Blakemore, early, solid, productive. 

 A great shipping berry. 



BLAKEMORE 



The Great Southern Shipping Berry 



Blakemore responds wonderfully to good conditions and good care but with good 

 stock it will stand more abuse and neglect in growing, picking and shipping than any- 

 other variety known and still make money for the grower. This may partly account for 

 the fact that more acres of Blakemore are grown than any other variety in the world. 

 It is the best early shipping berry the southern states have ever had, and probably the 

 best money maker, with Dixieland now moving in. Blakemore territory reaches into 

 all the southern states and as far north as southern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the 

 coastal areas of New England and the southern half of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. With 

 few exceptions it is not recommended farther north. 



The great popularity and wide acceptance of Blakemore over the southern and lower 

 middle states was due to performance alone. In some areas it revived a lagging berry 

 industry. Blakemore is a strong, vigorous grower which makes a good fruiting bed 

 under almost any conditions. The berries are very firm, ideal for long distance 

 shipping. Berries ripen uniformly, and have a bright, attractive color which they retain 

 even after they get quite ripe. Small berries of Blakemore are more generally accepted 

 and bring a better price than small berries of any other variety we have ever handled. 

 Blakemore berries run medium to large in size when the plants are not too thick. Some 

 thinning of plants helps eliminate the small berries which very thick beds and dry 

 weather tend to produce. 



Blakemore is the earliest real good variety for commercial shippers and is very 

 popular also with processors, either freezing or canning. At times they will take no 

 other variety. The fact that the berries are quite tart as well as very firm may partly 

 explain this demand. As fresh fruit Blakemore must have sugar added to be real good. 



All our Blakemore plants are grown from virus free sources which have shown 

 tremendous vigor and vitality from the start. Not only that, but we have never seen any 

 Blakemore yellowing in this stock. Growers in sections where Blakemore is not as 

 good as it used to be, in fact all Blakemore growers everywhere, should get this virus 

 free stock to make more money from Blakemore. Price list page 32. 



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