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You've been writing us year after year for a real good, real late berry that 
would come along after most other varieties are gone and berry prices are higher. 
"We are trying to find satisfactory varieties to extend our berry season over 
the greatest possible length of time," write Fulwider Bros., Jones Co., Iowa, 
February 4, 1941. 
"I want to get a good very late berry with which to extend our season," says 
J. A. Culbertson, Kenton Co., Ky., January 21, 1941. 
"There is still a great call for a late berry, 
something later and better than Gandy," 
claims Parke A. Jacob, Brooke Co., W. Va. 
We believe Redstar will come closer to filling 
the bill for these growers than any other variety 
we have ever seen. It is new and there is not a 
great deal of actual experience to go on, but it 
looks good here. We have seen it at several of the 
Northern Experiment Stations and it looks good. 
Mr. F. G. McCollum, of Putnam Co., New York, 
has seen a little of it and says, "Redstar looks good 
to me. A wonderful grower and the few plants I 
let ripen fruit gave me a fine yield of large, beauti- 
fully colored and delicious flavored berries. I am 
wonderfully pleased with it." 
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Redstar berries average very large and the largest ones are sometimes slightly ridged (see colored 
picture on front cover). Fasciation sometimes occurs but has not been serious. The seeds are 
raised and yellow in color. The skin is tough and very glossy, so that the berries are almost as 
attractive as Starbright. Berries are bright red in color and do not turn dark. The dessert quality 
is very good to excellent and when the berries are well grown it is almost equal to the best. 
Redstar is considerably later than Chesapeake and Lup- 
ton and a few days later than Gandy. Because it is so late 
and so productive it should be grown on soil retentive of 
moisture and should be well mulched to help conserve 
moisture. 
In the U. S. Department of Agriculture circular describ- 
ing it, Redstar is recommended for all the Northern States 
and as far south as Virginia and west to Missouri. 
Northern growers have found that berry prices are highest as 
the season is ending. Stretching out the season for them means 
not only handling more berries with a given number of pickers, but 
it means more high priced berries. 
In the box at the right are given five ways to have more good late 
berries — for better prices and bigger profits. These are not fads — ■ 
they have been proved experimentally by Dr. Russell Eggert in 
Michigan and others. Dr. George M. Darrow of the U. S. Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, in his article in March, 1941, American Fruit 
Grower Magazine, suggests them to berry growers interested in 
later berries. 
We do not expect all of you growers will find it possible to do 
all of these things. We do expect some of you will find it profitable 
to do some of them. Redstar plants from this field will help make 
your plans pan out. Price list, page 35. 
Late Berries for 
High Prices 
I Plant Redstar — latest 
' good berry. 
) Elevations — each ICO feet 
a " higher altitude means 1 
day later ripening. 
9 Heavy clay soil — 4 days 
later than sandy soil. 
A North slope — berries rip- 
ened 10 days later than 
south slope. 
C Mulching — can delay rip- 
ening 10 to 14 days. 
