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Dixieland Plants thai Grow 

 and Grow and Grow 



A Midland by Tenn. Ship- 

 per cross, tested by the U.S. 

 D.A. in North Carolina and 

 introduced in 1954. Dixieland 

 was originally developed as 

 an improved shipping va- 

 riety for the south, and it is 

 that! Compared with Blake- 

 more it is larger, more pro- 

 ductive and firmer. 



As Dixieland became more 

 widely tested it has been 

 found to be adapted much 

 further north than first ex- 

 pected. Dixieland does well 

 from South Carolina to New 

 York and from the Atlantic 

 Coast to the Mississippi 

 River. Excellent individual 

 reports on Dixieland have 

 also come from southern 

 Michigan and southern Wis- 

 consin. Dixieland popularity, 

 shown by increasing plant 

 sales, is gaining rapidly. 

 In addition to the luxuriant plant growth, heavy productiveness, size and 

 beauty of the berries, the firmness of Dixieland is hard to realize. We thoroughly 

 believe that if a good picking of Dixieland should be ready on a Monday morning 

 and shortage of pickers, bad weather or other factors should delay picking, the berries 

 could be picked Thursday, Friday or Saturday, at the end of the week, with practically 

 no loss to the grower. With the exception of Tennessee Shipper, which does not 

 compare with Dixieland in other ways, Dixieland is as firm as any present day 

 variety of strawberry. This could be important, as mentioned above, where labor 

 is scarce or weather is bad. 



In tests of several leading varieties in Kentucky in 1960 Dixieland was second 

 in productiveness, ahead of both Tennessee Beauty and Pocahontas, yielding 8,736 

 quarts per acre in a very dry fruiting season. More details about this test given under 

 Earlidawn description. 



Dixieland berries are light in color, only slightly darker than Blakemore. In 

 quality they are quite tart and are highly recommended for processing. Dixieland 

 nearly always equals or exceeds in selling price other fancy berries of its season. 

 We have an excellent lot of Dixieland plants available for our beautiful beds of 

 this variety. This field shown above are Dixieland plants available for 1961 orders. 

 Price List page 32. 



TENNESSEE SHIPPER rfie 



firmest Berries we /lave ever seen 



DIXIELAND 



firm and Beautiful 



Tennessee Shipper is a Missionary x Blake- 

 more cross, introduced in 1941 by the Tennessee 

 Experiment Station. It is a very vigorous grower 



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. 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. Price list page 32. 



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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 hst page 32. 



