REDSTAR 



The Best Very Late and 

 the Latest Very Good Strawberry 



With Redstar you can have fancy 

 berries to use or sell ten days after 

 other berries are gone. This fact is the 

 most valuable single attribute of Redstar 

 — to extend the season for fancy fruit. 

 Almost equally important is the fact that 

 you are sure to get a crop. Redstar 

 blooms so late it is never killed by late frost. 



The first berries are very large and wedge shaped 



conic 



AMBROSIA 



for Late denies and High Prices 



Ambrosia was our best very late berry until 

 the new virus free stocks of Redstar became avail- 

 able. In fact it is still the only good variety that 

 is anywhere near as late as Redstar. 



Ambrosia makes a strong, vigorous growth, 

 somewhat susceptible to leaf spot. It produces 

 heavy crops of large, attractive, light colored ber- 

 ries, resembling Big Joe very much in size and 

 appearance. The quality is only fair unless eaten 

 with sugar. Because of the late ripening season 

 Ambrosia berries usually sell well. Because of its 

 late blooming season you always have berries 

 to sell. Price Hst page 32. 



Later berries are mostly round- 



Redstar berries are very fine in quality. They 



have an attractive bright red color which darkens very 



little on holding. Where a good bed is made 



Redstar is extremely productive and the berries 



average large in size, firm enough for shipping 



attractive enough to sell well. Because it 



so late Redstar should be grown where 



mple moisture is available at fruiting 



ime, either from moist soil or irrigation. 



Until 1956 no virus free Redstar plants were 

 available. Stocks had become so weakened 

 that it was almost impossible to get a good 

 fruiting row. Virus free plants are now avail- 

 able and it is easy to get a wonderful fruit- 

 ing row with big, healthy, beautiful foliage. 

 Redstar has another weakness — fascia- 

 tion. In this several fruiting stems appar- 

 ently merge forming a broad flat stem 

 and the berries broaden and twist, mak- 

 ing them very undesirable. Our new 

 virus free stocks show far less of 

 this than the old strains, although 

 there is still more than we like to 

 see. 



If you are a commercial grower 

 you can stretch your season and 

 handle a far greater volume of ber- 

 ries with a given amount of help. 

 If you are a home gardener you can 

 stretch the season and feed your 

 family wonderful desserts after other 

 berries have called it a season. 

 This new virus free Redstar stock 

 will not disappoint you. Price list 

 page 32. 



