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GEM 



For m^y years Gem was our favorite everbearing berry 

 because it grew so well and produced berries in the fall so 

 freely. The berries are light and attractive in color, almost as 

 light as Blakemore, and they retain their light color on hold- 

 ing. The quality is somwehat tart for eating fresh off the vines 

 but with sugar added the full flavor is brought out and they 

 make excellent eating. Gem does not bear a good crop in 

 the spring. Its value is as a fall everbearer and it is one of the best. In fact we believe that if healthy strain^s of Gem, 

 Superfection and Brilliant are obtained there are no experts in the country able to tell them apart. If these three varieties 

 are not identical then the methods we have used in identifying verities for over fifty years fail us. 



Mr. Lawrence Toms o£ Nevada, Iowa wrote us "The 23 Superfection from you afid 25 Brilliant from 

 Michigan in the spring of 1951 look, taste and grow alike." Two row plantings in the U. S. D. A. plots at 

 Beltsville, Md. showed no diHerences in plant growth or fruit characteristics between Gem, Superfection 

 and Brilliant. 1951 tests of Superfection and Gem under irrigation at the Lexington, Ky. Station showed 

 equal yields of the two vaurieties. Test plants sent to us from the4owa Experiment Station showed Super- 

 fection and Brilliant identical in both plant and fruit characteristics. The lower vigor and yields sometimes 

 received from Gem we believe are due to the fact that Gem is ah older variety. Some stocks of Gem may 

 have been exposed to and weakened by the virus disease wh^ch experts tell us is fairly general in all sections 

 and with all veurieties. Our own stock of Gem is from an isolated 90urce which evidently has no virus or has 

 it less severely than most other stocks. Certainly since we have had this strain of stock plants we have 

 observed no differences between Gem, Superfection and Brilliant either in plant growth, productiveness or 

 in fruit characteristics. You will not go wrong with Gem if you get good Gem plants. We have them. Price 

 list page 31. 



Du Page Co., lU., Sept. 4, 1952. "The 

 Mastodon and Gem everbearing strawberries 

 you sent me three years ago turned out to be 

 not only beautiful plants but also the production 

 was wonderful." Geo. Knisely 



Fayette Co., Pa., Jan. 1, 1952. "The 1,000 

 Mastodon berry plants purchased from you pro- 

 duced the finest berries I have ever seen." 



lohn B. RIese 



Butler Co., Pa., March 22, 1952. "Our 

 Superfection strawberry plants we bought from 

 you last year were fine. We enjoyed straw- 

 berries all summer until frost came in late 

 October." R. D. Mackey 



Susquehanna Co., Pa., April 1, 1952. 

 "We tried your Superfection plants last year 

 and were very much pleased with them. They 

 were the best everbearing we raised, nice size 

 and delicious flavor." S. E. Slocum 



red rich 



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RED RICH 



Red Rich produces the largest, strongest, most rugged plant 

 of all the everbearers. The foliage is most beautiful, The large 

 healthy dark green leaves make them fully worthy of being used 

 for decorative purposes. Red Rich does not make as many plants 

 as Mastodoi^, far less than Gem and Superfection even under 

 the best of conditions. As a spring cropper we have not found 

 Red Rich of much value after two years' trial. The berries are 

 still good, in fact supreme in quality, but the plants are not 

 highly productive and the berries, wl^le they resemble Fairfax, 

 in general are duller, rougher and not at all attractive. 



Some reports rate Red Rich as outstanding among all the ever- 

 bearers in aU-roimd value. Our experience puts it well ahead 

 of all the others in delicious dessert quality but we have not 

 found it to be as productive as Superfection and good strains of 

 Gem. Red Rich is much better in the hill system than in matted 

 rows particiUarly for the fall crop. Set at least a few Red Rich 

 plants to find out how delicious an everbearing strawberry can 

 be. Our stock comes direct from the introducer. Price list page 31 . 



Johnson Cp., Ind., Jan. 18, 1952. "Superfection is the best bearer of all 

 and I like it be^er than Red Rich for flavor, but my wile likes Red Rich best. It 

 produces about half as many berries as Superfection." 



Charles Shannon 



