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ALLEN'S BOOK OF BERRIES— 1927 







Big Late — a leader in quality-, beauty and productiveness 



foliage resists rusting better than most varieties, equaling Big Joe in this respect, 

 and surpassed only by Premier and Chesapeake. The berries average large in size 

 and have a bright, glossy surface with prominent seeds somewhat resembling 

 Chesapeake. Every berry is perfect in shape. This, with a bright, red, glossy sur- 

 face and the attractive green cap, makes Big Late one of the most handsome ber- 

 ries that we grow. It is a good shipper and either for home market or distant mar- 

 ket, it is one of the best varieties to plant. Growers who find Chesapeake hard to 

 bed up, will not go wrong if they use Big Late for their main late berry. The blos- 

 soms are imperfect and should be fruited with some good variety like Big Joe, 

 McAlpin, or Aroma. All these are fine varieties and mate up well with the Big 

 Late. Price-list page 35. 



Burgess. This variety originated in Alabama a few years ago. It is claimed 

 to be a seedling of Aroma, but to be superior to that fine old variety in every 

 respect. In plant growth it is superior to Aroma, not that it makes any more plants, 

 but they are larger and more vigorous. We fruited Burgess the past season, but 

 did not have a rain from the time early berries started until the season was over. 

 On high, sandy loam soil this condition is especially severe on late varieties, but 

 under these conditions Burgess produced a fair quantity of very large, handsome 

 berries, being superior to any late varieties we had in the field except Big Late and 

 Chesapeake. They were better in places where the plant bed was not so thick, 

 and we feel that this was quite a big factor in a year as dry as this one, so we would 



