Wonderful Quality 
"Finest berry I ever tasted," 'Olost delicious," "Best flavored," "My favorite 
for the warden," "Easy to sell, they are so good," — these are phrases frequently 
used by those who have known and grown Fairfax. One >~ew Jersey grower 
stated that several times he made a blindfold test with several of his friends. 
Invariably they chose Fairfax as the best of several varieties in the test. It has 
been our experience that nine out of ten people who have eaten Fairfax pro- 
nounce it the best flavor and quality that they have ever known in a strawberry. 
Fairfax is one of several good varieties originated by Dr. George M. Darrow and his Asso- 
ciates of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. It is a cross between Premier and Royal Sovereign. 
From the Royal Sovereign Fairfax gets its outstanding quality. From Premier it gets healthy 
foliage and freedom from disease. In vigor of plant growth Fairfax far surpasses either of its 
parents. Fairfax makes a moderate number of large, strong plants rather than a great number 
of smaller ones. For this reason Fairfax will do well with a minimum of thinning and spacing 
although it responds wonderfully to them. We have seen individual plants almost as large as a 
bushel basket with a very heavy crop of large, beautiful berries. 
Fairfax plants have a heavy crown and make large, strong fruit buds. The pollen is produced 
abundantly and is very strong and fertile so that unless they have actually been frozen a set of 
fruit is practically assured with this variety. 
Fairfax plants are very productive. Yields at the rate of eight to ten thousand quarts per 
acre are frequent while much higher yields are sometimes made. 
A berry like Fairfax, so good, so easy to grow and with so many other good qualities was 
certain to quickly establish itself as a leader. Read the letters on the opposite page from growers 
who have tried this fine variety. 
Fairfax berries ripen medium early. In the there seems to be a greater difference in the 
latitude of Maryland they are two or three days ripening period, in some places coming in as 
later than Premier and Dor sett. Further north much as a week later than Premier. 
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