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NESSEE SHIPP 



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Tennessee Shipper is a Missionary x Blakemore 

 cross, introduced in 1941 by the Tennessee Experiment 

 Station. It is a very vigorous grower, making larger, 

 stronger individual plants than Blakemore but usu- 

 ally not quite as many. This year Tennessee Shipper 

 has 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 firmest 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 shoitage. Tennes- 

 see 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 Tennessee Shipper plants this year were grown from virus free stock sources 

 which may account for the outstanding vigor mentioned above. Tennessee Shipper is primarily a southern 

 shipping berry, but has been grown successfully as far north as southern Pennsylvania. Price list page 31. 



Alhritton Berries — 

 beautiful, big, glossy 



ALBRITTON 



TENNESSEAN 



A fine new variety originated by Dr. Brooks Drain at the 

 West Tennessee Experiment Station. Tennessean is an early 

 berry, resembling Blakemore somewhat but a little longer and 

 more pointed. The plant growth is very vigorous, probably 

 equalling Blakemore. Tests in Tennessee indicate that Tennes- 

 sean outyields Blakemore, is very good lor freezing and is an 

 equally good shipping berry. 



We fruited Tennessean for the first time in 1952. We found 

 it moderately productive, probably not quite equal to Blakemore 

 but with very nice looking marketable berries. They were firm 

 enough to be excellent shippers. We have an excellent stock 

 of plants. Price list page 31. ^ -' 



■"Albritton is the best strawberry in the 

 world for regions where it is adapted." said 

 one of America's most distinguished straw- 

 berry authorities. The plants are very vigor- 

 ous and very productive. The berries aver- 

 age quite large, almost as big as Catskill. 

 They are firm enough for shipping to dis- 

 tant markets and are very attractive in ap- 

 pearance see picture . In quality Albritton 

 berries are better than Blakemore or Pre- 

 mier, although not quite as good as Fairfax 

 and Massey. 



Albritton was originated and tested at the 

 North Carolina Experiment Station in co- 

 operation with the U.S.D.A. and was re- 

 leased for introduction in 1952. In North 

 Carolina, where it is particularly well 

 adapted, Albritton is the outstanding berry, 

 supplanting Massey in many sections. In 

 Maryland, where we saw it fruiting in 1953. 

 it was very fine and worthy of more exten- 

 sive planting for commercial shipment. 

 While it has not been tried over a wide area, 

 Albritton should be a money maker wher- 

 ever Blakemore has been grown success- 

 fully. Our Albritton plants are "virus free" 

 and have the tremendous vigor we learn to 

 expect from virus free stock. Price list page 

 31. 



KLONMORE 



Klonmore is a cross of Klondyke x Blakemore In vigor of 

 plant growth it equals either of its free growing parents In pro- 

 ductiveness 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 m quality than 

 either of them In fact, Klonmore 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 as far north 

 as South Carolina. 



We have this year the finest stock of "virus free" Klonmore 

 plants that we have ever grown and inquiries for large quantities 

 are invited. Price list page 31. 



