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Dorsett, Catskill, Fairfax And Chesapeake — A Great Money Making Combination 



MID-SEASON VARIETIES 



CATSKILL 



ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MID-SEASON 

 BERRIES OF RECENT INTRODUCTION 



The Catskill is a product of the New York Experiment Station, being a cross between Marshall and Premier. 

 It has proved up under test for the past six years and is now recognized as one of the best mid-season berries in 

 cultivation. The Foliage is healthy in this latitude. It is a good plant maker and has proved to be extremely 

 productive. The berries are large as Big Joe and Chesapeake and of good quality although not rated quite up 

 to Premier and Fairfax. We strongly recommend Catskill for this and more Northerly sections. 



H ARFRTiPPM ^ comparatively new variety. The plants show 



r^ui-ili&sj-iLjLH unusual thriftiness, making abundance of new 

 plants. The Aberdeen is unusually productive, equaling or sur- 

 passing the Premier. The berries will average larger than Pre- 

 mier, being somewhat pointed in shape, and most every berry is 

 perfect in shape. Its ripening period extends from two to tliree 

 weeks. 



BIG JOE 



OUR MOST POPULAR 

 MID-SEASON BERRY 



BIG JOE 



A Beautiful Berry - A Money-Maker 



No other mid-season berry has stood the test of varied soil and 

 climatic conditions to which the Big Joe has been subjected to 

 for the past tAventy years and come through with the fine record 

 it has for general hardiness, productiveness and being a profitable 

 berry to grow. It will withstand as much rough treatment as any 

 variety we know and still come through. It is a very large, at- 

 tractive, dark bright red berry that will sell on any market. It 

 can always be depended on to make a good set of plants and 

 come through with a crop, a combination which makes it one of 

 the most popular and profitable berries to grow. 



AR01\/TA 0ne of tne best for its season > following closely on 

 "llvxi v -l** the Big Joe. The plant is very thrifty, and readi- 

 ly adapts itself wherever it is planted. The fruit is medium to 

 late, dark bright red, the color carrying through the berry. It is 

 firm and a good shipper. It is a good plant maker and very 

 productive, the blossoms being very resistant to frost injury. 



LATE VARIETIES 



CHESAPEAKE 



QUALITY - BEAUTY - PRODUCTIVE 

 A THREE POINT WINNER 



GIVEN GOOD CARE NO OTHER LATE BERRY WILL EQUAL IT 



It will not stand abuse, seeming to do best in dark, loamy soil and heavier soils where there is plenty of 

 moisture. It will thrive on well tilled new land. Like the Premier, it is about frost-proof and bears abundantly, 

 the plants having large, healthy foliage. The berries are large and attractive, being superior in quality. The 

 berry is very firm, so you can ship it to distant markets. 



TATTT T TfllV/r RFT T This variety is the standard of excellence for quality. Berries average large in size, 

 vv iJjiiini i UJ-iJ-iX being somewhat irregular in shape, having an attractive cap, and the berries themselves 

 are a bright, glossy red, which makes them very handsome. On any market where quality and appearance pre- 

 dominate among the buyers the Wm. Belt will prove a good money-maker for the grower. 



r* TTT VPR ^ product of the New York Experiment Station. We consider it the best of the late berries which 

 y ^^ J " w ■ LjJ -i they have released. It is a good plant maker; not so susceptible to leaf spot. The berries are 

 very large, bright red color and excellent quality, and seemed quite firm here with us in our test block. 



LUPTON 



A WORTHY RIVAL 

 OF CHESAPEAKE 



A fancy late shipping berry similar to Chesapeake in size and appearances but does not have the quality the 

 Chesapeake has. We recommend it where you cannot get satisfactory beds of plants of Chesapeake, because the 

 Lupton will do equally well on most soils, making abundance of plants and being a vigorous grower, and you 

 can always depend on a good crop of Lupton berries. 



PFART ^ ver y l ate variety recommended to replace Gandy which it resembles very closely in both fruit 

 * i-i***l** and plant. More dependable for a crop than Gaudy. The berries are large, rich red in color. 

 Brisk acid in flavor and carry well to markets. Proving a favorite late berry in many of the northern districts. 



EVERBEARING VARIETIES 



THE 

 GIANT 



MASTODON 



STILL REIGNS AS KING OF ALL 

 EVERBEARING STRAWBERRIES 



Harvest a crop three months after planting: the plants and continue to pick the berries 'till frost comes. A 

 few thousand Mastodon plants planted on grood soil and cared for means an independent income. They require 

 good, fertile soil, and if given this and good cultivation they will delight you with a fine crop of large, beautiful 

 luscious berries. Our stock of Mastodon plants are genuinu and selected for productiveness. 



This variety is supreme among all ever-bearing varieties even as the Premier is supreme among the early 

 spring bearing varieties. It outyields some of our best June bearing sorts during their season and continues to 

 bear throughout summer and fall berries of amazing size and superior quality, being very firm and attractive. 

 For best results newly set plants should be debudded up to July 1st. They will then bear very successfully by 

 hill culture methods as well as matted bed row system. Where hill culture is practiced, set the plants 15 inches 

 apart in the row and have rows from 2 to 2% feet apart. This produces strong, robust hills that produce very 

 heavily. 



GEM 



A NEW AND 

 OUTSTANDING EVERBEARER 



The most promising of all everbearing varieties recently introduced. Coming from the Middle West, it has 

 adapted itself to our conditions on the Eastern Shore very readily. We find it to be an excellent plant maker, 

 very productive. Berries are large and are real beauties of excellent quality. This is the Mastodon's closest rival. 

 We can recommend it for trial. 



