BLAKEMORE 



15 



Canltf, 

 Solid 

 Productive 



-in total production 



BLAKEMORE leads all other varieties— North or South, East or West- 

 and total acres planted. 



BLAKEMORE is the best early shipping berry the Southern states have ever had. It does 

 well as far north as Maryland, southern New Jersey, and the Ohio Valley. With few excep- 

 tions, it is not recommended farther north. Performance alone brought Blakemore its great 

 popularity and lightning-like spread over the southern and lower middle states. In many 

 areas, it revived a lagging berry industry. Here are some of the things which made Blake- 

 more 's wonderful performance possible: 



Blaxemore is a stiong, vigorous grower 

 which makes a good fruiting bed under 

 almost any conditions. 



Blakemore will stand more abuse and 

 neglect in growing, picking and shipping 

 than any other variety ever known and still 

 make money for the grower. 



Berries are very firm — ideal for long dis- 

 tance shipping. 



Berries ripen uniformly all over and have 

 a bright attractive color which they retain 

 even after they get quite ripe. 



Blakemore berries are most popular with 

 commercial canners and packers. At times 

 they will take no other variety. The fact 

 that the berries are quite tart as well as firm 



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may partly explain this. As fresh fruit, they 

 must have sugar added to be good. 



Blakemore berries are medium to large in 

 size when beds are not too thick. Some 

 thinning of plants helps eliminate the small 

 berries which very thick beds and dry 

 weather tend to produce. 



Yellows resistant plants — Due to the na- 

 ture of Blakemore yellowing, no one can 

 know for sure that their stock is yellows- 

 free. However, for three straight years, we 

 were not able to find any trace of yellows 

 either in our stock plants or in our fields. 

 This year there is a trace, but no more than 

 can be completely rogued out. You will 

 get plants that are highly yellows resistant 

 — all that any grower can guarantee. 



SOUTHERN GROWERS— ALL BLAKEMORE GROWERS— SET BLAKEMORE FOR VIGOR, 



PRODUCTIVENESS AND PROFIT. PROTECT YOUR PROFITS WITH ALLEN'S 



YELLOWS-RESISTANT BLAKEMORE PLANTS. PRICE LIST, PAGE 31. 



