FAIRFAX 
FAIRFAX WINS WHERE TASTE-TESTS ARE MADE ! 
IT TOPS THEM ALL IN QUALITY ! 
FIRST CHOICE OF CONSUMERS! 
Whenever consumers are offered a choice of several varieties as with sales at the farm or road- 
side market, Fairfax practically always sells out first — unless the Fairfax price has been put way 
up to force the sale of other kinds. Some growers report that their trade, having tasted Fairfax, 
will have no other kind. Except for the problem of stretching out the season, they would go ALL- 
FAIRFAX. 
Enthusiasm for Fairfax continues greater than for any other variety we have ever known, 
probably because the extra fine quality in Fairfax is backed by so many other fine attributes, such 
as beauty, firmness, size, vigor and productiveness. 
The berries are beauties. When first ready 
to pick, they have a rich, medium red color, resem- 
bling Chesapeake at their best. They have fairly 
prominent golden yellow seeds which help protect 
the berries and add to their showiness. After sev- 
eral days Fairfax berries turn quite dark, almost 
purple, which may become a sort of trademark. 
It is important at each picking to get all the berries 
that are ready to pick. A main disadvantage of the 
dark color is that berries missed at one picking will 
still be firm, but dark, at the next. 
They Like to pick 
FAIRFAX 
Extra large sixe of the first berries is another 
thing for which Fairfax is notable. The later berries 
on the clusters are not quite as large, but it has 
been found that rich soil or heavy manuring is 
quite effective in sizing all of the Fairfax crop to a 
good marketable size. 
In firmness, as well as quality, Fairfax stands 
at the top. If picked carefully when first ripe, we 
believe Fairfax will keep longer than any other 
leading variety; not even excepting Blakemore, the 
great Southern Shipping berry. 
Plant growth of Fairfax is vigorous and 
healthy. It is similar to Premier but the leaves 
are generally a little larger, more cupped, and a 
deeper green color. Plenty of plants are made for 
a good fruiting bed in most cases and on very rich 
land some restriction of runners may be helpful 
after a well spaced row has been formed. 
Fairfax is a heavy cropper. It is not quite as 
heavy as Premier and Catskill as a rule but crops 
of 5,000 to 8,000 quarts per acre are not unusual. 
We have obtained as many as 10,000 quarts per 
acre on a small plot. 
As with Dorsett, Fairfax gets its wonderful 
quality from its Royal Sovereign parent. From 
Premier, the other parent, Fairfax gets health and 
vigor of plant growth, productiveness and a large 
amount of hardiness. 
When grown in the Southern and Middle States, 
Fairfax is an early berry, being only a day or two 
later than Premier and Dorsett in this section. 
Farther north this difference is greater so that in 
New York and New England it becomes a mid- 
season berry. 
In spite of dark color on holding, Fairfax is 
finding a place as a commercial berry. As a home 
garden or local market berry Fairfax is already at 
the top. The decision to be made is not "Shall I 
plant Fairfax" but "How many can I handle." 
Price list, page 35. 
