SOUTH LAN D 
In the southern states where Klondyke, Missionary and Blakemore are 
grown in large quantities and shipped to northern markets, there has never 
been a large, high quality berry adapted to the warm climate. In 1932 the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture introduced Southland which results had shown was 
particularly adapted as far south as North Carolina. Southland berries are very 
large and very high quality, equaled among the regular sorts only by Dorsett, 
Fairfax and Narcissa. The berries average large in size and are very attractive 
in appearance. The flesh is very firm but the skin somewhat tender. They can 
be shipped considerable distances but will not hold up as well as Blakemore. 
Southland should be a very valuable local market berry for many sections of the 
South, and an ideal home garden berry for families where high quality in straw- 
berries would be appreciated. In the North the foliage stays greener through 
the winter than any other variety. In the South it stands up under hot suns 
unusually well, which probably accounts for its adaptability to southern condi- 
tions. In this latitude Southland is one of the earliest berries we have when the 
crown bud crop is not killed. These blooms come out so early, however, that in 
the North they are very likely to be caught by frost. Farther South the South- 
land comes in a little later than Missionary and Blakemore. Our sales of this 
variety are increasing each year as growers in various sections from North Caro- 
lina to Texas are finding it adapted to their conditions. Southland always makes 
a nice plant that will grow and thrive if given a reasonable chance. Price list, 
page 33. 
These Growers Like Premier 
Wonderful Yield 
Rockingham Co., N. H., May 20th, 1936. Please 
send me 1,000 Premier plants at once. Those 
plants I got from you two years ago were won- 
derful plants and we had a wonderful yield from 
them. — Mr. H. L. Kingsley. 
Money Makers 
St. Clair Co., Mich., April 17th, 1936. I got 
plants from you three years ago, Blakemore and 
Premier, 5,000 in all. I still have them but just 
wanted some new ones for the garden. They 
sure have been money makers. Blakemore not 
so large but lots of lovely berries. — Lottie 
Ferguson. 
Fine Yields from Premier 
Kanawha Co., W. Va., January 23rd, 1936. I 
bought 800 plants, four of Premier and four of 
Mastodon. The first summer I kept the blooms 
all picked off and they sure did make fine 
healthy looking plants. In 1934 we picked 668 
quarts of the finest berries I ever saw, mostly 
from the Premier as the Mastodon did not pro- 
duce nearly as many berries as the Premier. In 
1935 we picked over 600 quarts. People came 
for miles to see our strawberry garden and to 
buy strawberries. We could have sold every 
quart if we wanted to, but my wife canned a lot 
and preserved some. They sure do make fine 
jelly. You sell the nicest plants I ever saw. 
Here's wishing you the best of success. — Mr. 
Leslie Stanley. 
200 Plants— 400 Quarts 
Summit Co., Ohio, April 1st, 1936. I planted 
200 of your Premier plants in the spring of 1935. 
Last spring I picked 400 quarts of berries from 
this little patch. — Mr. Clair E. Bowers. 
Premier — Best Ever 
Allegheny Co., Pa., December 5th, 1936. The 
Premier did fine. I had a patch of them 25 feet 
by 25 feet and I picked 200 quarts of them. The 
Premier strawberry is the best I ever saw. — Mr. 
George Kleitz. 
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