Size, beauty and quality make Fairfax an outstanding berry for roadside 

 markets and other places where quality as well as appearance is appreciated. 

 Wherever a consumer can buy strawberries by variety name Fairfax is a favorite. 

 Few can forget the taste treat which Fairfax provides. The berries average large in 

 size, many of the first berries being fan shaped, with the later ones round and some- 

 times somewhat pointed. The berries are quite firm, being just as solid as Blake- 

 more. When they first ripen Fairfax berries have a bright red color which darkens on 

 holding, becoming almost purple before decay starts. Fairfax berries should be 

 picked closely, especially in commercial fields. If picking is neglected the bright 

 early berries mixed with the dark red berries which have been ripe for several days 

 present a somewhat mottled appearance, which is not favored on wholesale mar- 

 kets. In retail markets the dark red color of Fairfax has become associated with 

 unequalled flavor. Consumers buy Fairfax and come back for more of these 

 wonderful dark red berries. 



Availability of Fairfax plants from virus free sources has caused a revival of 

 interest in this fine variety, long noted as the best of all in quality. 



Fairfax is a moderately heavy producer, just under Premier, Catskill and 

 Sparkle, but yields of 8,000 quarts per acre are not uncommon under good con- 

 ditions. In the southern and middle states Fairfax ripens early but becomes mid- 

 season to late when grown as far north as New York state. Fairfax is well adapted 

 from the latitude of Virginia north. Every garden or small planting in that area 

 should include this delectable treat. FAIRFAX! Price list page 32. 



Houston Co. Tenn. March 20, 1961. 'Tour plants 

 are the finest I have ever seen. I haven't found 

 the perfect strawberry yet so I often try different 

 kinds. On my soil Fairfax grows the largest of any 

 I have tried." JAMES H. SEXTON 



Prince Georges Co. Md. July 23, 1961. "This is to 

 inform you of the high quality and productivity 

 that I have received from the Fairfax and Tennes- 

 see Beauty plants that were purchased from you 

 in March, 1960. These berries were planted on my 

 farm in the mountains of Hardy County, W. Va. 

 and this year I am happy to report that I received 

 an average of better than a quart of the largest 

 and sweetest strawberries per plant that I have 

 ever seen. When I plant more strawberries in the 

 future you can be surB they will be from W. F. 

 Allen Company." J. STERLING KING, JR. 



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