Bountiful Ridge Strawberry Plants Are Superior — Plant Them 
PREMIER 
A LEADING STRAWBERRY IN 
NORTHERN PRODUCING AREAS 
An Old Favorite And Possibly The World's Greatest Strawberry 
Frost-Proof, Productive And Dependable 
Premier, America’s Most Popular Berry 
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, 
productive; berries very large and good quality. 
The Catskill is a product of the New York Experiment Sta- 
tion, 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 cultiva- 
tion. 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 North- 
erly sections. 
VIRUS FREE CATSKILL: This great berry is on the 
road back to being our No. 1 midseason berry in Northern 
Areas with the advent of Virus Free Catskill plants. It does 
ones heart good to see Catskill again making heavy fruiting 
beds of Plants and those large handsome berries. Plant 
Bountiful Ridge Grown Virus Free plants this year. They 
are wonderful. 
Seldom does a New Introduction attain the immediate ap- 
roval accorded the Temple. Large Size—Heavy Production 
Excellent Quality and resistant to Red Stele combine to re- 
commend it. 
The Temple is a U. S. D. A. cross between Aberdeen and 
Fairfax made in 1938 under number 8$4-AI*. In 1939 it was 
selected by Dr. Temple and named in his honor. The Tem- 
ple is an exceptionally vigorous variety, makes a dense bed. 
The foliage is highly resistant to leaf scorch disease. It is 
quite productive and nearly as early as Blakemore. The ber- 
ries 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 dis- 
tance transportation. From our observations of the variety 
it seems to be well adapted to moist fertile soil. 
extremely 
A LARGE GROWER IN N. J. PRAISES 
VIRUS FREE SPARKLE PLANTS 
Hammonton, N. J., Oet. 17, 1955 
plants were excellent. My sparkle fields are 
My neighbors can’t get over admiring them. 
John Errera 
OUR 
Last year’s 
outstanding. 
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Premier still stands 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. Until the intro- 
duction 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 Ill., you always 
had an abundance of new plants that were thrifty and dis- 
ease free. 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 unfavorable seasonable conditions; it ripens over 
a comparatively long period, from two to three weeks; the 
berries have an attractive bright red color and unusual qual- 
ity. It is moderately firm. It is one of the best of the tried 
and proven early varieties. 
HOWARD 17. Conceded by all eminent horticulturists to be 
the same as Premier. 
VIRUS FREE PREMIER are unusually vigorous and free 
plant makers. The foliage is lighter in color and the berries 
are lighter in color and possibly not as firm as the old type 
Premier but berries have Premier shape and quality with 
the added advantage that you will always be assured of hav- 
ing a wide picking bed. Plant Bountiful Ridge grown Virus 
Free Premier this year. 
NOTE—WE ARE GROWING THE OLD TYPE PREMIER 
AS WELL AS THE VIRUS FREE PREMIER. PLEASE 
STATE WHAT TYPE WANTED WHEN PLACING YOUR 
ORDER. 
New! STELEMASTER 
A GREAT BERRY, RESISTANT TO ALL RACES 
RED-STELE ROOT ROT NOW KNOWN IN 
EASTERN U. S. 
Stelemaster formerly tested as Md.-U.S. 2159 originated as 
a seedling from cross of Fairland X Md.-683. Released Oc- 
tober 1st, 1954. 
Stelemaster ripens about with Blakemore or just a little 
later. Berries are medium to large; Holds size well through- 
out season. Generally uniform and smooth, medium red with 
a glossy surface. The flesh is light red, firm, juicy, and 
flavor is mild subacid. Stelemaster plants are vigorous, very 
productive and highly resistant to all the races of red stele 
known in Eastern U. S. Leaves are resistant to scorch but 
does leaf spot under some conditions. Our own test plot 
produced at rate of better than 12,000 quarts of berries to 
acre in 1954. It is just a hard berry to equal and while it 
has not been tested over a wide area it should have the con- 
sideration of every planter, especially where red stele is pre- 
sent in the soil. Prices on page 47. Our plants of Stele- 
master are Virus Free. 
Bien 205 oie SH as an 
A full quart of STELEMASTER BERRIES. 
eral characteristics. 
Note its gen- 
