MISSIONARY For many years 

 Missionary has been the leading berry in Florida 

 and popular in other southern states. In Florida it 

 is now sharing honors with the new Florida 90. 

 Missionary will do well on almost all soils, but 

 will do better than most on lighter soil types. The 

 berries ripen early, are medium in size, dark red in 

 color, rather tart quality and attractive in appear- 

 ance. It is a very good shipper and is also a 

 favorite with the "cold pack" or "juice" men. Virus 

 free stocks now used are emphasizing the good 

 qualities of Missionary. Price list page 32. 



KLONDYKE a soUd southern 



shipping berry which until Blakemore appeared 

 was grown on more acres than any other variety. 

 Still widely grown, but has been replaced in many 

 sections by Blakemore and Klonmore. Berries are 

 firm, light, ripen evenly, good for processing. We 

 have no special selling talk on Klondyke but for 

 those who know it and like it we have some strong, 

 vigorous, robust plants grown from virus free stocks. 

 Perhaps with this stock you can grow Klondyke 

 profitably as was done in the "good old days." 

 Price list page 32. 



I L^^lxiy/\ iTW A fine new strawberry, 

 originated by Dr. A. N. Brooks in Florida, and grown 

 almost exclusively in that state. Florida 90 is more 

 productive and produces larger, juicier berries than 

 Missionary. The berries are red all the way through. 

 Florida 90 has already taken over half the straw- 

 berry acreage in Florida and this percentage is 

 expected to increase. Florida 90 berries are large, 

 long and pointed. They ship very well and have 

 been very well received on northern markets. As 

 with Missionary, all our Florida 90 are grown from 

 virus free plants. Both varieties are showing the 

 tremendous vigor which has come to be associated 

 with freedom from virus. Price list page 32. 



DORSET! 



Dorsett is a high quality berry 

 which has many good points and a few bad ones. 

 Dorsett ranks about with Premier in plant growth 

 and production. It is superior to Premier in attrac- 

 tiveness and firmness. The quality of Dorsett is 

 much better than Premier, in fact surpassed only 

 by Fairfax and Fairpeake. The bad points of 

 Dorsett are that it is susceptible to frost injury and 

 it is hard to make all the blossoms set fruit. To help 



overcome these things, avoid frosty sites, don't 

 over-fertilize the row making it too dense, and don't 

 let the plants become too thick in the row. 



For several years most stocks of Dorsett were 

 weakened in plant growth by a virus disease. 

 Certified virus free plants of Dorsett are not yet 

 available but our present stock is either free from 

 virus or highly resistant to it. For the past several 

 years we have grown beautiful Dorsett beds. At 

 its best Dorsett is one of the most productive and 

 profitable of all varieties. Those who can grow it 

 at its best will find it hard to beat. Price list page 32. 



TENNESSEE SHIPPER 



The firmest berries we fiave ever seen 



Tennessee Shipper is a Missionary x Blakemore 

 cross, introduced in 1941 by the Tennessee Experi- 

 ment station. It is a very vigorous grower, making 

 larger, stronger individual plants than Blakemore 

 but usually not quite as many. This year Tennessee 

 Shipper has again been marvelous both in number 

 of plants made and vigor of plant growth. 



The plants are very productive. The berries ripen 

 early, about with Blakemore, and are the firm.est 

 of any variety we know. They are so firm that 

 picking may be neglected for several days at a 

 time and still be picked and shipped to market with 

 practically no loss. This is important in these days 

 of labor shortage. Tennessee Shipper berries are 

 excellent for freezing. They are rather tart in 

 quality and in dry seasons tend to run down in 

 size, except on very springy land. All our Tennes- 

 see Shipper plants again this year were grown 

 from virus free stock sources which may account 

 for the outstanding vigor mentioned above. Ten- 

 nessee Shipper is primarily a southern shipping 

 berry. Price list page 32. 



SENATOR DUNLAP Af,„e 



old variety that has been grown in the middle and 

 northern states for many years It is an extremely 

 vigorous grower, making lots of plants which are 

 very productive. Berries are medium in size, a 

 bright rich red clear through and of good quality. 

 One of the best for canning. The hardiness of the 

 Dunlap plant makes the variety a favorite where 

 the cold winters injure the weaker kinds. Canada, 

 Maine, Iowa and Minnesota are among the places 

 where Dunlap is appreciated. We have lots of 

 good Dunlap plants. Price list page 32. 



KLONMORE High Quality 

 Shipping Berry for the Deep South. 



Klonmore is a cross of Klondyke x Blakemore. 

 In vigor of plant growth it equals either of its free 

 growing parents. In productiveness Klonmore is 

 better than Klondyke, probably nearly equal to 

 Blakemore. Klonmore berries are about equal in 

 size to either Blakemore or Klondyke but are far 

 better in quality that either of them. In fact Klon- 

 more is the only high quality long distance shipping 

 berry that the south has ever had. Klonmore 

 territory is more limited, being grown successfully 

 in coastal areas of the gulf states and the Atlantic 

 Coast states and as far north as South Carolina. 

 We have this year a very fine stock of virus free 

 Klonmore plants. Price list page 32. 



