REDSTAR 



The Best Very Late and the Latest Very Good Strawberry 



How would you like some fancy berries to use or sell ten days alter other berries are 

 gone? You can have them with Redstar. The most valuable single attribute of Redstar 

 is its ability to do just that — extend the season for fancy fruit. It is also comforting to 

 know that Redstar blooms so late that it never is killed by late frosts. 



The first berries are very large and wedge shaped. Later berries are mostly round- 

 conic. Redstar berries are very fine in quality. They have an attractive bright red 

 color which darkens very little on holding. Where a good bed is made Redstar is 

 extremely productive and the berries average large in size, firm enough for shipping 

 and attractive enough to sell well. Because it is so late Redstar should be grown where 

 ample moisture is available at fruiting time, either from natural moist soil or from 

 irrigation. 



Until last year no virus free Redstar plants were 

 available. Stocks had become so weakened that it 

 was almost impossible to get a good fruiting row. 

 Virus free plants are now available and it is easy 

 to get a wonderful fruiting row with big, healthy, 

 beautiful foliage. (See picture.) 



Redstar has had another weakness — fasciation. 

 In this several fruiting stems apparently merge 

 forming a broad flat stem and the berries broaden 

 and twist making them very undesirable. Our new 

 virus free stocks show far less of this than the old 

 strains. 



If you are a commercial grower you can stretch 

 your season and handle a far greater volume of 

 berries with a given amount of help. If you are a 

 home gardener you can stretch the season and feed 

 your family wonderful desserts many days after 

 other berries have called it a season. This new 

 virus free Redstar stock will not disappoint you. 



We have lots of nice plants so please call on us. 

 Price list page 32. 



AMBROSIA 



For Late Berries and High Prices 



Ambrosia was our best very late berry until the 

 new virus free stocks of Redstar became available. 

 In fact, it is still the only good variety that is any- 

 where near as late as Redstar. 



Ambrosia makes a strong, vigorous growth, 

 somewhat susceptible to leaf spot. It produces 

 heavy crops of large, attractive, light colored 

 berries, resembling Big Joe very much in size and 

 appearance. The quality is only fair unless eaten 

 with sugar. Because of the late ripening season 

 Ambrosia berries usually sell well. Price list page 32. 



HERE'S TO SUPERFECTIONM 



Berries without interruption August to November. 



Shenandoah Co., Va. Jan. 7, 1956. "On May 10, 

 1955, I received from you 400 Superfection plants, 

 which I planted on the same day. I kept the blooms 

 cut off until the middle of July. I mulched with one 

 inch sawdust and irrigated in dry weather. I 

 started picking strawberries on August 1, 1955, and 

 picked them without interruption in bearing until 

 November 27, 1955. The berries did not freeze until 

 after the temperature dropped below 26 degrees. 



For 



FAMILY GARDEN COLLECTIONS 



of 

 True Blue Varieties 

 See Page 28 



The frost did not hurt bloom or berries. Here's to 

 Superfection!" LANDON C. STICKLEY. 

 Record Production from Superfection. 



Orange Cb., Indiana. Jan. 6, 1956. "In March 1955 

 I purchased enough Superfection strawberry plants 

 to set out one tenth of an acre. During the summer 

 and fall I picked over thirty crates off this patch. 

 That I think is a record for first year berry pro- 

 duction." MELviN McDonald. 



Berries until frost. 



Aroostook Co., Maine. March 1, 1956. "I sent to 

 you for Superfection three years ago. They did 

 very well. I had them until frost came; we ate all 

 we wanted and still have some in my freezer." 

 MRS. D. B. CURTIS. 

 Tops! 



Lorain Co., Ohio. Jan 10, 1956. "We had 500 of 

 your Gem berry plants last year and they were 

 tops." A. W. HASWELL. 



