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DIXIELAND firm and Beautiful 



Dixieland is a cross of Midland by Tennessee Shipper with a wide climatic adaptability 

 that extends from Canada to Mexico. Dixieland berries are quite tart, light in color, very firm, 

 big and beautiful. (See color picture facing page 14.) They are very popular for shipping 

 and processing and will hold on the vines the best of any variety in our experience. 



Customarily Dixieland makes luxuriant plant growth of exceptional vigor. However, 

 Dixieland is in trouble. A genetic variegation has developed in the variety known as 

 "Spring Yellows" or "June Yellows". Leaf variegation is a non-infectious disease caused 

 by a defect in the hereditary background of the variety, and it is not a virus. There are no 

 known sources of Dixieland free of yellows. Symptoms of yellows appear as the green of 

 new leaves becomes pale and streaked with yellow in the spring. This may disappear 

 during warm weather and show up again in the fall or the next spring. This varies with 

 the season. Plants become stunted and weak, and badly affected plants are unproductive 

 and die prematurely. Plants affected never recover and the variegation is passed on to 

 the runner plants. 



We know of no cure for yellows. For two years we have cautioned our customers re- 

 garding this problem. During this time we have tested and rogued all of the best stock 

 we could locate from Kentucky, North Carolina, Delaware and Maryland. We feel now 

 that we can definitely state that we have as good a planting stock of Dixieland as can 

 be bought, and certainly better than most. This stock is neither free from yellows nor is it 

 virus free. We do feel for the grower who wants Dixieland, and there is no logical substi- 

 tute for it, that our stock is the best bet. We do not wish to make any guarantee as to the 

 performance of Dixieland but our experience has been that with roguing and maintaining 

 only one-year fruit beds this variety is still the best choice for an early shipping berry in 

 the south. Price list page 28. 



Washington Co., Indiana, Feb. 6, 1964. "Having used your berry stock for several years, 

 I am still going to hold Dixieland as the best among many and I have tried many varieties. 

 They have everything a berry needs, except this yellow infection and we cannot help this; 

 it hasn't hurt me too bad and I am willing to take a chance. In the spring of 1962 I picked 

 a large patch from your stock of plants; the berries were large. The weather became dry 

 and it looked like the crop was over, but suddenly it rained and such a crop I never saw — 

 the berries were larger than ever. This past year we had a very late freeze which ruined 

 two sets of bloom and I still picked a tremendous crop. Do all you can to save Dixieland." 

 Dwayne Morris. 



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F Al RFAX Tl\e finest Garden Berry 



Fairfax is always at the top when varieties are listed for quality. The berries average 

 large in size, many of the first berries being fan shaped, with later ones round and some- 

 times quite pointed. The berries are firm and have a bright red color when they first ripen. 

 They darken on holding which is not favored on wholesale markets. Fairfax berries should be 

 picked closely, especially in commercial settings. If picking is neglected the bright red 

 berries mixed with the dark berries which have been ripe for several days present a mottled 

 appearance. The size, beauty and quality of Fairfax make it an outstanding berry for retail 

 markets where quality as well as appearance is considered. 



Fairfax ripens early in the southern and middle states but becomes midseason or later 

 when it is grown as far north as New York State. Fairfax is well adapted from Virginia 

 northward and is a moderately heavy producer under good conditions. Every garden should 

 include this delicious treat. Price list page 28. 



