TENNESSEE BEAUTY 



The Money Maker for the Middle States 



From the very first Tennessee Beauty has been one of the most profitable and 

 productive of all varieties in Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland and other lower middle 

 states. It was originated and introduced by the Tennessee Station and having a 

 southern name probably delayed the testing of Tennessee Beauty in northern states. 

 However, in recent years outstanding results have been reported with Tennessee 

 Beauty from parts of New York, Ohio, Michigan, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and 

 other states. We were especially impressed by the statement of a sixty acre grower 

 in Michigan who stopped in at our office and told us that Tennessee Beauty was his 

 outstanding berry and the best yielder he had. He further stated that chain store 

 buyers on the Benton Harbor market would pay more for Tennessee Beauty than for 

 any other variety of its season. Here in eastern Maryland if we were limited to one 

 late variety for shipping and profit Tennessee Beauty would be our first choice. Out- 

 standing yields from Tennessee Beauty have been the rule in Kentucky and Tennes- 

 see. Year after year most of their record yields were made with this variety. Poca- 

 hontas is now coming into the picture in some sections of these states. 



All of our Tennessee Beauty plants are from virus free sources from which you 

 can confidently expect full fruiting rows of heavy production. The berries are the 

 most beautiful of all with a large light green cap adding to their beauty. (See color 

 picture on back cover.) The berries average medium to large in size where adequate 

 moisture is available^sm.aller under dry conditions and very thick beds. Tennessee 

 Beauty berries are excellent for shipping; firm enough so that if bad weather or short- 

 age of help delays picking a day or two there need be very little loss of fruit. Tennes- 

 see Beauty berries are among the best for freezing and processing. They are very 

 easy to cap, in fact when handled as fresh berries only, there is some criticism that 

 they cap too easily. The berries are excellent in quality, not quite as good as Fairfax 

 but better than Premier, Catskill and Robinson. 



We have a nice lot of fine, well-rooted Tennessee Beauty plants but not as many 

 as we sold last season. We suggest that you order plants of this variety just as 

 soon as you have made your selection. Price list page 32. 



TEMPLE 



MASSEY 



Temple was the first of the good red stele re- 

 sistant varieties. It was a life saver to berry 

 growers in sections where the soil had become 

 infested with red stele. Temple itself is not en- 

 tirely immune to all strains of red stele but has 

 sufficient resistance so that profitable crops of 

 berries can be grown by many growers who had 

 been completely knocked out by this disease. 



In addition to resistance to red stele Temple is 

 a very fine variety because of the vigor and pro- 

 ductiveness of the plants together with firmness, 

 beauty, size and quality of the berries. Temple 

 is not rated a good freezing berry but as a home 

 garden or fresh market shipping berry it has been 

 so good that it has become the leading berry in 

 southern Delaware and the lower lying soils of 

 eastern Maryland. Price list page 32. 



Massey is one of the prettiest, firmest, largest 

 and best quality berries we have ever seen. 

 Massey is at its best in the coastal plain section 

 of North Carolina where it is usually very produc- 

 tive. As far north as Maryland, Massey is still a 

 very fine berry but does not generally retain the 

 heavy productiveness that it has in North Caro- 

 lina. When first introduced it was good enough 

 to greatly exceed Blakemore in total acreage 

 planted. Now Massey is being largely replaced 

 by Albritton, although some growers use both va- 

 rieties. Our Massey plants are grown from virus 

 free stocks which return all the original vigor and 

 vitality of the first Massey stock. Well worth try- 

 ing. Price list page 32. 



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