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Varlety 



Recommended For 



Harvesting Season 



Red crop 



Temple 



Vermilion 



Armore 



Empire 



Sparkle 



Robinson 



Or_eat Bay 



?bth Century" 



Red Rich 



T 

 C 

 T 

 T 

 T 

 C 



c 



T 



"t" 



T 



& H 



& H 



Midseason 



Midseason 



Midseason 



Late 



Late 



Late 



Late 



Late 



Everbearer 

 Everbearer 



T = Trial 



H " Home Garden 



C = Commercial; varieties so marked are not 

 necessarily equally adopted to all sec- 

 tions of the state. 



Howard 17 (Premier) 



Pathfinder 



Cats kill 



Fa irland 



Redcrop 



Temple 



Vermilion 



VARIETY NOTES 



This variety is still an important commercial berry in 

 Massachusetts. It is particularly adapted to the lighter soil 

 types and is more frost resistant and leaf spot resistant than 

 most varieties. Fruit is good size, rather light colored but 

 only fair quality and rather soft. Its season is early and 

 long. 



The outstanding desirable characteristics of tliis variety 

 are attractiveness, productiveness and resistance to red stele 

 disease. Its fruit is slightly smaller than Howard and no 

 better in quality and firmness, 



A leading commercial variety with many growers because of its 

 large size, attractiveness, good quality and vigorous, pro- 

 ductive plants, Q\iite susceptible to leaf spot and requires 

 a high level of fertility for good production, A good freezer. 



Worthy of trial as a high producing, midseason commercial 

 berry. Its rather large, medium red fruits are attractive, f 

 firm and of better than average quality. The plant is vigor- 

 ous and resistant to red stele, A good freeqer. 



The plants are vigorous and resistant to red stele but only 

 moderately productive here. The fruit is good size and quality 

 feirlyfirm and a good freezer. 



Large, attractive, firm, high quality fruits characterize this 

 variety. The plant is vigorous and re sis taint to red stele but 

 requires a higher than average level of fertility for superior 

 yields, A good freezer, 



A very vigorous variety, of good plant making ability, fairly 

 productive, resistant to red stele, and fairly resistant to 



