Bountiful Ridge Strawberry Plants Are Superior — Plant Them 



Pictured above is a basket of 

 Pocahontas berries. Note the 



large size and nice color. 



New! Pocahontas 



FAST BECOMING THE GROWERS' FAVORITE 

 THROUGHOUT THE EAST 



Since its introduction Pocahontas lias really come to the front in its field. Poca- 

 hontas has been widely acclaimed throughout the berry producing areas as the best 

 of the new strawberry varieties. It brought highest prices wherever sold this past 

 spring for any and all markets — fresh, frozen, or processed. 



Originated at Beltsville, Md., and released in October, 1953 by the U.S.D.A. and the 

 Va. Truck Exp. Station at Norfolk, Va. It has been thoroughly tested and found 

 adaptable from the Carolinas to New York state and as far west as Arkansas. The 

 plants are vigorous and very productive. Berries ripen about a week later than Blake- 

 more, are large in size, color a vivid red, are glossy with tough skin and firm as 

 Blakemore. The flavor is tart and good. Ideal for freezing. Our Plants of Pocahon- 

 tas are Vims free. Prices page 47. 



CATSKILL 



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ONE OF THE VERY GOOD MID-SEASON BERRIES. 



IT HAS PROVEN ITS RIGHT AS A LEADER OF 



MID-SEASON VARD3TD3S. 



A vigorous grower; somewhat frost resistant, extremely 

 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. 



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REDGLOW 



BEAUTY — PRODUCTIVITY — LARGE SIZE 



RED STELE RESISTANCE 



HIGH VIGOR AND WIDE ADAPTABILITY 



These words truly describe BEDGLOW, one of the most 

 beautiful new strawberry introductions we have seen. RED- 

 GLOW was tested as U. S. 4194 and is a seedling from a cross 

 of Pairland and Tennessee Shipper. The fruit ripens in early 

 mid-season with beautiful large, bright red berries which 

 hold their size throughout the season. The berries are fair- 

 ly firm and good flavored making them adapted to freezing 

 and sale on the fresh market. 



BEDGLOW plants are very vigorous and resistant to the 

 most common type of red stele. BEDGLOW has been tested 

 from Pennsylvania south to North Carolina and westward 

 to Kentucky and Indiana. We suggest trial plantings of this 

 fine new berry anywhere in the general strawberry producing 

 areas. 



Plants of REDGLOW are Virus Free. 



EARLIDAWN 



EARLINESS — FREEZING QUALITY 

 HIGH YIELDS 



Ripening five days before Blakemore and Premier, EARLI- 

 DAWN is the earliest of all the good, commercial strawberry 

 varieties. It is a cross of Midland by Tennessee Shipper 

 which was selected in 1947 and lias done exceptionally well 

 ever since. Year after year it has come through with early, 

 large, crops of nice market berries. 



The berries are quite firm with a tough skin. Color is a 

 vivid red only slightly darker than Blakemore which does 

 not become too much darker upon holding. Crops of EARLI- 

 DAWN have been outstanding in all test areas with as much 

 as r>8% of the crop being harvested in the first week on this 

 fine new variety. 



EABLIDAWX makes extra large crowned plants but not 

 too many runner plants. Yet production is still quite high 

 for such an early berry. 



Plants of EARLIDAWN are Virus Free. 



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This is a partial view of one of our fields of Pocahontas 

 plants. They are extremely vigorous and healthy. Plant our 

 Virus Free Pocahontas this year. 



SURECROP 



MULTIPLE RESISTANCE TO RED STELE 



FINE FLAVOR 



VERY HEAVY PLANT PRODUCER 



SUBECBOP seems to be a really fine new strawberry va- 

 riety. It was tested as TJ. S. No. 2233 for more than five 

 years and was extremely promising wherever grown from 

 Pennsylvania and New York to southern Virginia and west- 

 ward 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. The seeds are a nice bright 

 yellow set even with the surface. SUBECBOP berries are firm 

 with a tough glossy skin which makes them ideal for dis- 

 tant markets. They have also been recommended for freez- 

 ing. Size holds well throughout the season with the average 

 being larger than Stelemaster. 



SURECROP are very vigorous plant makers and produc- 

 ers, rivalling such varieties as Pocahontas and Robinson as 

 the hoM bed makers of all strawberrj varieties Coupled 

 with STELEMASTER as a fine early berry. SFREOROP as a 

 midseason berry will deliver a MONEY-MAKING. RED 

 STELE RESISTING I'TNCH for -rowers evervwhere. 



Plants of SURECROP are Virus Free. 



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This picture will give an idea of the vigor of Surecrop 

 and Redglow. Surecrop on left — Redglow on right. 



WELL SATISFIED 



Terra Alta, W. Va.. Dec. 28, 1957 

 ' catalogue. I was well pleased wi 



W. C. Watson 



