This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V27", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
Many so-called " new " fruits come to-day and are gone to-morrow, that it seldom seems worth while to encumber our pages, which we hope will be of permanent value, with large illustrations. We make an exception in this case because it appears to be a variety of substantial character, having received a silver medal from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society at its June meeting, on its great merits as a new seedling. Its parent was either Jersey Queen or Prince of berries. It is a pistillate, ripening in mid-season, of large size, bright red, and very productive. Raised by P. M. Angur & Sons, of Middlefield, Conn. .

The Jewell Strawberry
 
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