Bountiful Ridge Strawberry Plants Are Superior — Plant Them 



PREMIER 



LEADS ALL STRAWBERRIES IN 

 NORTHERN PRODUCING AREAS 



An Old Favorite And Possibly The World's Greatest Strawberry 

 Frost-Proof, Productive And Dependable 



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Premier, America's Most Popular Berry 



OUR SELECTED PREMIERS ARE THE SURE 



MONEY MAKERS FOR THE CENTRAL 



AND NORTHERN AREAS. 



No strawberry ever introduced has brought the returns to 

 the grower that the Premier has, and it still stands unchal- 

 lenged as a real money-maker. It has a record very hard to 

 equal as an early market berry, and we cannot say too many 

 good things about it. Consider these important facts about 

 the Premier and you can readily understand why we say this 

 about it. Until the introduction of the Blakemore it had no 

 equal as a variety that would adapt itself to most all soil and 

 climatic conditions, whether the soil was sandy, clay, loam or 

 rocky, whether it was planted in North Carolina, Mass., or 111., 

 you always had an abundance of new plants that were thrifty 

 and disease free. The land does not have to be rich. Of 

 course, it will do better on good soils, but even on compara- 

 tively poor soil Premier always makes a showing for you. It 

 can be considered almost frostproof. It has never failed in a 

 crop in this section since it was introduced. The berries 

 average large and hold up well under heavy crops and un- 

 favorable seasonable conditions ; it ripens over a comparatively 

 long period, from two to three weeks ; the berries have an at- 

 tractive bright red color and unusual quality. It is moderate- 

 ly firm and will carry well to markets up to three hundred 

 miles and further if handled properly. It is the best of the 

 tried and proven early varieties. As an assurance of next 

 year's income, PLANT AN ACRE OK aiORE OF BOLNTI- 

 FUL RIDGE GROWN PRE3IIER THIS SPRING. 



HOWARD 17. Conceded by all eminent horticulturists to be 

 the same as Premier. 



CATSKILL 



ONE OF THE VERY GOOD MID- 

 SEASON BERRIES 



IT HAS PROVEN ITS RIGHT AS A LEADER OF MID-SEASON VARIETIES 



A vigorous grower; somewhat frost resistant, extremely productive, equaling Dorsett and Premier; berries very large, 

 and good quality. 



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

 proven up under test for the past many 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 as 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. 



Tkw! TEMPLE 



Seldom does a New Introduction attain the immediate approval accorded the Temple. Large Size — Heavy 

 Production — Excellent Quality and resistant to Red Stele combine to recommend it. Has been successfully 

 grown and produced from North Carolina to Southern New York with outstanding results. 



Temple berries have proved firm and good sliip- 

 pers, leading many local auction markets as much 

 as $3.00 per 24 qt. crate. 



1953 AGAIN PROVED A BANNER YEAR 

 FOR TEMPLE— PLANT THEM. 



The Temple is a U. S. D. A. cross between Aberdeen 

 and Fairfax made in 1938 under number 84-AF. In 1939 

 it was selected by Dr. Temple and named in his honor. 

 The Temple is an exceptionally vigorous variety, makes 

 a dense bed of unusually tall plants. The foliage is 

 highly resistant to leaf scorch disease. It is quite pro- 

 ductive and nearly as early as Blakemore. The berries 

 are large, blunt conic, smooth, uniform and have large 

 attractive caps. The dessert quality is good. Thus far 

 the shipping tests have shown it to be well suited to 

 long distance transportation. From our observations of 

 the variety it seems to be well adapted to moist fertile 

 soil and has so far proven entirely immune to Red Stele 

 root rot disease. It has not been injured by cold and 

 frosts in seasons when other varieties have been seri- 

 ously injured. Temple is very promising and should be 

 given a trial in all strawberrj^ producing sections. 



THE TEMPLE BERRY 



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