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NEW 

 EXTRA EARLY 



MAYTIME 



Introduced as the highest quality extra ear- 

 ly berry iu Maryland and recommended for 

 trial from Southern N. J. to Va. and west- 

 ward to Oklahoma and Kansas. Maytime (U. 

 S. D. A. 2267) is from a cross between Miss- 

 ionary and Fairfax made in 1931, selected in 

 1933 for propagation. Each year since 1937 

 (when we first fruited it), Maytime has been 

 4 to 8 days earlier than the old early varieties, 

 thus a large portion of the crop was harvested 

 well ahead of the regular season, and at very 

 good prices. During this time there was no 

 frost injury, although Maytime blooms very 

 early, the blossoms are either hardy or the 

 berries were formed prior to the late frosts. 



Maytime cannot be compared with the old 

 extra early varieties, as it is fully equal to 

 the best standard berries in firmness, beauty, 

 dessert quality and flavor. A real winner 

 which we are proud to recommend. 



Growth — Maytime produces runners very freely 

 and a good fruiting bed is readily formed. Plants 

 are very vigorous of medium size with leaves cov- 

 ering the flower cluster thus protecting them from 

 frost to some extent, resistant to both leaf spot 

 and scorch. 



Size — The berries average large at first and me- 

 dium to large later in the season, average slightly 

 smaller than Dorsett. the primary berries are 

 wedge shape or conic, the later berries conic, 

 smooth and very uniform, seeds even with the sur- 

 face. 



Quality & Flavor — Very good, much sweeter and 

 superior to Blakemore and Missionary, dessert 

 quality is high, juicy, with fine firm texture. 



Color — A bright red 

 throughout. Skin 

 glossy and firm. Does 

 not turn dark o n 

 holding. 



Firmness — Maytime 

 is very firm, handles 

 very well which with 

 its earliness and fine 

 appearance makes it 

 very promising as a 

 profitable berry i n 

 the areas to which 

 it is adapted. About 

 four days earlier than 

 Premier or Dorsett. 



To those growers 

 who value earliness, 

 firmness and high 

 quality, we recom- 

 mend Maytime most 

 heartily. 



NEW 

 MID-SEASON 



STARBRIGHT 



A cross between Chesapeake and Fairfax 

 which is introduced as a midseason, commerc- 

 ial and home variety of great beauty. We 

 have been testing Starbright for the past four 

 years and to us it is the finest and the most 

 beautiful berry yet developed. This may seem 

 a rather broad statement but after growing 

 many hundreds of new and standard varieties 

 this was our true conclusion. Frankly, there 

 is little comparison between Starbright and 

 other midseason sorts as to quality, firmness 

 and beauty and all around desirability. 



Produces plants more freely than Chesa- 

 peake and is even less subject to leaf spot, 

 slightly earlier, sweeter, firmer with a tough- 

 er, glossier skin than that variety. Starbright 

 has grown vigorously on many soils where 

 Chesapeake does not thrive. 



Growth — Starbright makes runners quite freely. 

 The plants are large, and because the runners are 

 long the plants are usually well spaced in the bed. 

 The leaves are large and unusually free from leaf 

 spot and scorch. The flower clusters are large and 

 the stalks are strong, holding the flowers and fruit 

 off the ground. The leaves are somewhat taller so 

 that the blossoms are protected against frost. 



Size— The berries are large, blunt wedge to blunt 

 conic in shape, holding this large size exceptionally 

 well to the end of the season. Very smooth and 

 uniform in shape. 



Quality & Flavor — The flavor is fine, similar to 

 that of Dorsett. Dessert quality is very high, su- 

 perior to Chesapeake which is truly a high com- 

 pliment to any strawberry. 



Color — A bright medium red similar to Dorsett, 

 does not turn dark, the flesh is light red and 

 juicy. The color of Starbright is near perfection 

 for commercial growers, home garden and pre- 

 serving. 



Firmness — The berries are firm with a very 

 tough, glossy skin, the seed are bright yellow and 

 protruding: thus, the berries have exceptional 

 shipping qualities. Last season on the New York 

 wholesale market our Starbright sold from 2c to 

 5c per quart more than such good varieties as Big 

 •Toe, Catskill, and Dorsett, all grown, packed and 

 handled the same. This clearly demonstrates the 

 extra profit the superior quality of Starbright will 

 mean. Starbright 

 is recommended by 

 the U. S. D. A., 

 for trial from 

 Va. to N. J. and 

 westward to Kan- 

 sas and Iowa. This 

 is probably a very 

 conservative recom- 

 mendation and be- 

 cause of Star- 

 bright's fine quali- 

 ties and higher pro- 

 fit we feel it merits 

 a trial over a wide 

 area. Personally we 

 rate Starbright as 

 b y far the finest 

 and most profitable 

 midseason variety 

 we have ever grown. 



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