AIRF 



Typical berrie 

 of Fairfax 



Taste, flavor 

 and sweetness 



are blended m Fairfax to form the most delightful berries to eat that ever made your 

 mouth water for more! THEY ARE REALLY GOOD! 



Fairfax is the one variety that MUST be in your Victory Garden or else you won't have the best. 

 Fairfax generates more enthusiasm among those who raise them in home or Victory Gardens than any berry 

 we have ever had. Here's a sample letter. 



Montgomery Co., New York, July 31, 1943. I must tell you how delighted we were with our straw- 

 berries this June. A year ago this spring you sent seventy-five plants of Fairfax berries. I had prepared 

 the ground well and looked forward to a good crop of berries. I did not expect them to be as large as the 

 picture in the catalog. I thought the picture had been made to induce people to buy. But such berries! They 

 were even larger than the picture. And such flavor! All our neighbors who saw them said they never saw 

 or tasted such berries. Grace O. Kyle 



It isn't just talk, either. Every year since 1932 when it was first introduced an increasingly large per- 

 centage of our total sales have been Fairfax. Once known they are always grown. 



FAIRFAX PLANTS -widely adapted in Northern and Middle states higher altitudes as far south as North 

 Carolina and Tennessee. 



VIGOROUS GROWTH as healthy as Premier, making fewer plants but larger, stronger ones. Plenty 

 of plants for good fruiting row, but rarely needs thinning. 



HARDY stand frost and cold like Catskill as well as any except Premier. 



START RIPENING SECOND EARLY, almost with Premier in Maryland becoming midseason with Catskill 

 as far north as New York and New England. 



VERY PRODUCTIVE not guite as productive as Premier and Catskill, but under favorable conditions 

 Fairfax has yielded from 5,000 to 8,000 guarts per acre. 



FAIRFAX BERRIES Beauties! When first ready to pick they have a rich medium red color, resembling 

 Chesapeake. Prominent golden yellow seeds help protect the berries and add to their showiness. Keep 

 picked closely to avoid mottled effect of mixing lighter, just ripening berries with dark, though still solid fruit. 



FIRM Fairfax berries are as solid and will keep as long as Blakemore. However, after several days they 

 turn dark, almost purple. Even then they stand up for several more days unless conditions are so wet that 

 no berries will keep. 



LARGE First berries are often very large in size. Rich soil and heavy manuring are guite effective in 

 bringing the whole crop to good marketable size. 



PROFITABLE — Poorly grown Fairfax sell with other ordinary berries — but fancy well-grown 



Fairfax almost always top the market in price. Price list, page 23. 



Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, April 5, 1943. Enclosed is 

 a check for more of your wonderful, healthy straw- 

 berry plants. Three years ago we bought 100 plants 

 from you and had wonderful strawberries. When 

 the last plants came the ground was so hard we 

 could not plant them, so kept them in my refrigera- 

 tor for a month before we could plant them. We 

 never lost a plant. The Fairfax is the finest berry, 

 both for size and flavor we ever ate. 



-Mrs. A. B. Stoeckel 



Mercer Co., Pa., December 1, 1943. We purchased 

 from you a year ago last spring 1000 Fairfax straw- 

 berry plants. The spring of 1941 here was very 

 dry and we came out with only 800 plants. The 

 spring of 1942 here was ideal for strawberries. We 

 think we lost a few of the earliest berries on account 

 of frost. However, the patch produced 1376 guarts. 

 The berries were the nicest that I have ever seen, 

 especially the first half of the crop. Needless to 

 say we were very much pleased with the plants 

 and the results that were secured therefrom. 



Mr. A. B. Richardson, Mgr. 



