Big Joe Beauties 



BIG JOE 



A fine old variety that crowds our Big Six Group in all 

 around value. Another thing, it may be the better land 

 we are using to grow them, but for some reason our Big 

 Joe have shown us a resurgence of vitality. -They are 

 big and strong and vital — more vigorous and productive 

 than we remember the variety in years past. The big rugged 

 plants need little thinning. Plants are moderately produc- 

 tive of big brilliant red juicy berries. Prominent red to 

 yellow seeds and a big green cap combine to make Big 

 Joe a very showy and attractive berry. Berries are fairly 

 firm, as good shippers as Catskill, and on the local auction 

 market often sell with Chesapeake. 



Big Joe is not as hardy as Premier and Catskill. Frosty 

 sites should be avoided especially if planted in northern 

 states. Locally Big Joe is badly mixed with Lupton in 

 growers fields, Big Joe often being called improved Lupton. 

 Big Joe berries are far better in quality than Lupton and 

 deserve to be kept straight. We have them straight and 

 the plants are beautiful. Price list, page 31. 



TENNESSEE BEAUTY 



A new variety from Tennessee. A scientific cross, 

 Premier X Missionary, same parentage as Blakemore. 

 Tennessee Beauty makes a vigorous growth with 

 plenty of new plants. They are very productive. 

 Berries are medium to large in size, a bright shiny 

 attractive red color, and quite firm — solid enough for 

 a shipping berry. First and largest fruits generally 

 wedge shaped, others round, conic. Quality good. 

 Tennessee Beauty berries hold their light color well, 

 so if further tests continue favorable, it may replace 

 Aroma or Catskill as a late berry with some growers. 

 Tests in Tennessee have shown a very high percentage 

 of No. 1 berries as compared to Blakemore. Also rated 

 very high as a berry for freezing. Well worth trying 

 in the southern and lower middle states. Tennessee 

 Beauty is a patented variety that we can sell you only 

 with the understanding that you are not to progagate 

 them for sale to others. Price list, page 31. 



ROBINSON 



(Scarlet Beauty) — Many pages 

 of nice things have been writ- 

 ten about this new variety from Michigan. It is said 

 to be a cross between Premier and Washington. Like 

 other good varieties Robinson is not universally good 

 but some growers are enthusiastic about it. 



Robinson makes plants very freely, the foliage being 

 very vigorous and free from disease, resembling 

 Premier but with smaller leaves. The plants are quite 

 productive but under good growing conditions will 

 get too thick for best production unless kept thinned. 

 The berries are an attractive bright red in color, almost 

 as light as Blakemore. They average large in size 

 with the big berries quite deeply furrowed or ridged. 

 This would be a rather serious fault except for the 

 bright color which makes the berries in the basket 

 rather pretty in spite of the ridging. From reports, the 

 berries are firm enough for local and nearby markets 

 or short shipping distances. A northern variety mostly 

 as the berries as far south as Maryland are not firm 

 enough to ship well. Robinson berries must be better 

 in quality than they are here because some descrip- 

 tions say "quality excellent." We are rather critical 

 of berry quality, but we have never tasted a good 

 Robinson. The berries here are very tart without the 

 flavor which makes a tart berry good. It seems to us 

 like another Lupton in that vigor, productiveness, size 

 and appearance make it commercially profitable — but 

 a good one to keep out of the home garden. A report 

 from the Manager of the Fruit Growers Association of 

 Alma Center, Wisconsin states "The Robinson variety 

 did not yield here according to the advertisements. 

 It was a very poor color." However, other reports are 

 more favorable: 



Wyandotte Co., Kansas — Have grown Robinson one sea- 

 son. First berries as large as eggs. Customers took them 

 on sight. Yield may be low. — W. R. Smith. 



Carroll Co., Inc. — Scarlet Beauty (Robinson) wonderful 

 ior me. Berries large, flavor very good. Plants healthy 

 and vigorous. Yield heavy. Sell well. Better than any- 

 thing except Premier. — Chester A. Kuns. 



Wilson Co., Tenn. — Tried 15 varieties, Robinson far ahead 

 of them all. Big as eggs, some of them, and fine like 

 they speak of them in Michigan. — B. A. Williams. 



Where adapted, Robinson may prove a very profit- 

 able commercial variety. We have some good plants. 

 Price list, page 31. 



