M. S. Pryor, Salisbury, Md. 



PREMIER— The Most Popular Early Variety 



Of /V fCEl^C^RE This valuable new early shipping variety was introduced by the 



U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1930 and has been thorough- 

 ly tested in nearly all parts of the country and like Premier seems to readily adapt itself to 

 conditions where planted, except in the north. Biakemore is a cross between Premier and 

 Missionary and takes its fruiting qualities after Premier producing a big crop of fruit, that, 

 while the berries are not quite as large as Premier are very much firmer and will stand shipping 

 to distant markets and arrive in the best of condition, in fact it is one of our best shipping varie- 

 ties. Biakemore ripens early, bearing large crops of medium to large size berries and the fruit 

 is so firm that if picking is neglected for a day or two on account of weather or shortage of 

 help there will be very little loss due to over-ripening. The berries are very beautiful, being 



bright red in color which extends clear thru 

 to the center, with a bright green cap and 

 show up well in the package and what 

 makes it especially valuable is the fact that 

 it maintains its bright red color after being 

 shipped and will arrive in market fresh and 

 bright. The berries hold up well in size 

 if the plants are kept thinned. The plants 

 are medium in size but are vigorous grow- 

 ers and probably make more plants than any 

 other variety and for this reason the plants 

 can be set further apart in the row and 

 even then they may make too thick a bed 

 so when the bed is as wide as wanted the 

 runners should be kept cut off. Biakemore 

 has done well as far north as southern 

 Pennsylvania and New Jersey but north of 

 this it does not seem to do so well and 

 would advise testing it out before planting 

 heavy to it; but south of this it is an ideal 

 shipping variety, many growers in this sec- 

 tion say it is better than Premier. I dis- 

 continued Klondyke because I believe Biake- 

 more to be a better variety and if your mar- 

 ket is at a distance would advise planting 

 some of them as ! believe you will find it a 

 money-maker. 



BLAKEMORE 

 The Great Early Shipping Berry 



