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CATSKILL 



If you ever grew ten to fifteen thousand quarts per acre from Catskill 

 you can, under the same conditions, do it again. These Virus free stoclcs 

 are reaify performing! Enthusiasm for Catsldll is here again! 



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Virus free stocks of plants are restoring the original vigor of Catskill, which enabled 

 it to produce such amazing crops of wonderfully large berries. This great productive- 

 ness and large average size caused Catskill to sweep through the northern and upper 

 middle states faster than any midseason or late berry had ever done. It continued this 

 leadership because it continued to perform so well. In recent years the virus disease 

 seemed to affect Catskill more than any other variety. The resulting decrease in vigor 

 and yield caused Catskill to lose some of its popularity, but plants of virus free stocks 

 are now available and Catskill vigor and productiveness is definitely back. 



Catskill Comments 



$^50.00 from J 000 plants. 



Henry Co., Iowa. June 9, 1955. "Last year I or- 

 dered 1,000 strawberry plants from you, Catskill, 

 Blakemore and Empire. The plants grew and made 

 very good growth and by fall I had a strong stand. 

 I am just reaping a wonderful harvest of very fine 

 berries. Many of my customers are commenting 

 that the Catskill and Empire are just like the pic- 

 tures you see in the catalogs. I surely am pleased 

 with the results I got. I think the 1,000 plants 

 brought me close to $450.00. You are really doing 

 a fine job in providing such nice hardy plants for 

 the public." ELMER BASINGER. 



Catskill best berry 



Frederick Co., Md. July 1, 1955. "In the spring of 

 1954 I received from you 2,000 Catskill and 2,000 

 Premier strawberry plants and they were beauti- 

 ful plants. On the 19th day of May we started to 

 pick. We had a total of 4,960 quarts for the season, 

 and lost several hundred quarts due to cool and 

 wet conditions. This is not included in the 4,960 

 quarts. We picked and sold this many. The market 

 was very good. For me the Catskill berry is the 

 best I ever tasted. They are so big and bright. 

 Most of my berries were sold right at my home." 

 CHARLES R. FRUSHOUR. 



Grow like young bushes 



Jackson Co., Mich. July 26, 1955. "I am writing to 

 tell you how pleased I am with the plants I got 



from you this year. All are fine but the Catskill 

 and Sparkle are like young bushes and enough 

 runners to start a saw mill. Of course I thin them 

 out but those plants are really something as far as 

 size and vigor are concerned. You might be in- 

 terested to know the Michigan Agricultural College 

 thinks, according to my information, that the Cats- 

 kill is just about tops. I gathered that from a letter 

 I had from a man there." E. H. BLINN. 



Catskill looked like a picture 



Lancaster Co., Pa. Jan. 10, 1955. "You should hove 

 seen my patch of Catskill last fall. They looked 

 like a picture." ELMER Z. STOLTZFUS. 



Astonished at the Catskill crop 



Washington Co., R.I. March 7, 1955. "I ordered 

 Catskill, Empire and Redstar from you two years 

 ago. Last June I had a beautiful crop. I was 

 especially astonished at the Catskill. I have never 

 seen so many berries nor so many so large. I wat; 

 really satisfied with your plants." MRS. CLARICE 

 BROWNING. 



Talk of the neighborhood! 



Campbell Co., Virginia. Oct. 30, 1955. "Our Cats- 

 kill are wonderful. They are so large and lovely to 

 look at. They are the talk of our neighborhood." 

 ELSIE ARTHUR. 



