I have hand-layered plants of
these varieties for sale, except the
Magoon of which I can supply
The
plants I have are from young
For the table it is unequalled, hav-
Do vou drink-
soil as the Ideal, which has short-
stemmed foliage and makes a
hnrt-iointed vine and not half as
manv rvtfinU Tha Rubv makes a
good second crop iu the fall under
favorable conditions, ana my
plants have blossoms and berriea
in October.
vn T9 Pima Pkr. This is one
) "I
of the best varieties ever imported
from prance, it nas oeeu grunu
at Salem for several years for the
market and is a very valuable late
...Join Tt fnntr the market at One
xnnnirh tn can or ahiD. W ill stand nt nnr finest sroceries and was a
drouth. Has great vitality and is very tine showy oerry m toe crave
a rampant grower. Is not early,
but holds fruit after others are all
through bearing.
No. 8, Sunshine. This ia mark
ed imperfect in some catalogues,
but with me it seems to be perfect
flowering or self-polleninng. This
only illustrates that on this ques
tion of whether a variety is pistil-
ate or staminate (perfect or imper
fect flowering) much depends on
the local conditions of climate and
soil. A large, showy, bright red
berry, good for family use and the
home market. Pointed in shape,
early and holds out well with great
productivity.
No. 0. Beverly, Pkr. Blooms
earlv. rioens medium early, heavy
bearer, fine red pointed berries,
and a great many of them. Tested
. . i i . ;
for canning it proaucea a surpris
ing result, having a very delicious
flavor, keeping its shape and just
the opposite of the tart, canning
berries the only sweet berry 1
have ever tasted that was actually
delicious when canned in the same
syrup as others. Takes but little
sugar to can, yet will stand sugar
without becoming insipid. It has
a'slight orange or pineapple flavor
rnniati in June and all other run
ners cut off. One of these plants
will make a great many new
plants for you and produc two or
three cents worth of fruit if put
out this fall or in early spring on
well-prepared soil . The plants all
have to have full crowns, and will
produce more than they cost in
fruit the first season. - Price per
dozen, by mail, 30 cents, postpaid.
Per hundred, 12.00. Fifty or oyer
will be packed in a basket with
tbe roots on wet moss, and sent by
express or delivered at the Journal
office, Salem.
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