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Judging by our demand for plants Catskill might well be called ''King of all 

 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. For m^ony years Catskill has been the best seller on our list. 



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 fev^r varieties such as 

 Surecrop and Pocohontas. 



2. PRODUCTIVENESS. You just can't beat Caskill for total quantity of berries produced. 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. HARDir^SS. Catskill has been a sure-cropper over a long period. It has an amazing record 

 of producing 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 neces- 

 sary for good health. Catskill carries a higher than average percentage of this important Vita- 

 min 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. 



CATSKILL COMMENTS 



Indiana — Hancock Co., Jan. 24, 1961. 'The Catskill strawberry plants we bought three years ago 

 were wonderful. Everyone said they had never seen such large, firm and beautiful berries. We 

 picked as many berries the second year as the first. They are wonderful for freezing, eating or 



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