Best Disease Resistant Varieties 
MULTIPLE RESISTANCE TO RED STELE— FINE FLAVOR 
VERY HEAVY PLANT PRODUCER 
Excellent Size . . . Good Yields . . . High Prices 
SURECROP is a really fine new strawberry variety 
wherever grown, from Pennsylvania and New York to 
southern Virginia and westward to Ohio. 
SURECROP is a midseason berry ripening about with 
Fairland and Temple. The berries are a light, bright 
red which turns to a deep rich color. Seeds are a nice 
bright yellow set even with the surface. SURECROP 
berries are firm, with a tough glossy skin which makes 
them ideal for distant markets. They have also been 
recommended for freezing. Size holds well throughout 
the season, with the average being larger than Stele- 
master. 
A very vigorous plant maker and producer, rivaling 
such varieties as Pocahontas and Robinson as the best 
bed makers of all strawberry varieties. Coupled with 
STELEMASTER as a fine early berry, SURECROP 
as a midseason berry will deliver a MONEY-MAKING, 
RED STELE RESISTANCE PUNCH for growers 
everywhere. 
«- SUNRISE 
Resistant to Red Stele and Verticillium Wilt 
Early . . . Vigorous . . . Productive 
Sunrise is a new early berry with multiple resistance 
to red stele. It was released by U.S.D.A. and the Univ. 
of Maryland and is the result of a cross of US 4152 and 
Stelemaster. 
Berries are medium in size, have a glossy surface, and 
a light, bright red color. They retain an attractive 
appearance long after picking. The berries are conic 
shaped, and have good dessert quality. Flesh is firm, pale 
pink in color, but not dark enough for good frozen pack 
appearance. 
Plants of Sunrise produce runners freely, are very 
vigorous, and highly resistant to four races of red stele 
and partially resistant to a fifth race. They are also 
resistant to Verticillium wilt. Leaves are resistant to 
leaf scorch and mildew, but quite susceptible to leaf 
spot. 
Sunrise ripens with Earlidawn at Beltsville, but is 
some later at mid-west test blocks. Yields have been 
good to very good in trial blocks in the eastern U.S. 
We suggest Sunrise be tried wherever red stele and 
Verticillium wilt occur. 
New . . . Widely Tested ... Red Stele Resistant 
Merits Trial in All Areas 
Midway is a cross of Dixieland and Temple that haa 
done well in test plots from Massachusetts to Virginia 
and westward. It should be tested as a virus free, red 
stele resistant replacement for Temple and Fairland, 
neither of which has virus free stock available. 
Midway ripens in midseason, about with Temple. The 
berries are medium to large size, have a uniform deep 
red color with a glossy surface, firm skin and yellow 
seeds. The flesh is firm. Berries are irregular conic 
shape but have good dessert quality and have stood up 
well in the frozen pack. 
Plants of Midway are vigorous, highly productive, and 
resistant to the common race of red stele. The leaves 
are somewhat susceptible to leaf scorch and leaf spot. 
Growers report 1964 crops of Midway were excellent 
in yield, color, size. Buyers paid high prices for fruit 
because it carried long distances with a minimum of loss. 
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