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FAIRFAX 



First for fine flavor 



Worthy of a Silver Spoon 



All our plants of Fairfax this year are 

 from virus free sources and their growth 

 has been amazing. (See picture below.) 

 Fairfax has always had beautiful healthy 

 foliage. It has been popular in orna- 

 mental plantings where beauty of foliage 

 as well as fruit is a factor. The same extra 

 virus free vigor which makes beautiful 

 foilage enables Fairfax to make plenty of 

 plants with berries that are large and 

 more plentiful than ever. Always a mod- 

 erately heavy producer, this new stock of 

 Fairfax has tried to out do all its previous 

 fine records for production. 



The berries are just super-duper in 

 quality. It is the garden berry deluxe! As 

 one Washington grower commented, "Of 

 course Fairfax stands at the top in quality." 



Fairfax is outstanding as a roadside 

 market berry. Wherever consumer can 

 buy strawberries by variety name Fairfax 

 will be favored. It provides a taste treat 

 which few can forget. Fairfax berries 

 average large in size, many of the first 

 berries being fan-shaped, with the later 

 berries being round and pointed. Fairfax 

 berries are very firm, being fully as solid 

 as Blakemore. Fairfax berries are very 

 attractive. When they first ripen they have 

 a very bright rich red color which dark- 

 ens on holding, becoming almost purple 

 before decay starts. 



Fairfax berries should be picked closely, 

 especially in commercial fields. If pick- 

 ing is neglected the bright early berries 

 mixed with the dark berries which have 

 been ripe for several days present a 

 somewhat mottled appearance which is 

 not favored on many wholesale markets. 



In retail markets the dark red color of 

 Fairfax has become associated with un- 

 equaled flavor. Consumers buy Fairfax 

 and come back for more of those won- 

 derful dark red berries. 



Fairfax is well adapted from the latitude 

 of Virginia north. Every garden and 

 small planting in that area should have 

 some of the garden berry deluxe. Price 

 list page 32. 



