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A variety wliich we introduced in 1931. 

 Since tliat time tliey have been quite widely 

 planted tliroughout Pennsylvania. New York. 

 ^Maryland and West Virginia, with some go- 

 ing into Ohio and Illinois. Many of these 

 growers have found Joyce to be the ideal mid- 

 season variety for their locality and market 

 and have been ordering plants regularly each 

 year. We have received many letters in the 

 past six years of the satisfaction Joyce has 

 given, of their long fruiting season, their 

 ability to produce good crops under adverse 

 conditions and of the continued demand for 

 this large, light red berry by customers who had once purchased them 



ADAPTABir,ITY — From the reports we have 

 Joyce is best adapted to the North Atlantic and 

 Mid-western States. Doing best in springy soils 

 as their ability of producing a good crop "of mar- 

 ketable fruit under very wet conditions is surpris- 

 ing. They will do well on high soils and we have 

 seen some might}' fine beds of Joyce on the up- 

 lands of Pennsylvania. 



GROWTH — .Joyce makes a clean, vigorous 

 growth, is very resistant to leaf spot or other fol- 

 iage troubles. Setting plenty of plants for a good 

 fruiting bed on almost any soil. The plants are 

 usually strong and upstanding and the fruit borne 

 well off the ground. 



SIZE—Fruit is large, usually round conic, fairly 

 regular, a few of the early berries being double 

 or coxcomb. Holding up in size well to the end 

 of the season. In wet weather will develop a full 

 crop of marketable fruit. 



QrALITY AXD FLAVOR— The quality is fine 

 and the flavor has made Joyce a favorite for the 



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home garden and local market where good qual- 

 ity and flavor mean repeat orders. 



FIR3IXESS— Joyce would rank about equal with 

 Premier under normal conditions and somewhat 

 more firm under excessive moisture. Not as firm 

 as Chesapeake or Fairfax and should be handled 

 quickly for very best success. 



PRODUCTIVENESS—Ranks well in production. 

 The first pickings are lighter than Big Joe but us- 

 ually by the time Big Joe is through they are in 

 their prime, which with their ability to size up the 

 entire crop has always given them a good lead with 

 almost all growers who have compared the two. 

 Fairly frost resistant, have never missed a crop in 

 the last 9 years. 



COLOR--The fruit is a very light red when first 

 ripe and holds this light color for several days. 

 never turning dark even when very over-ripe. 

 Many growers place their light color as Joyce's 

 most outstanding superiority. 



BEAUTY ^^'^ have been growing this va- 

 riety for several years. Beauty 

 has always made a strong vigorous growth 

 and produced a good crop of large, light red 

 berries of very good Havor and quality. The 

 berries are very attractive and firm enough 

 ^^ for distant shipment, this combined with 

 their high quality and flavor make Beauty a 

 very good all around mid-season variety. 



They seem more frost resistant than Big 

 Joe we have never had any frost injury since 

 we have been growing them. 



The fruit stalks are strong and' upstanding, 

 holding the fruit well off the ground, the foliage 

 too, is very strong and rank and keeps the ber- 

 ries well shaded during the picking season. We 

 have only found one weakness in Beauty, the 

 foliage has a tendency to break down during a 

 very wet fruiting season, it does not break down 

 badly but it doesn't hold up like such varieties 

 as Dorsett. Chesapeake. Joyce or Premier. 



FAIRFAX AND CATSKIEE NEAR PERFECTION 



The strawberries which I checked this vear yielded as follows: Dorsett. 500 qts. per 1.000 plants: 

 Fairfax, 700 qts. per 1,000 plants; Catskill, 500 qts. per 500 plants: and William Belt, 200 qts. per 500 

 plants. I consider Fairfax and Catskill near perfect, although they ran small near the end of the season, 

 as we have had but one light rain since about one week before ripening. My first berries on Catskill 

 and Fairfax were exceptionally large. I had 3 Fairfax which measured 3^o inches, and lots that meas- 

 ured 2 inches. — Mr. C. D. Kelly. Huntington Co.. Pa. 



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