The Tingle Nursery Company, Pittsville, Maryland 



We recommend Blakemore for trial as an early shipping berry. 



oi 1 A promising new variety originated by Prof. Beatty of 



Mji3,KGTnOYG» the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. 

 C, and introduced by the Department in 1930. It has been thoroughly 

 tested in most of the strawberry producing sections of the United States 

 and seems to readily adapt itself to conditions existing where planted. 



Said to be a cross between Premier and Missionary, resembling the Missionary 

 very much in plant gi'owth, being a free plant maker of medium size plants, a very 

 heavy producer of bright red berries, ripening two or three days ahead of Missionary 

 or Premier, which show the unusual ability to hang on the vine from one to three days 

 after it is apparently ripe without any waste. Size medium large, round to conical in 

 shape, red to the center without any green tips. Its outstanding characteristics are 

 its uniformity of ripening, firmness and ability to stand shipment to distant markets 

 and arrive fresh and bright. We advise our customers to give this variety a thorough 

 trial as we believe it will prove a real money-maker. 



A 1 1 This is a mighty fine variety and is becoming very popu- 



ADerClGen. lar m eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey and will 

 probably be widely planted when its merits are better known. Makes a 

 rank growth of strong, healthy plants, very productive and said by some 

 growers to be better than Premier. 



Fruit is medium to large, of conical shape, an attractive dark red, and of very good 

 quality. We cannot recommend this variety for distant shipping in refrigerator cars 

 but for markets within 300 miles it is a berry hard to equal and is very profitable be- 

 cause of its hardiness, ability to fruit under most trying conditions, its productiveness 

 and quality of fruit. Fruiting period extends from two to three weeks. We would like 

 to have our customers plant them for comparison with Premier and Big Joe. 



