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DIXIELAND 



/I Valuable Hew Early Variety for the Middle States 



Dixieland has given excellent results from North Carolina to New York and from 

 New Jersey to the Mississippi River. It is one of the best of many varieties named 

 from the Midland-Tennessee Shipper crosses at the U. S. D. A. Compared with other 

 early varieties it ripens along with Premier and Blakemore. The berries are larger 

 than Blakemore and generally larger than Premier. They are just as firm as Blake- 

 more, firmer than Premier. As a processing berry they are equal to Blakemore, much 

 better than Premier. 



The berries are slightly darker than Blakemore, not as dark as Premier. The 

 taste is somewhat tart, similar to Blakemore, not quite as sweet as Premier. Dixie- 

 land berries retain their light color on holding just as well as Blakemore, better than 

 Premier. Productiveness is good, just as heavy bearing as Blakemore, not quite as 

 heavy as Premier grown under good conditions. Dixieland berries (see colored pic- 

 ture on center page) are very attractive in the package and sell with other fancy ber- 

 ries of their season. 



In one respect Dixieland is a very safe berry to plant. Usually picking time is 

 when labor is shortest. After Dixieland berries are ripe they will hang on the vines 

 for two or three days in perfect shape if necessary, giving the grower time to get to 

 them with limited help if rainy periods or other conditions delay picking. If there 

 was assurance of an improved market Dixieland berries could even be held on the 

 vines a few days to catch the better market. They really are solid. 



As stated above, although Dixieland was regarded as primarily a lower middle 

 states shipping berry it is invading "Yankeeland". Excellent reports have come from 

 western New York, Michigan and Wisconsin as well as other northern states. Out- 

 tanding points of Dixieland are its firmness and beauty. Try them. Price list page 32. 



TENNESSEE SHIPPER The 



firmest Berries we have ever seen 



Tennessee Shipper is a Missionary x Blake- 

 more cross, introduced in 1941 by the Tennessee 

 Experiment Station. It is a very vigorous grow- 

 er, making larger, stronger individual plants than 

 Blakemore but usually not quite as many. 



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 im- 

 portant in these days of labor shortage. Tennes- 

 see Shipper berries are excellent for freezing. 

 They are rather tart in quality and in dry sea- 

 sons tend to run down in size except on very 



springy land. Tennessee Shipper berries rank 

 first in firmness. 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 Klon- 

 more is better than Klondyke, probably nearly 

 equal to Blakemore. Klonmore berries are about 

 equal in size to either Blakemore or Klondyke but 

 are better in quality than either of them. In fact 

 Klonmore is the only high quality long distance 

 shipping berry that the south has ever had. Klon- 

 more territory is more limited, being grown suc- 

 cessfully in coastal areas of the gulf states and 

 the Atlantic coast states and as far north as 

 South Carolina. Price list page 32. 



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