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Medium Early Varieties 



Senator Dunlap (Dr. Burrill). A free-growing variety that does well on any 

 type of soil and in any section. It is easy to get a good fruiting bed of this variety 

 and they always bear a heavy crop of fruit. The plants should not be allowed to 

 set too thickly as they are inclined to do on rich land. The berries are medium in 

 size, bright, rich, red clear through, and fair in quality. In productiveness, Dunlap 

 ranks with Premier, Big Late, Haverland and Paul Jones. The blossoms are per- 

 fect. Dunlap is valuable to pollenize varieties like Haverland and Paul Jones. 

 We believe that Premier is a much more desirable variety to set now to cover the 

 Dunlap season, but Dunlap still finds favor with large numbers of experienced 

 strawberry growers. Price-list page 35. 



Cooper. We have fruited this variety for three years and our results with it 

 have been better each year. The first year was a very wet one during which the 

 plants rusted badly and produced a very small crop of good size berries. In 1925, 

 we had the plants on very high, sandy land and the season was dry. A large crop 

 of berries set on the plants and a great many of them produced large, handsome 

 berries, what we would call a fair crop. In 1926, the season was still dry, but we 

 had the plants on better land and really had a good crop of large, handsome 

 berries. Perhaps it would do still better if it were grown on rich land and weather 

 conditions should prove favorable. The plants of Cooper are very large and 

 strong with long, fibrous roots, and make a vigorous plant growth, but all in all 

 although we recognize it to be a fine berry under favorable weather conditions 

 we are not ready to endorse the extravagant claims made for this variety by many 

 of the Michigan growers. In a wet season it rusts much worse than Premier 

 and Chesapeake, which with us show practically no rust at any time. It is also 

 worse in that respect than Big Joe and Big Late, under the same unfavorable 

 conditions. The berries are very large in size and good in quality, but it is too soft 

 to use as a shipping berry. For home use or local market, Cooper is valuable in 

 producing a fair crop of large size, good quality berries, which are not firm enough 

 to stand shipment and long hauls. For your main crop, we would stick to Premier 

 for early and medium early berries until Cooper had proven its value for you after 

 testing it in a small way. 



Dr. Burrill (Senator Dunlap). We have insisted for several years that there 

 is practically no difference between Dr. Burrill and Senator Dunlap. We have 

 tried them out side by side several times and can find no difference in either plant 

 growth, productiveness, or in fruit habits. If there is a difference, it is so slight 

 that there is absolutely no reason why a grower should plant one rather than the 

 other. We believe any variation found will be due as much to a difference of soil 

 or treatment as to the varieties themselves. Anyway, Premier covers the same 

 season and is much better in every way than Dunlap and Dr. Burrill. For full 

 description of Dr. Burrill, see Senator Dunlap, page 21. Price-list page 35. 



Sussex. We saw this variety fruit in Sussex County, Delaware, in the spring 

 of 1924. The following spring we obtained some plants and offered it for sale in 

 our catalog in the spring of 1926. After fruiting it one year on our farms, we dis- 

 covered what we did not recognize from seeing it one time on the farm in Delaware. 

 Sussex is a strong growing late variety which produces a heavy crop of dark red, 

 high quality, handsome berries. But it is exactly the same as Gibson -(Parson's 

 Beauty) which has been grown and sold for many years. We, therefore, are not 

 offering this variety under this name, but you can buy it either as Parson's Beauty 

 or Gibson, one name being used in some sections and the other in other sections. 

 This berry has also been grown and sold as Great Scott. 



