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CATSKILL 



ONE OF THE VERY GOOD MID-SEASON BERRD3S. 



IT HAS PROVEN ITS RIGHT AS A LEADER OF 



MID-SEASON VARIETIES. 



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 tor 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. 



MIDLAND 



Beauty . . . Size . . . Productivity 

 The Flavor King 



Midland from Virus Free Stocks is now surging back as 

 one of the leaders of early strawberry varieties. Always a 

 favorite as an early berry with outstanding size, beauty, pro- 

 ductivity, quality, firmness and freezing ability, Midland can 

 now be profitably grown due to the increased vigor of Virus 

 Free Stocks. Midland will now make good beds of large 

 vigorous plants. 



Berries are early, ripening with Premier and Blakemore, 

 and as productive as either averaging somewhat larger in 

 size. The flavor compares favorably with Fairfax, known 

 generally as our highest quality berry. Freezing tests show 

 Midland to be one of the best either for commercial or home 

 use. We suggest you try this fine variety this year and see 

 if you don't agree that it is most outstanding. 



Premier still stands as a real money-maker. It has a re- 

 cord very hard to equal as an early market berry. Until the 

 introduction of the Blakemore it had no equal as a variety 

 that would adapt itself to most all soil and climatic condi- 

 tions. 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 com- 

 paratively long period, from two to three weeks; the berries 

 have an "attractive bright red color and unusual quality. 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 YOl'K 



HEAVY BEARER — FROST RESISTANT 

 A CHALLENGER TO PREMIER 



Empire is a medium early berry introduced by the New 

 York State Experiment Station as an outstanding berry for 

 the middle and northern berry producing areas. It is a beau- 

 tiful berry; larger than Premier: firmer, better carrier, more 

 attractive and a higher yielder than Premier. Empire has 

 always been a vigorous grower. Virus Free stocks make it 

 even easier to get good fruiting beds. The high yields of 

 large, glossy, red fruit are making this fine berry very popu- 

 lar in the Premier growing sections of the country. Why 

 don't you try some from Bountiful Ridge this year? 



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 has 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 58% of the crop being harvested in the first week on this 

 fine new variety. 



EARLIDAWN makes extra large crowned plants but not 

 too many runner plants, yet production is still quite high 

 for such an early berry. 



Plants of EARLIDAAVN are Virus Free. 



The BLAKEMORE 



THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL EAST'S GREATEST 



EARLY COMMERCIAL BERRY. 



VIRUS FREE — NO YELLOWS — STRONG HEALTHY 



In the south and central berry areas, the Blakemore has 

 proved to be one of the finest of all Early shipping berries. 

 The old type originally released showed a tendency to sport 

 into inferior yellow foliaged strains. It is a very 'free plant 

 maker and responds quickly to good treatment. It is an 

 abundant bearer, the fruit averages large and retains its 

 bright attractive red color even after being picked several 

 days. Quality is superior to Missionary and Klondyke. It 

 will ripen a few days earlier than Premier. The foliage is 

 healthy and vigorous. The plants hold up well during a 

 drought. The berries are firm and unexcelled as long dis- 

 tance shipping berry and preferred by all Strawberry pro- 

 cessing companies. Plant our Virus Free Blakemore. 



Note the bluff foliage of these fine plants. Disease free and 

 full of Virus Free vigor, they have to satisfy the planter. 

 For increased pleasure and profits, plant some fine Virus Free 

 Strawberries from Bountiful Ridge this year. They can t 



Thank you for the fine plants you sent me. I appreciate 



and yours are the best I have 

 Thank you. 



Robert L. Smith 





