POCAHONTAS 



A Powerhouse for Growth and Production 



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Pocahontas is another of those varieties that have made good in a hurry. 

 Pocahontas was tested for several years by Dr. M. M. Parker of the Norfolk Truck 

 Experiment Station, Norfolk, Virginia. In the last few years Pocahontas' performance 

 has caused it to become highly popular and profitable in many other areas, notably 

 Maryland, Kentucky, Ohio, Kansas and Pennsylvania. Our best yield in 1955 was 

 from Pocahontas. In the Kansas Station Pocahontas yielded 13,788 quarts per acre, 

 with Dixieland second. Pocahontas led all others by a wide margin. In Kentucky 

 in 1955 official tests showed Pocahontas 520.9 crates per acre, second only to Tenn- 

 essee Beauty. Tests in later years have found Pocahontas maintaining its position 

 among the leaders as a high yielding variety. Pocahontas originated from a cross 

 of Tennessee Shipper and Midland. From both it gets unusual firmness; from Tenn- 

 essee Shipper it gets a light attractive color — from Midland great productiveness. 



The possibility of setting Pocahontas in the fall and getting a fairly good crop 

 of berries the following spring has been demonstrated many times by Dr. Parker. 

 It takes lots of plants and lots of work to follow that system and good plants are 

 hard to get in October and early November. However, later use of the double row 

 rather than the triple row system has reduced the number of plants required. Berries 

 produced under such a system are usually of very fine quality. To help off-set the 

 extra cost of many more plants is the fact that the berries do come much more quickly 

 after planting, and thus saves lots of cultivation, hoeing and other expenses. 



Pocahontas berries average large in size, light in color, fairly tart in flavor and 

 firm enough to be a good shipper. Their light color makes them most attractive in 

 the package. It has been favorably accepted as a processing berry. A panel of 

 experts rated Pocahontas best as a freezing berry at Wooster, Ohio, in 1956. We 

 understand that Pocahontas has had good acceptance as a freezing berry under 

 actual commercial conditions in Kentucky, New York and other places. 



From experience to date Pocahontas territory seems to be from the middle south 

 to the middle north and as far west as the Mississippi Valley. There are indications 

 that it may be successful even farther north, covering much of the Premier territory, 

 as fine reports came in this year from both Michigan and New York. 



For high production of attractive berries good for fresh market or freezing 

 .Pocahontas certainly should be tried. It may give some of the older varieties more 

 competition than they can take. Price List page 32. 

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