for jam. We wouldn't think of planting any other kind. The berries we picked the first year 

 looked just like the one you have pictured in your book." E. McMURRER. 



Massachusetts— Worchester Co., March 4, 1961. "In 1959 I bought 600 Catskill plants. The berries 

 were so good last year I had to turn people away as I didn't have enough to go around. Catskill 

 berries are surely good sellers." ALBERT GAY. 



Ohio — Scioto Co., March 7, 1961. "I can't find a berry I like as well as I do the Catskill. I am 

 wondering what you would recommend as a late berry that tastes and is the size of Catskill and 

 produces like the Catskill does." CLIFFORD REED. 



West Virginia — Mingo Co., March 17, 1961. "From the 400 Catskill plants I have purchased from 

 you in 1959 I picked 1020 quarters of big beautiful berries. We had very little rain that year and 

 I didn't expect half that many berries. I am sold on the Catskill. Rush my new order for 400 

 Catskill as I want to get them out early." PAUL COLEMAN. 



Virginia — Tazewell Co. March 14, 1961. "Please send me as soon as possible 500 Catskill straw- 

 berry plants. I ordered 1,000 from you two years ago and I was really pleased with them. I 

 didn't lose a plant. I didn't think the berries could look like the pictures in your book but they 

 sure can. I was very pleased with my crop last year. Everybody liked them." MRS. GLEN 

 GRIFFITHS. 



MIDWAY 



A new midseason variety, a cross of Dixieland and Temple, formerly Md. U.S. 2389 and 

 released for introduction by the U.S.D.A. in 1960. Midway plant growth is robust and healthy. 

 The plants are extremely productive, producing berries which average medium to large in size 

 and maintaining good size throughout the picking season. The berries have a uniform deep red 

 color with a glossy surface, firm skin and yellow seeds. The flesh is firm and the shape is 

 irregular conic to blunt conic. Berries have good dessert quality and have been satisfactory in 

 frozen packs. Midway seems plenty good to use under many conditions and resistance to the 

 common race of red stele widens its usefulness. 



Performance based on Experiment Station tests is generally good in the northern or north 

 central parts of the United States. The best report is from Ohio where it was the highest yielding 

 variety in a test of 24 kinds. Under Ohio conditions it was one of the larger fruiting varieties, 

 almost as large as Robinson, with the berries firm and attractive. 



Indiana reports that Midway looks very good with them again this year, with yield quite 

 satisfactory and the berries large, firm, glossy and attractive. 



Massachusetts reports that Midway was out-yielded by Pocahontas and Catskill but that the 

 Midway fruit was large and attractive which partially made up for the lesser yield. 



At the U.S.D.A. Station at Carbondale, Illinois (the very southern part of the state) Midway 

 has not performed well at all for two years in a row. The yields have not come up to 50% of 

 the higher yielding varieties and the berries were rough and unattractive. At Willard, North 

 Carolina, the same results held true. 



At Beltsville, Maryland, this past season Midway yielded satisfactorily and the berries were 

 attractive although not equal to Surecrop in appearance. Beltsville results show that Midway 

 does better on a silt loam soil than on a light sandy soil. 



Unfortunately Midway is susceptible to verticillium wilt and should not be grown after crops 

 such as tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant or peppers. 



Best indications are that Midway should be satisfactory in Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, 

 southern New England, Ohio and Indiana. It is worthy of trial in areas adjacent to this territory. 

 Price list page 32. 



Comparative Average Yields (24-quart crates, per acre) of Mid- 

 way and certain standard varieties at 2 Maryland locations. 



Location and Variety 







1957 



1958 



1959 



1960 Mean 





Beltsville 













Midway 



498 



455 



294 



406 413 





Surecrop 



390 



339 



294 



379 351 





Dixieland 



398 



389 



346 



340 368 





Blakemore 



— 



236 



204 



— 220 





Salisbury 











,^i^s^ 



Midway 



489 



— 



354 



576 473 



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Surecrop 



530 



— 



390 



629 516 



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J>. Blakemore 



417 



— 



267 



665 450 





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