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C ATSKI LL /(mg of the Midseason Kinds 



Judging by our demand for plants, Catskill might well be called "King of AH 

 Strawberry Varieties". In 1954 virus free plants of Catskill became available. It was 

 soon learned that this stock had regained all the original 1932 vigor of Catskill and 

 would again produce' the tremendous yields of big berries for which it was noted. 

 In that period yields of ten to fourteen thousand quarts of Catskill per acre were not 

 unusual. Premier, the leader for many years, dropped to 13th place on our list in 1960 

 with Pocahontas and Dixieland taking second and third respectively, some distance 

 behind Catskill, the new leader. 



WHY CATSKILL LEADS 



1. VIRUS FREE Catskill plants make a very strong, vigorous, healthy plant growth. Our Catskill plants 

 again this year are very beautiful, equalled in vigor by only a few varieties such as Surecrop and 

 Pocahontas. 



2. PRODUCTIVENESS is the big gun in Catskill's arsenal. They are nice berries too, with more large 

 size fruit than any other equally productive variety. 



3. BERRIES. Catskill berries have large size, moderate firmness, good quality and very attractive 

 appearance that will hold their own in any parade of fancy berries. 



4. USE. Catskill berries are fine for the fresh market and very acceptable for freezing. They cap easily, 

 very important where capping machines are in use. 



5. HARDINESS. Catskill has been a sure-cropper over a long period. It has an amazing record of pro- 

 ducing successive crops of fine fruit. If there is any one "must" berry for growers in the northern and 

 upper middle states it is CATSKILL. 



6. ADAPTATION. Catskill is well adapted to all the northern states and the higher altitudes as far 

 south as North Carolina and Kentucky, westward beyond the Mississippi River. 



7. CATSKILL EXTRAS. Strawberries provide one^ of the best of all sources of Vitamin C, so necessary 

 for good health. Catskill carries a higher than average percentage of this important Vitamin C. For 

 some reason Catskill berries will stand wet weather at picking time much better than other varieties 

 which are really firmer. We don't know why, but it is true. 



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