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DELICIOUS 



ATTRACTIVE 



Mid-Season Berry 



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DEVELOPED BY THE NEW JERSEY 

 AGRICULTURAL STATION 



QUALITY — Berries firm, flavor is rich, beau- 

 tiful sparkling appearance. 



PRODUCTIVITY -One of the largest pro- 

 ducers in the strawberry field, Sparkle ranks 

 with Premier-Teniple and Catskill. 



SIZE — On fertile soil with plenty of moisture. 

 Sparkle is larger than Catskill. Average con- 

 ditions the variety is somewhat smaller, and 

 the grower should not let the fruiting bed 

 make too heavy of a matted row of plants 

 where larger berries are wanted. 



DISEASE RESISTANT— Sparkle is immune 

 to red stele root disease with which some soils 

 are plagued. Truly a variety for Ohio, New 

 York State and some parts of New England 

 where this red stele disease has been found. 

 Sparkle will grow and produce where other 

 varieties fail. 





1M OUR 1948 Catalog we stated that 

 SPARKLE was in its infancy — now we 

 can state definitely that this is quickly 

 developing as one of America's outstand- 

 ing varieties. Sparkle has captured the 

 praise of large strawberry growers, par- 

 ticularly in such states as New York, New 

 England States, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 

 Ohio, and West Virginia. Sparkle has 

 been used with great success in certain 

 parts of these states where Catskill does 

 not produce sufficient fruiting beds for a 

 large commercial crop of mid-season ber- 

 ries. Sparkle is a beautiful growing plant, 

 making a fine fruiting bed on almost any 

 type of soil. Be sure to include some 

 Sparkle plants in your 1952 settings. 



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